Re: [slim] Playing cd's
Wavinput is a good general solution but Phil seemed eager for a proper CD solution. CDplayer plugin might be useful for people with Vista or with soundcard where Wavinput doesn't work. The cdda2wav app takes the PCM stream straight from CD - Wavinput is taken after Windows has processed the stream. You will not get other Windows sounds breaking in nor will it interrupt anything currently outputting audio on PC. Also you select the tracks to be played from within SC (i.e. remote, Jive, SC web UI). -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42106 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playing cd's
bpa;260635 Wrote: Wavinput is a good general solution but Phil seemed eager for a proper CD solution. CDplayer plugin might be useful for people with Vista or with soundcard where Wavinput doesn't work. The cdda2wav app takes the PCM stream straight from CD - Wavinput is taken after Windows has processed the stream. You will not get other Windows sounds breaking in nor will it interrupt anything currently outputting audio on PC. Also you select the tracks to be played from within SC (i.e. remote, Jive, SC web UI). BPA - you are a wizard, a true star - thank you so much. I've just followed your instructions - which were perfect - and it works!!! YES! This is just exactly what I needed - plus I can even use my TACT RC on the tracks playing on the PC dvd drive via the SB. You've made my day - thank you again Phil -- 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+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocomm full mods)- Linn 5103 - Linn Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber Chord cables Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42106 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playing cd's
Phil, That's good to know. Keep an eye on whether there are any memory or handle leaks or any processes left hanging around. Did you have any problem with finding and altering the device number 0,0,0. As my test system is XP with one DVD drive, I'd be interested to hear of user experiences with multiple CD drives and/or Vista. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42106 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playing cd's
bpa;260637 Wrote: Phil, That's good to know. Keep an eye on whether there are any memory or handle leaks or any processes left hanging around. Did you have any problem with finding and altering the device number 0,0,0. As my test system is XP with one DVD drive, I'd be interested to hear of user experiences with multiple CD drives and/or Vista. On my system, the DVD drive came up as 3,0,0 so I edited the conf file as you explained and it was fine. On my system my C drive was 0,0,0 cdda2wav seems to clean itself if I stop the cd track - can't see any leaks or rogue processes...I'll keep a lookout Regards Phil -- 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+Stontronics PSU - Altmann JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocomm full mods)- Linn 5103 - Linn Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber Chord cables Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42106 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playing cd's
The modified socketwrapper seems to get all the stray cdda2wav processes. It used to occur, if I lined up a number of CD tracks to play and then as soon as one started, I skipped onto the next track. Also on one occasion desktop Explorer disappeared and restarted itself - technically socketwrapper could have killed it although I don't think it did. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42106 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Accidentally hooked amp line-out to SB line-out: Bad for it?
I think the output is protected, possibly because it is transformer coupled. You're probably fine. There shouldn't be any kind of subtle failure mode for this kind of thing. Typically you blow components and it either will sound horrible or not at all. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42472 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] TinyAmp S30 amplifier the perfect companion Squeezebox ?
Asking price is currently 183 Euros. Might even increase a bit when they start shipping internationally. -- Heimiko Transporter - XLR Attenuators (-20db) - Electrocompaniet AW100 DMB - Dynaudio Audience 122 ___ #9492; BK Monolith Analog modded SB3 - tube buffer - Trends Audio TA-10 - Eltax Monitor III Heimiko's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3462 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42445 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox a Hardware Partner of Last.fm
I will stick to using James' version for now then, but glad to see an official version coming. Cheers. -- autopilot SLIMSERVER:[/B] 7.0 APLHA (WINDOWS XP) + ALIENBBC, SLIMSCROBBLER LAST.FM. *AMP:* CAMBRIDGE AUDIO 640A (LIVING ROOM) / DENON MD30 (BEDROOM). *SPEAKERS:* MISSION 701'S (LIVING ROOM) / KEF CRESTA 1'S (BEDROOM). *REMOTE:* T-MOBILE MDA VARIO / HARMONY 525 (IR) / *BETA TESTING JIVE REMOTE. [B]Clients:* 1 Squeezebox 3 + Softsqueeze. 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/domrevans/) autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42461 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox a Hardware Partner of Last.fm
I'm also a long-time user of James's excellent plugin, but true integration would be great. -- smc2911 smc2911's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4388 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42461 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Setting up internet radio stations
bpa;260576 Wrote: Can you be more specific 1. Are you using the RealAudio or WMA streams ? 2. Are you based in the UK ? 3. Does Radio 1, Radio 2, 5Live or World Service work ? Tried both, but I now understand RealAudio isn't meant to work. But WMA doesn't either. Yes, UK based. Can get R5 and world service, R7, R1 Extra...can't find R1 and R2 in the location/London list. I've just noticed a thread in another forum saying that urls with the .asx ending in the link on p1 of this thread aren't playable urls: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42460 ...though this link plays on my PC. -- Peterms Peterms's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15117 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42439 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] scanner.exe taking ages and consuming CPU
What does scanner.exe actually do? I have my server set to use the iTunes database, so it can't be scanning folders for files, can it? (scan of the iTunes xml should take a few seconds only). If not, what else does it actually do? It's taking ages and slowing down my whole pc. -- jezbo jezbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9888 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42478 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Setting up internet radio stations
Some ASX URLS are playlist and not playable streams URLS but the majority of ASX URLs are playable streams. RealAudio will work if using a Slimserver/SqueezeCenter and you have installed AlienBBC. RealAudio will not work on Squeezenetwork. Are you using SqueezeNetwork ? -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42439 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] scanner.exe taking ages and consuming CPU
It's causing a problem for me because I download some new music, add it to iTunes, and want to play it on my Squeezebox quickly, but I can't get it on the SlimServer database for ages! Why? What can I do to speed this process up? -- jezbo jezbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9888 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42478 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Unending trouble with Wake on LAN
I had trouble getting my server to hibernate until I loaded this plugin - http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=206358postcount=17 Works well, drive it with the remote and my server goes to sleep until I want it to wake up. -- Wirrunna A camel is a racehorse designed by a committee. Wirrunna's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3225 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41129 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Adding new music to SS database quickly
I download some new music (legally, of course), and want to play it on my Squeezebox quickly, but it doesn't appear on the SlimServer database for ages! Why? I want to play it!! When does scanner.exe get invoked automatically and why does it take so long to run? What can I do to speed this process up? I use iTunes for my database, but it may be the same problem if I didn't. -- jezbo jezbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9888 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42481 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] scanner.exe taking ages and consuming CPU
I have the same issue. If I change one component of one track in iTunes, within the hour my machine goes into full scan which consumes my CPU and takes nearly 40 minutes. I've been poking through the iTunes plugin, but I'm not much of a coder to sort out what it is attempting to do. (and how to make it stop doing it). -- Vallier Vallier's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12464 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42478 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rescan / no executable found / windows
In between I had built the library after installing perl, and running perl scanner.pl --wipe and it worked (have not tried with itunes options) I had some problems with my antivirus for some reason that I have not been able to understand. After an other reinstall with a different antivirus installed, I now have both a scanner.exe and a scanner.pl and the library scan did work. Thanks Lionel -- almfg almfg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Wierd order in Artist List
As I can't seem to fix this I thought I'd ask for help. When I browse Artists everything seems fine ... untill I get to this .. YZ Various Artists Neil Young Bob Dylan Joni Mitchell Frank Zappa Curious.. and there is no mention of Dylkan or Mitchell in their respective order. I've used MP3tagger to review the tagged data (all my CD's have been through Picard) and nothing seems out of order. I've cleared and rescanned the library. Every album by both artists is listed if I select them. Any clues as what to do, I assume its some rogue tags, but where and how do I get rid of them? Cheers BT -- BigTony We're Only In It For The Music! www.zappateers.com BigTony's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10638 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42484 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Setting up internet radio stations
bpa;260597 Wrote: I got the same result - however if I edit Favorites.opml and add a type=audio to the Radio 5 entry - it will play. It looks like there is a some sort of bug which needs more invtesigation. More likely the Favorites editor needs to have a feature to be able to mark an URL as playable and not assume it is an OPML file. Logged as Bug 6674 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6674 -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk Patrick Dixon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=90 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42439 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Adding new music to SS database quickly
The usual fix for getting to new music quickly is just to use the Browse Music Folder facility to browse to where the music is - that forces a scan of just that directory and adds the music to the database. Or you can force a rescan any time you like using the web interface (server settings). Or you can run the scanner from a command line - I have this built into the scripts I use for my ripping process, so that as soon as all the files are in place a new scan is kicked off. It only takes a minute on my machine. Warning - I don't use iTunes so some of this advice may have to be adapted for your case, try reading the wiki beginners page on iTunes. HTH -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42481 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wierd order in Artist List
Yup, that will be some rogue ARTISTSORT (or equivalent) tags. I'm not familiar with the tagger you mention: mp3tag http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ is the one I and many others use. Use it to have a look at ALL the tags on the files. Are these mp3 files? If so you might want to try asking mp3tag (there's a helpful page in the wiki here) to remove any ID3v1 tags and just leave ID3v2, that often causes problems. HTH -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42484 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] scanner.exe taking ages and consuming CPU
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?BeginnersGuideToiTunes -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42478 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] scanner.exe taking ages and consuming CPU
Thanks!! That's brilliant. The info I found was: The default setting is to rescan the iTunes library every time it changes and more than an hour has elapsed. If your iTunes scan takes some time and is affecting playback you may wish to increase the interval or disable automatic scanning completely - set the option to 0. You can then use the Rescan plugin to schedule a daily rescan at a convenient time. I take it the option they are referring to is the itunesscaninterval located in the .pm files? -- Vallier Vallier's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12464 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42478 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rescan / no executable found / windows
In case it helps other people that may encounter this problem in the future, what was the name of the anti-virus software that was causing the problems? -- Wonk Wonk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14761 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] scanner.exe taking ages and consuming CPU
Vallier;260682 Wrote: Thanks!! That's brilliant. The info I found was: The default setting is to rescan the iTunes library every time it changes and more than an hour has elapsed. If your iTunes scan takes some time and is affecting playback you may wish to increase the interval or disable automatic scanning completely - set the option to 0. You can then use the Rescan plugin to schedule a daily rescan at a convenient time. I take it the option they are referring to is the itunesscaninterval located in the .pm files? You shouldn't need to edit any files (certainly not any .pm ones!!!), you can set the interval through the web UI (settings). In SC7 go to Settings - iTunes. -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42478 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Setting up internet radio stations
bpa;260662 Wrote: Some ASX URLS are playlist and not playable streams URLS but the majority of ASX URLs are playable streams. RealAudio will work if using a Slimserver/SqueezeCenter and you have installed AlienBBC. RealAudio will not work on Squeezenetwork. Are you using SqueezeNetwork ? Yes, Squeezenetwork, not AlienBBC. Do I need AlienBBC for R3 but not for other beeb channels? -- Peterms Peterms's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15117 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42439 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Setting up internet radio stations
If you are in the UK and the BBC servers think you are using a UK ISP then you should be able to play all the BBC WMA stations which includes Radio 1,2,3 4. Some problems do happen. 1. You are using an ISP which looks like it comes from outside UK (e.g. person working in UK for a large non-UK multinational trying to listen over the corporate internet connection) 2. using UK ISP but BBC mistakes it for non UK 3. Didn't wait long enough for connections - can be 30-40 secs I believe. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42439 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] scanner.exe taking ages and consuming CPU
Perfect! Many thanks. I have set it to 0 so I'll see how it goes. Thanks again. -- Vallier Vallier's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12464 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42478 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wierd order in Artist List
sorry, forgot to mention that all files are FLAC. Will try and find the rogue tags, but nothing has turned up so far. BT -- BigTony We're Only In It For The Music! www.zappateers.com BigTony's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10638 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42484 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rescan / no executable found / windows
I had problem with Avast, BUT I have had it for a long time and do not recall any issues with it and slimserver in the past, so I am not sure. I reinstalled it since, but I am not going to retry from scratch (library is large). We just need to know that there should be both a scanner.exe and a scanner.pl under a windows install. Lionel -- almfg almfg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15029 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] WFMT Chicago URL
As a Chicago native, I am well aware that although WFMT is a fine arts station, it is not public radio. My suggestion to resolve this problem is to contact the radio station and see if it can help you work through the looping issue. -- DMR NYC DMR NYC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8790 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42459 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wierd order in Artist List
I had the same problem a year or so ago. I used mp3tag to add an ARTISTSORT field in which I entered the artist's name. It sorted correctly after that. -- MikV MikV's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6786 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42484 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Remaing playing time of playlist
Is there any way to see the remaining playtime of playist in slimserver or transporter? -- adyc adyc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12564 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42491 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] WFMT Chicago URL
As a station owned by Window to the World Communications, who by the way gets large grants from The corporation for Public Broadcasting, in my eyes is a public radio station. Also they ask for money from people to pay for their programing so that also puts them in the category of public radio. Also straight from their web site i see that they have exactly the same member rates as my local public radio stations, also being fully tax deductible which if someone was giving to a commercial radio they would not be able to do. See http://www.wfmt.com/main.taf?p=3,3 In fact all of their member programs are exactly the same as those of my local and other public radio stations. So conclusion from all this data is that they are a public radio station. Schatzy -- schatzy Kitchen - SB3 - Russound R235LS Amp - Russound SP-M8IM speakers in ceiling Main Stereo - SB3 - Nikko Beta 30 Preamp - Nikko Alpha 230 Amplifier - Genesis VI Speakers schatzy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42459 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Unending trouble with Wake on LAN
syburgh;260729 Wrote: If the SB3 and server are connected using a combination of wired and wireless, then you may have a bridging issue with your router (some routers even place wired and wireless segments on different IP subnets). How are they connected? WOL does work-- I have SB3s connected using a L2 switch to the server and WOL works great.Everything is on a wired network. Actually... from my last post: All connected through 3Com OfficeConnect Secure Router (3CR860-95), running firmware 1.04. Server and Squeezeboxes are running with fixed manually assigned IP on the same subdomain (192.168.1.xxx). Actually, I have completely disabled the router DHCP functions. -- gorman gorman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41129 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Unending trouble with Wake on LAN
If the SB3 and server are connected using a combination of wired and wireless, then you may have a bridging issue with your router (some routers even place wired and wireless segments on different IP subnets). How are they connected? WOL does work-- I have SB3s connected using a L2 switch to the server and WOL works great. -- syburgh syburgh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14239 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41129 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] WFMT Chicago URL
Try the following URL - it is the 2nd URL in the pls file and so skipping the announcement If using SN - you may need to wait about 20 secs for music to start http://wttw.ic.llnwd.net/stream/wttw_wfmt_MP3 -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42459 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Unending trouble with Wake on LAN
I should have read more closely. Sounds like a Windows+driver issue to me, but I've not run SS on Windows, so it's just speculation: 1. Are you sure the driver is waking only on magic packets, and not on unicast/multicast traffic as well? It is common for both to be possible, and as SBs have such a chatty protocol this could interrupt the shutdown process. SB3s are soft off and communicate with the server even though they appear to be switched off. SqueezeNetwork essentially replaces the local SlimServer for net radio, so the SB3s will not communicate (often) with your server whilst on SqueezeNetwork. 2. What NIC are you using? What driver version (Windows standard, OEM)? Might be worth trying a NIC with a different chipset, from another vendor, to see whether this changes the symptoms. I can confirm that my own BSD based SlimServer wakes up at inappropriate times if unicast WOL is enabled, seemingly due to traffic from SB3s. Configuring the NIC to wake *only* on magic packets completely resolved my problems. Have no direct experience with this, but hopefully this helps -- syburgh syburgh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14239 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41129 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Unending trouble with Wake on LAN
I see on Gigabyte's 'site' (http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/Driver_Model.aspx?ProductID=2624) that this board has a Realtek 8111B based NIC, no idea whether WOL support for this works well in Windows, but the latest drivers reference lots of changes to WOL in the changelog. -- syburgh syburgh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14239 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41129 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Attn: webmaster - there's a typo in your store
FYI - subscribe still doesn't work. -- Bizarroterl Bizarroterl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13250 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42396 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Attn: webmaster - there's a typo in your store
I don't think they work the weekend. Will probably be corrected next week. -- EnochLight EnochLight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3392 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42396 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] TinyAmp S30 amplifier the perfect companion Squeezebox ?
pnielsen;260598 Wrote: Yes, and this is not a good thing. This amp forces you to control the volume in the digital domain, and as a result signal resolution is lost at lower playback levels than maximum level. If the amp is inexpensive, why not. However, the true digital feature of this amp is really not worth a penny extra, because of the fact that you still have to control the volume in the digital domain... (A good true digital amp would take full level digital input and have some innovative feature for controlling the volume that preserves the full signal resolution to the DAC or PWM. TacT Millennium and other TacT amps do this, for example). Don't buy the digital claim of this amp. A good conventional amplifier with analog volume control and built in (or external) DAC will sound better any day... Peter. I'd be more concerned about the anemic wattage this has to offer and the fact that it resamples Squeezebox audio to 48kHz. I think most users actually want to be able to control the volume via the Squeezebox (remote). I do agree that resolution is lost at lower volumes though, as I experience this now with an old Onkyo analog amp. I am forced to leave the volume on the Onkyo set at a static level so I can control the volume with the Squeezebox, and it's at lower volumes that the loss is more noticeable. -- EnochLight EnochLight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3392 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42445 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] TinyAmp S30 amplifier the perfect companion Squeezebox ?
Heimiko;260653 Wrote: Asking price is currently 183 Euros. Might even increase a bit when they start shipping internationally. Woah - seriously? That's $267 USD and *WAY* overpriced for a 35 watt amp. Forget it! This thing should push 100 watts RMS per channel and not resample the audio to even begin to be worth that kind of cash. Pity... -- EnochLight EnochLight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3392 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42445 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Remaing playing time of playlist
I'm interested in this too, I would like to show the remaining playlist time, or if this is too difficult, at least the total playing time of the playlist. Right now I'm using Squeezecenter 7.0 -- pichonCalavera *rip* (eac) *convert* (flac) *tag* (musicbrainz) *normalize* (replaygain/foobar2000) *albumart* (winamp) *transport* (winscp) *store* (debian) *rescan* (slimserver) *play* (squeezebox) *hear* (sennheiser) *scrooble* (last.fm) *enjoy* (me :) pichonCalavera's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13068 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42491 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Transporter inputs limited
I was thinking of replacing my SB and Rega Apollo CDP with a Transporter. The thing is, it appears the digital inputs are limited. Suppose I want to run the digital outputs of my DVD and Cable box to the transporter as well. Why didn't they put several optical or digital RF inputs on the transporter? Also even if I use say the optical out from the cable box and the RF out from the DVD, it appears it's not very easy to switch between these inputs on the Transporter. Thoughts? regards, David -- wireless200 wireless200's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11887 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42500 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter inputs limited
it appears it's not very easy to switch between these inputs on the Transporter And IIRC the firmware bug that causes problems on input switching is still to be properly fixed. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42500 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Rhapsody + Squeezebox = Endless Frustration
Once again, I'm receiving the Internal Rhapsody Error...unable to authenticate... message when trying to use Rhapsody. I've been a longtime SB user and supporter, but I'm tired of the endless frustration in using it with Rhapsody. Even when there isn't a full blown error, there are constant time outs, drops and an album/playlist never plays in its entirety without skipping over tracks. I have a great network, plenty of bandwidth, plenty of resources and Rhapsody works like a charm if I just stream it from the Rhapsody client on a local machine. Of the three other SB owners I know, they all have the same issues when using Rhapsody so I know I'm not alone. I'm writing this for three reasons: 1) To vent ;) 2) To ask if others have the same issues and if they do, can we please stop pretending that the SB is Rhapsody compliant. 3) Does anyone have a recommendation for a network music player that supports Rhapsody and works? Four years ago, I didn't care about all of the SB's flaws because it was so cool. Now, I just want something that works if Slim can't raise their game. (And when I say flaws, I don't just mean Rhapsody. Squeezecenter is full of lag. The live music archive plugin has never worked well, and there are always plenty of quirks in regular playback.) -- Chop Chop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=388 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42501 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] TinyAmp S30 amplifier the perfect companion Squeezebox ?
Any suggestions for an amp that meets these specs? Woah - seriously? That's $267 USD and *WAY* overpriced for a 35 watt amp. Forget it! This thing should push 100 watts RMS per channel and not resample the audio to even begin to be worth that kind of cash.___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB3 Power Supply - Which of the 3 listed?
tony larson;260371 Wrote: Gotta believe someone has done a comparison. Thanks. Taking into consideration that the power supplies you mentioned actually cost more than a Squeezebox, you might have a hard time getting unbiased opinions. If I just dropped that kind of cash on a replacement power supply, I think I might hear a difference too! -- EnochLight EnochLight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3392 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42389 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here
Lot's of folks up-in-arms about the Controller... This post from Mike is the first one to mention ALL the capabilities. In fact, the slimdevices web site does NOT have any information about the Controller having the Wolfson DAC. With the DAC, the Controller now goes way beyond a controller. It would be wise to either correct Mike's post, or correct this significant omission of the technical specs on the web site. Gary mvalera;254731 Wrote: The Squeezebox Controller at $299.99 is a great value. It's a mini linux computer with an ARM processor, built in WiFi, a Wolfson DAC (same as the receiver), an IR emitter, a headphone jack, and a SD slot. Where it is now, and where the developer community takes it in a few months are 2 different things. I get very excited when I think about what's possible when the larger community gets it's hands on it and starts developing plugins and the like for the built-in, but inactive, hardware features it has. Mike -- gcrashpdx gcrashpdx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=592 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41805 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Minor nit: lossless codecs are never CBR
I know this is a really minor nit, but I've noticed it for a long time. Slimserver displays, on the Squeezebox and the web page, the bit rate for FLAC and other lossless material as CBR (Constant Bit Rate). Lossless compression algorithms like FLAC, ALAC, Monkey's Audio, Shorten, etc, are never constant bit rate. They must vary with the redundancy in the audio stream. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rhapsody + Squeezebox = Endless Frustration
And yes - I also get occasional drop outs, skips and hang ups with Rhapsody on the SB3 that do not occur with the Rhapsody PC client. I think that the buffering of the SB3 is more sensitive to network disruptions. Or perhaps it is a firmware bug. Or a server-side issue. Still it works ok most of the time and then it is just great. I think the QA should setup a testbed SB and play a long playlist of several hundred songs and verify the stability of Rhapsody Direct over time. I can understand that a non-geek consumer would find it difficult to accept the instability. -- y360 y360's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10150 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42501 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rhapsody + Squeezebox = Endless Frustration
Yes, saw unable to authenticate as well but now it's ok -- y360 y360's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10150 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42501 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here
gcrashpdx;260780 Wrote: It would be wise to either correct Mike's post, or correct this significant omission of the technical specs on the web site. Gary No, it would be very -unwise-. The DAC wont be used when the controller goes on sale, it will be inactive. It probably will be used in future, but for the time being you would get a lot of very angry buyers who miss-understood the specs and thought they where getting something they did not get. -- autopilot SLIMSERVER:[/B] 7.0 APLHA (WINDOWS XP) + ALIENBBC, SLIMSCROBBLER LAST.FM. *AMP:* CAMBRIDGE AUDIO 640A (LIVING ROOM) / DENON MD30 (BEDROOM). *SPEAKERS:* MISSION 701'S (LIVING ROOM) / KEF CRESTA 1'S (BEDROOM). *REMOTE:* T-MOBILE MDA VARIO / HARMONY 525 (IR) / *BETA TESTING JIVE REMOTE. [B]Clients:* 1 Squeezebox 3 + Softsqueeze. 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/domrevans/) autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41805 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcement: a new PSP skin
Really weird, but the ZIP-file is invalid and onnly 60kB when downloading it with IE7, but not so when downloading it with Firefox (then it's 74kB and working) -- nicky6 nicky6's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3258 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35993 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here
Possibly too late. Irish Times report on CES 18-Jan-2008 It's a market such as this that the new Squeezebox Duet from Logitech is designed to address. You can even plug your headphones into its wireless controller. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41805 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] New Controller and Rhapsody
Saw a great demo from Macworld in a thread below. Controller looks like a great piece of hardware. But no demo of it in use with Rhapsody. Can anyone describe how that integration works? -- FLMike FLMike's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=188 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42509 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
Shatzy, It seems that the drive mapping works if squeezecenter/slimserver is run at login and makes use of a users account information to colelct the mapping info...I run SC as a service and it doesn't see the mapping. I am using a thexus 2100 NAS -- MuckleEck Alasdair 3 SB3s - AudioEngine 2 - Cambridge Audio 640R - Mordaunt Short MuckleEck's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11301 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Adding new music to SS database quickly
Browse Music Folder isn't available when the database is integrated with iTunes. Where can I find info on invoking scanner from the command line? -- jezbo jezbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9888 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42481 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter inputs limited
I have fixed this and a bunch of other bugs, but I have to wait until 7.0 branches to release a beta. Should be soon. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42500 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Adding new music to SS database quickly
Get a command prompt, go to the slimserver directory, type scanner -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42481 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Whole house audio but I need a controller
shawkie;259280 Wrote: So I think I'm going to seriously look at writing a native remote control application (much like Moose) for the Axim PDA. This should give me much more control over the user interface than a web-based solution and it will use a local copy of the database so it should be very fast. I'm making progress with my PocketSqueeze application but I have an important choice to make now. For things like playlists (and especially the current playlist) I will still need to query the server but I will only need the track ids. Am I better off using the CLI (which is meant to be fast but will give me loads of extra stuff I don't need) or a custom skin which could be tailored to provide only the track ids? The main priority is speed (particularly when the server is running on low spec hardware) but also minimal bandwidth usage (because the Axim is only 802.11b). At the moment I'm working with Slimserver 6.3.1 because thats what works on my NAS. Are there any new developments in 6.5 or 7.0 that I should be looking at before I go any further? -- shawkie shawkie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3751 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42108 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Now playing not displayed
My display which is set to display Now playing while playing music goes black after estimated 30 seconds. It hasn't always been like this, I've not initiated this change and doubt that my kids (aged 1 and 3) has done this intentionally. Is this an error? How do I re-enable constant Now playing information? I've checked all relevant player- and serversettings, but I'm unable to solve this problem. Help will be very much appreciated! Yours, Lars -- OiPenguin OiPenguin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13658 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42511 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
Hello, I'm perplexed since the ODBC System DSN tests OK (via the ODBC Data Source Administrator) and the entire SQL command string (copied from the ACC.log) succeeds with the MySQL Query Browser but the ACC script itself fails with an error 0. My system config: Windows XP x64 SP2 (O/S on C:, Slimserver on D:, music on E:) mysql ODBC connector for XP x64 v3.51.23 mysql gui tools v5.0-r12-win32 SlimServer Version: 6.5.2 - 12047 - Windows Server 2003 - EN - cp1252 Perl Version: 5.8.8 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread MySQL Version: 5.0.22-community-nt ACC.cfg: SF|E:\Archived Music G2E| CF|E:\Archived Music\Various Artists DT|False DG|True ACS|True APPS|True SB|1 Acc.log: STATUS : fnReadSettings():ENTER:4:12:17 PM STATUS : fnReadSettings():LEAVE:4:12:17 PM STATUS : fnReadSettings():ENTER:4:12:17 PM STATUS : fnReadSettings():LEAVE:4:12:17 PM STATUS : fnReadSettings():ENTER:4:12:17 PM STATUS : fnReadSettings():LEAVE:4:12:17 PM STATUS : fnReadSettings():ENTER:4:12:17 PM STATUS : fnReadSettings():LEAVE:4:12:17 PM STATUS : fnReadSettings():ENTER:4:12:17 PM STATUS : fnReadSettings():LEAVE:4:12:17 PM STATUS : fnReadSettings():ENTER:4:12:17 PM STATUS : fnReadSettings():LEAVE:4:12:17 PM STATUS : fnReadSettings():ENTER:4:12:17 PM STATUS : fnReadSettings():LEAVE:4:12:17 PM STATUS : fnReadSettings():ENTER:4:12:17 PM STATUS : fnReadSettings():LEAVE:4:12:17 PM ACC Version : 1.0 Release Candidate 2a STARTED : 1/20/2008 --- 4:12:17 PM STATUS : Window created STATUS : fnStart():ENTER:4:12:20 PM OPTION SELEC: Display Tracks = False OPTION SELEC: Cover art size = True OPTION SELEC: Display Genre = True OPTION SELEC: Sort by = Artist OPTION SELEC: AutoPrintPageSep = True OPTION SELEC: Filter: Starting folder = E:\Archived Music OPTION SELEC: Filter: Compilation folder = E:\Archived Music\Various Artists OPTION SELEC: Filter: Genres to exclude = STATUS : fnStoreSettings():ENTER:4:12:20 PM STATUS : fnStoreSettings():LEAVE:4:12:20 PM STATUS : fnStart():LEAVE:4:12:20 PM STATUS : fnStart2():ENTER:4:12:20 PM STATUS : fnQueryLogic():ENTER:4:12:20 PM STATUS : fnCreateSQLQuery(1):ENTER:4:12:22 PM STATUS : fnCreateSQLQuery(1): STATUS :select CONVERT(contributors.name USING utf8) as artist,CONVERT(albums.title USING utf8) as album,albums.year AS year, tracks.url AS filepath, tracks.tracknum AS tracknumber, CONVERT(tracks.title USING UTF8) as tracktitle,CONVERT(SEC_TO_TIME(tracks.secs),CHAR) as duration, genres.namesort AS 'genre' from tracks join albums on albums.id=tracks.album AND albums.titlesort!='SINGLE TRACK' AND albums.titlesort!='NO ALBUM' left join contributor_track on contributor_track.track=tracks.id and (contributor_track.role in (1) or contributor_track.role in (5))left join contributors on contributor_track.contributor=contributors.id left join genre_track on genre_track.track=tracks.id left join genres on genre_track.genre=genres.id STATUS :WHERE INSTR(UCASE(tracks.url), 'FILE:///E:/Archived%20Music') AND !INSTR(UCASE(tracks.url), 'FILE:///E:/Archived%20Music/Various%20Artists') STATUS :group by tracks.id,lcase(convert(albums.title using utf8)) STATUS :order by artist,year DESC,lcase(convert(albums.titlesort using utf8)),tracks.disc,tracks.tracknum; STATUS : fnCreateSQLQuery(1):LEAVE:4:12:22 PM STATUS : fnPerformQuery(1):ENTER:4:12:22 PM STATUS : fnPerformQuery():Recordset opened:4:12:22 PM ERROR : fnPerformQuery():An error occured while connection to the database. Error number: 0 -- Error description: I agree that this should be basic included functionality with the Slimserver and would love to get this working. Does anyone have any ideas what could be wrong? Thanks in advance. Terry -- terry terry's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14150 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rhapsody + Squeezebox = Endless Frustration
And yes - I also get occasional drop outs, skips and hang ups with Rhapsody on the SB3 that do not occur with the Rhapsody PC client. Come on, tell the truth. Do you occasionally have problems with Rhapsody or are you astonished during the rare (if ever) times when Rhapsody works as it should? For myself and everyone I know with a SB, it's the latter. I think the QA should setup a testbed SB and play a long playlist of several hundred songs and verify the stability of Rhapsody Direct over time. Or how about just trying to play one album? Screw the long playlist over time - the simple ability to play a single album without issue would be a massive improvement. I can understand that a non-geek consumer would find it difficult to accept the instability. And I would think the geek would be frustrated as well. I don't code, but I had enough geek in me to accept all of the SB's quirks (I say this kindly) because 1) There were not many other competitive options and 2) the open source Slimserver and all the plugins that came with that made it fun. But the reality is that the vast majority of plugins really had no use after the cool - look what else I can do with my squeezebox factor wore off (e.g. an RSS Reader on a tiny screen across the room) and most of the plugins that were really useful came with plenty of quirks of their own (Rhapsody back in the day when it was a plugin, Live Music Archive, Sirius and XM Radio to name three). I'm dying to know if people have the same problems with the Sonos, Roku and others? Right now the Roku is 149.99, is tightly integrated with iTunes (based on its native support of ALAC and AAC), and works with all Play For Sure formats. Granted, I can't read RSS feeds on it and it won't support FLAC or OGG. But given that 90 percent of people manage their music with iTunes these days - if it actually works, it's probably a much better alternative than the quirky box we've been using for years. -- Chop Chop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=388 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42501 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now playing not displayed
Settings-Screen-Screen Dimming-(set delay) cheers, #!/ben -- bklaas the Nokia770 skin guy http://www.last.fm/user/bklaas/ bklaas's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=58 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42511 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here
On Jan 20, 2008, at 12:16 PM, bpa wrote: Possibly too late. Irish Times report on CES 18-Jan-2008 It's a market such as this that the new Squeezebox Duet from Logitech is designed to address. You can even plug your headphones into its wireless controller. It's true, you can plug headphones in. Alas, you won't hear much. -dean ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Special Characters like #345; and
I have the following file in a folder 02 - Dvo#345;ák - Symphony No. 9 in E Minor, Op. 95 'From the New World', II. Largo.mp3 The slimserver scanner does not seem to pick up files like this with strange characters in. Is there any fix for this, other than manually renaming my files? I'm using integration with iTunes btw. -- jezbo jezbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9888 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42512 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now playing not displayed
Great! Changing brightness from 0 till 3 appear to have made all the difference! -- OiPenguin OiPenguin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13658 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42511 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rhapsody + Squeezebox = Endless Frustration
Personally, I've been giving Rhapsody quite a workout lately (including plenty of whole albums, queued up one after the other) and I have had no problems at all. I do sometimes have drop-outs with last.fm, but I'm yet to experience that with Rhapsody. -- smc2911 smc2911's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4388 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42501 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now playing not displayed
Check brightness. -- Mark Lanctot Sean Adams: So you mean, aside from the fact that Squeezebox does not do 96KHz, why doesn't it do 96KHz? Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42511 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Unending trouble with Wake on LAN
I'm using NIC Linksys EG1032 v3 with latest drivers. The advanced properties in the driver panel do not contain WOL entries. I configured WOL through the standard XP Power Savings panel (allow device..., only management stations, etc.). -- gorman gorman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41129 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rhapsody + Squeezebox = Endless Frustration
Chop;260822 Wrote: I'm dying to know if people have the same problems with the Sonos, Roku and others? Right now the Roku is 149.99, is tightly integrated with iTunes (based on its native support of ALAC and AAC), and works with all Play For Sure formats. Granted, I can't read RSS feeds on it and it won't support FLAC or OGG. But given that 90 percent of people manage their music with iTunes these days - if it actually works, it's probably a much better alternative than the quirky box we've been using for years. The Squeezebox is a model of polished maturity compared to the rough, slow, and awkward Roku. I bought a Roku M500 a while back, and it was vastly inferior to even the SB1. The SB2 trounces it thoroughly, in every respect. -- mkozlows mkozlows's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=62 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42501 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now playing not displayed
This was probably caused by a tap of the brightness button on the remote, so one of your kids could indeed have done it. :-) -- Mark Lanctot Sean Adams: So you mean, aside from the fact that Squeezebox does not do 96KHz, why doesn't it do 96KHz? Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42511 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Adding new music to SS database quickly
I meant details of the arguments - your suggestion made it sound like you can direct scanner to look in a particular place, rather than scanning everything. -- jezbo jezbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9888 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42481 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Accidentally hooked amp line-out to SB line-out: Bad for it?
That won't hurt it. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42472 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Adding new music to SS database quickly
If you type scanner as I suggested you should be given a usage dump which lists all the arguments. You can point it at a specific directory, though I find (on my non-itunes system) that just letting it scan the whole thing doesn't take too long (it looks for changed files). HTH -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42481 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here
One thing I've been wondering about (apologies if it's been covered elsewhere) is how do you enter a wireless key for the SBR? -- smc2911 smc2911's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4388 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41805 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rhapsody + Squeezebox = Endless Frustration
I used to have a lot of problems with Rhapsody and other services before I changed ISP's. After that the SB3 performed flawlessly. Recently, I switched ISP's again for one offering more bandwidth at a cheaper price. All my old problems came back and after a few days I switched back to the previous ISP. The long and the short of it is that streaming in real time over the internet is at the mercy of many variables, such as latency and jitter, and this I am afraid varies greatly between individual servers and clients because of the intervening network. -- raglencross raglencross's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7239 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42501 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here
dean, you missed a good job here, sounds like you would have been qualified:-) http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/7198512.stm dean blackketter;260844 Wrote: On Jan 20, 2008, at 12:16 PM, bpa wrote: Possibly too late. Irish Times report on CES 18-Jan-2008 It's a market such as this that the new Squeezebox Duet from Logitech is designed to address. You can even plug your headphones into its wireless controller. It's true, you can plug headphones in. Alas, you won't hear much. -dean -- kesey kesey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10786 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41805 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] RIAA going after Fair use - those of us who burn CDs to the Hard drive now
Well as I read this I'm listening to Lemon Song by Led Zeppelin and the SC7 webpage and the SB3 display both say 820 VBR. -- Skittler Dave. SB3 -- Beresford TC-7510 -- Cyrus 8vs -- PMC FB1 Skittler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11280 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41710 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: Special Characters like #345; and
This is a know bug and is being worked on. Expect to see some improvement in SqueezeCenter 7 when it is released. In the mean time, yes, renaming your files is really the only fix. But you don't need to do it manually. If you are running Slimserver under windows, I wrote a little utility program that will rename all your files in one shot, stripping out any characters with diacritic marks. You can then re-run the utility at a later time to restore the filenames to their original state. Let me know if you are interested. -- gharris999 gharris999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=115 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42512 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter inputs limited
amcluesent;260770 Wrote: it appears it's not very easy to switch between these inputs on the Transporter And IIRC the firmware bug that causes problems on input switching is still to be properly fixed. Not everyone has seen this input switching bug on the Transporter. I've had mine for about 14 months and it's never given me a problem in this respect. (That said, I see Sean says he has fixed the bug, so he must have found something that affected some users). As for using the digital inputs with other sources: I have a PVR connected via optical and a DVD player connected via RCA COAX, and it works fine. That leaves two further electrical inputs available. I can see that only having one optical input might limit you if you've got more than one other source that only has optical out. Perhaps you could use a Toslink-to-COAX converter in that case? -- 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=42500 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album artwork not showing up
Make sure that your file names start with lower-case letters also. I had an issue where my program was saving as Folder.jpg, had to go through and rename 50 or so as folder.jpg -- jkeigs jkeigs's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2537 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42474 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Attn: webmaster - there's a typo in your store
There's someone that doesn't work weekends? ;) -- Bizarroterl Bizarroterl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13250 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42396 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here
On Jan 20, 2008, at 2:20 PM, smc2911 wrote: One thing I've been wondering about (apologies if it's been covered elsewhere) is how do you enter a wireless key for the SBR? When the Receiver comes out of the box it's waiting to be set up. First, you set up the Controller to connect to the network using the screen and buttons and wheel. You choose the Receiver on the screen of the Controller and it squirts down the settings to the Receiver, which connects to the network. (This is why you need a Controller to set up a Receiver, at least for now.) -dean ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox a Hardware Partner of Last.fm
pichonCalavera;260488 Wrote: The Last.fm scrobbling/radio integration with Squeezebox has been for a while with plugins and more recently with the Squeezecenter 7.0 beta. Don't know if this has been mentioned before, but I just found this page on Last.fm: http://www.last.fm/hardware It's mentioned on their blog too: http://blog.last.fm/2008/01/07/geekery-in-las-vegas I hope this partnership brings many good things to Logitech/Slim Devices integration with Last.fm,, now let's hope they integrate Last.fm radio and services more quickly into Squeezecenter :) Just to make the Logitech team aware, this new Squeezebox feature (like SlimScrobbler) won't work for those of us running the SlimServer iTunesUpdate plugin to transfer play counts and ratings from SlimServer back to iTunes (I think there are a few of us). In that scenario, if you scrobble from iTunes as well (to capture your iPod plays into Last.fm) you get duplicate conflicting scrobbles in Last.fm. To use the new feature we'd have to give up scrobbling in iTunes or disable iTunesUpdate. Neither of which I would want to do. Best solution in my book would be for Last.FM to discard duplicate scrobbles but I don't think that's on their roadmap. -- barcar barcar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1760 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42461 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] WFMT Chicago URL
BPA, many thanks! The link you provided for WFMT Chicago worked right off, with no delay, and has stayed stable for half an hour now. We've been trying to figure out how to receive WFMT off and on since we got our first SB half a year ago, so your help is especially appreciated. -- Ralph 411 Ralph 411's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12741 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42459 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcement: a new PSP skin
Same problem. XP and IE7. nicky6;260797 Wrote: Really weird, but the ZIP-file is invalid and onnly 60kB when downloading it with IE7, but not so when downloading it with Firefox (then it's 74kB and working) -- wileyc wileyc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13353 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35993 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Question About Music Not Showing Up in Slimserver
Hi, Been loading discs onto the HD from time to time. Using ITunes. Sometimes I load a disc into ITunes and it shows up there just fine. Can play it on the computer. But Slimserver wont find it. I have tried clearing and rescanning the library. Also scanned for new music. I have looked at the info tag in Itunes, and dont find anything amiss. What is going on here that I need to change? Its strange, also have a Beattles White Album disc that Slimserver makes the album title NOTHING. All the music is there, but it wont find the right title, which is in Iunes. Need to get this fixed, but not sure what the next step is. Sorry if the question has been asked before, I just havent found the answer in a search yet. Regards Mister Pig -- mister pig mister pig's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12566 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42521 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announce: Album Catalog Creator for SlimServer
MuckleEck;260808 Wrote: Shatzy, It seems that the drive mapping works if squeezecenter/slimserver is run at login and makes use of a users account information to colelct the mapping info...I run SC as a service and it doesn't see the mapping. I am using a thexus 2100 NAS MuckleEck, I also run SC7 as a service and i had to map a drive through windows in the following manner. Putting what i did here not know what your experience is, and for those who are not so technically inclinde 1. Right click on My Computer 2. Click on Map Network Drive... 3. Pick drive letter that you want to use. 4. Browse (using browse button) to the folder on your network attached storage that has your music on it. You can not select the root folder as this will not create a proper mapping. 5. Click finish. Test your mapping by opening my computer and clicking on the drive letter you selected it should bring up a the contents of the folder that you mapped to. I did this with two different NAS boxes One Link Station and one Infrant. Both worked properly if the mapping was done as stated above. If yo let the NAS Software select the drive letter or how it is to connect to your computer it WILL NOT work. Phil had a work around that i tried and it worked as well but was much more work to get it working. Schatzy -- schatzy Kitchen - SB3 - Russound R235LS Amp - Russound SP-M8IM speakers in ceiling Main Stereo - SB3 - Nikko Beta 30 Preamp - Nikko Alpha 230 Amplifier - Genesis VI Speakers schatzy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11827 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter inputs limited
Clive, can you explain how you switch between inputs? Basically after checking earlier today I figure I can optical in from the DVD and Coax in from the Cable box. I'm thinking I'll put my CDs on the computer in lossless format. Right now I have a SB and a Rega Apollo CDP which the Transporter would replace in that system. The other option I'm considering is keeping the SB and buy a DAC1 Pre by Benchmark. http://www.benchmarkmedia.com/dac1pre/ My main interest is in getting the best sound with my Krell amp and making my CD collection more accessible. I have too many CDs to keep them in listening room. regards, David -- wireless200 wireless200's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11887 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42500 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rhapsody + Squeezebox = Endless Frustration
I have had no problems with Rhapsody. Ive been using it since the really old days of RealSlim so the integration was very important to me. No issues. I'm running wired though, didnt see if you were running wireless. Ive tried Roku, its not a stable device. -- JimB JimB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=327 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42501 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver on Nokia N800
yes. just point the 880 web browser at the server address. eg: http://local host:9000 your local host (server ip address) can be found on the bottom of the squeezecentre settings page -D -- drewe181 http://www.last.fm/user/drewe181/ drewe181's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8129 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42524 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Slimserver on Nokia N800
Can the Nokia 800 be used with Slimserver just as the 770 can? -- vmissel vmissel's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15132 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42524 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The 'Duet' is here
Thanks. I suspect I'll be trying it myself very soon... -- smc2911 smc2911's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4388 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41805 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver on Nokia N800
Yes. The Noika770 skin works perfectly with the N800. There are a bunch of advantages that the N800 has over the 770, but, for Slimserver browsing, my experience has been that the N800 connects faster, the web browser is faster, the battery life is better. I don't have any experience with the N810. -- gharris999 gharris999's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=115 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42524 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Unending trouble with Wake on LAN
Linksys EG1032 v3 'appears ' (http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-bugs/2006-January/016388.html) to be another Realtek chip, RTL8169S -- syburgh syburgh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14239 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41129 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] problem upgrading software
I have a SB3, and I had not updated the software in a long time. Tonight I clicked on my SLimServer icon and on the webpage it noted that there was a sw update available. So, I dl'd the version 6.5.4 installer. During installation I got an error message that sayd DeleteFile failed; code 5. Access is denied I am running XP Now when I try to start SlimServer it doesn't work and after it attempts to start it just says SlimServer stopped Should I just delete the whole directory and run the install again? It was running fine with the old software so I guess I should have left well enough alone. -- glennaa11 glennaa11's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7802 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42525 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rhapsody + Squeezebox = Endless Frustration
FWIW, I'm running wireless and have had two different ISPs. Also, I have plenty of bandwidth. What confuses me the most is why is it that I can sit here and flawlessly stream rhapsody through the rhapsody player in my laptop but if I try to play it on my SB2 via the SqueezeNetwork, I have nothing but problems. -- Chop Chop's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=388 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42501 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
