[slim] Limiting particular device to a subset of a library
Hi, My daughter has a Squeezebox Radio in her room, that I initially set up with the 6 preset buttons pointing to some of her favourite music. More recently though, she's worked out how to browse the music library and started listening to other stuff she's found. Now she knows how to do this, I figured it might be a good idea to limit the music she can choose in this way. I envisaged being able to point her player to a different music library, which contained links to specific albums in my main music library perhaps. I did look into this a couple of years ago, and found a page on (I think) the Wiki that detailed how to do this. However, at the time this involved an awful lot of work, IIRC setting up SQL queries and then making lots of changes to the menus on a particular device. I was wondering if any steps have been taken to make this simpler to configure? I'm currently on v7.8.1, but would consider an upgrade to 7.9 if it made things easier in this respect. Appreciate any advice anyone can offer. Thanks Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Music-Playback now on ANDROID! SqueezePlayer released to the market ...
Hi, In article zoltan.6nx...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, Zoltanzoltan.6nx...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: After all of this it occurred to me that this was probably the first time I had tried to use SqueezePlayer since my phone upgraded to Android 5.0. The phone is a Nexus 5 so tends to be ahead of the curve in getting Android updates so, if that is the source of the problem, perhaps relatively few people have seen it so far. I did see a couple of recent reviews for SqueezePlayer on the Play Store which seem to lend support to the theory that SqueezePlayer is broken with Android 5.0. It doesn't necessarily help you, but I also have a Nexus 5 running Android 5. The Squeezeplayer / Orange Squeeze combo still works (on a very short test I've just done). Happy to help try to pin it down if required. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezePlay skips to next track mid-track
Hi, Anyone got any ideas on this? Cheers Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SqueezePlay skips to next track mid-track
Hi all, Recently I've been finding that SqueezePlay will skip to the next track in a playlist mid-way through a track. The SqueezePlay is accessing the server remotely over the Internet if that's relevant. What debug options should I initially enable to try to work out why this is happening? Server is 7.8.1~1413646184, running on Debian. Thanks in advance for any advice and assistance you can offer. Cheers Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Correct netcat usage
Hi, In article raspimips.67z...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, Raspi+MIPSraspimips.67z...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: is there a way to execute several cli commands in one step, avoiding latencies from multiple connections? This gives me only the answer to the first query (artist): Code: echo -e $playermac artist ?\n$playermac album ?\n$playermac title ?\nexit| netcat 192.168.1.100 9090 Does adding a delay in help? I think it's the '-i' switch to netcat. So echo -e | netcat -i 1 ip port Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Idle curiosity about online metadata - how does it work with vinyl copies??
Hi, In article donmacn.67q...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, I expected to have to enter the album data manually, but the online sources popped up with the right information. Colour me amazed! How does this work, given that the CD is my copy of a vinyl record?? is it simply based on the combination of number of tracks and their respective lengths? Does this generate a significantly unique combination that the data sources can draw on?? It could be matching against a 'fingerprint' of the music itself. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 8 TB Storage and more...
Hi, In article mark.miksis.66r...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, Mark Miksismark.miksis.66r...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: crashplan.com offers an option where you can ship them a drive for the initial backup at an extra cost. Not sure of your location, but I believe this option is only available in the US. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 8 TB Storage and more...
In article mark.miksis.66n...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, Mark Miksismark.miksis.66n...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: For anyone considering cloud backup, I'm very happy with crashplan.com. It's about $60 per year for unlimited storage. The initial backup can take quite a while depending on how much data you have, but from then on it just updates itself incrementally. Upload speed seems to be limited only by my own cable upload speeds. I chose them over other cloud based backup services because of unlimited storage and Linux support. Seconded. I have the 'family' subscription, that means I can update multiple computers. Occasionally have issues with the (java based) software, but their support are generally pretty good at sorting things out. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] accessing to a remote logitech media server
Hi, In article yeomanspc.628...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, yeomanspcyeomanspc.628...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: I do all the time. Slow upload (adsl max is ~440kb iirc)but it usually works ok, occasional re-buffering. But it was chewing up line capacity when being used, so just created a Raspberry Pi with a 1gb USB disk for remote and it's better if you do a lot. Only thing I miss with this is MusicIP ( and therefore Sugarcube). Works just fine for me, I have a decent upload, but I limit the rate on my 'remote' player to something like 128 or 192 kbps anyway. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Last.fm not working
Hi, Recently last.fm playback has stopped working for me. I have a paid account, but when I try to play one of their channels, it tells me that I need to have a paid account. There are two accounts registered with my local server and mysqueezebox.com, only one of these is a paid account. I have that one selected on the player concerned. Could this be the cause of the issue? Any logging I can turn on to get to the bottom of this? Thanks Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Vortexbox NAS hardware recommendations?
Hi, In article ajkidle.5sj...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, ajkidleajkidle.5sj...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: I've been running my Vortexbox on a headless Atom based MSI Nettop 100 box for the past few years, and recently have gotten the itch to protect my data by setting up a RAID 1 configuration. The on-board controller on the MSI doesn't seem to support this, and there are no expansion slots available for adding a 3rd party card, so I'm investigating new hardware. Anyone have any recommendations? I'm looking for something low power that I can tuck away in a closet somewhere. It just needs to be able to run Vortexbox, have gigabit ethernet, and 2 hard drive bays minimum (4 preferred.) Oh, and it needs to support RAID 1. Or at least have a PCI slot so I can add a controller card. Isn't VortexBox linux based? If so, presumably you can so Software RAID? It might be as easy to build your own system based around an ITX motherboard. There are a number of ITX cases specifically aimed at NAS use. Where in the world are you? I'm in the UK and have used http://www.linitx.com to buy components for a number of small Atom based systems in the past. They're generally very helpful, support over IRC is excellent for putting a system spec together. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Usage of local music libraries in your family ?
Hi, In article erland.5re...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, erlanderland.5re...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: Do you have a need to let each family member browse their library individually ? Make do without it at the moment, but that would be nice. If so, where are the music files stored ? On a central computer/NAS, on a computer/NAS per family member or on the portable device of each family member ? Central NAS, all served by Slimserver. Snapshots of the entire library on my wife's phone, entire library on 'my' MP3 player (which tends to get taken with us on family trips). If you have individual libraries, do you also have a need for shared libraries which is common for multiple family members ? That would also be nice, yes. Do you have a need to keep track of playlists for each family member ? Would be nice, but don't use playlists much. Do you have a need to keep track of favorites for each family member ? Would be nice, yes. Do you have a need to keep track of ratings and playback statistics for each family member ? Don't use this sort of thing at the moment. Does each family member have individual players which only one of the family members mostly use ? If so, should all players be controllable by everyone or do you want access to certain players to be restricted ? In that case why ? I'm assuming you're talking about networked players here rather than portable ones. We have two Squeezeboxes in the house, one connected to the system in the living room, and another Boom in the bedroom that acts as my alarm clock and a Radio for listening to overnight. I also listen at work via SqueezePlay, and on my phone via SqueezePlayer. No need to restrict things as yet. When my 4 year old is a bit older might consider a player in her bedroom. In that case, I might want to restrict some of the music to prevent her playing it (Rage Against the Machine for example!) Does each family member have their individual remote control/smartphone to control the players or do you also have remote controls which you share between different family members ? My wife and I both have Smartphones. I use mine to control the system sometimes, but a lot is done using the IR remote to control the device (SB2) directly. We own a Controller, but it dies as soon as you take it out of the cradle so it's not much use! How would your dream system work to work as good as possible for usage of local music on Squeezeboxes and portable devices in your family ? 1 shared library available to all. 3 individual libraries that can be browsed seperately by each family member if required (to give them access to all the music, but allow them to browse their own easier if required). Ability to restrict certain tracks / albums from playback on certain players (no Rage Against the Machine in my daughter's room for example). Would be nice to be able to automatically transcode the library from FLAC (the majority of my library is whole-CD FLAC files) to Ogg (or another lossy format) for syncing with the portable players. I do this with some Python currently so it's not a deal-breaker. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox replacement candidate Simple Audio taken over by Corsair
Hi, In article gadgety1.5qn...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, Gadgety1gadgety1.5qn...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: Corsair is a large player in the PC market - SSD memory, USB drives power supplies, gaming peripherals, cooling and computer cases. Today Corsair announced having bought lossmaking Roomplayer manufacturer, Simple Audio. Corsair has a well built up distribution channels in the PC-enthusiast segment which I find bodes well. Trying to decide if this is intentionally ironic or not...sounds a lot like Logitech to me... Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Seagate Constellation CS 3TB
Hi, In article slimchances.5pl...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, SlimChancesslimchances.5pl...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: The WD Black has a 5 year warranty. The MTBF is no longer published for these drives but I believe it would be a higher rate than the Red drives Just to clear, do you mean a higher rate of failure, or a higher time between failures? Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] ANN: Orange Squeeze 1.3.0 released!
Hi, In article 50f89995.1070...@cdmnet.org, Calum Mackaycalum.mac...@cdmnet.org wrote: any chance you would consider adding a volume control of some sort to the lockscreen plugin, please? Might be hard to add a slider, given space, but up/down buttons would do, perhaps? Apologies if you've tried this, but do the devices volume controls work? Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB3 spontaneously reboots
In article ulvi.5pg...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, ulviulvi.5pg...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: My 7 year old SB3 started to reboot randomly in the middle of playing a track. Right now this happens every few minutes during playback, but never when idle. The same thing started happening to my SB2 a while back. I didn't take it apart, but did try the various resets. In the end I switched to wired ethernet (using a Homeplug style device to get the wired network close to the SB3). It's been 100% reliable ever since. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Moving on...
Hi, In article modelcitizen.5l1...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, ModelCitizenmodelcitizen.5l1...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: Both of my Controllers are bricks. Won't charge. I've changed the batteries but they just run out and never recharge. The bases are OK and so are the devices. The connections between them make. It's baffling. My Controller appears to be the same. Sits in the cradle and works fine, as soon as you take it out, it switches off. Could be the battery failed I guess. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New SB ?
Hi, In article atlantic.5gh...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, Atlanticatlantic.5gh...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: Of course, everything could be transcoded to different formats - though retaining the tags is a bit trickier and would be an issue on a large collection - but of more concern is that transcoding lossy formats would result in further degradation. That's why all my 'source' content is in FLAC. I can transcode that to my hearts content without any loss in quality. If support for FLAC looks like it's going to disappear in the future, I just need to make sure I am able to transcode to nuFLAC and again all will be well. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 Classic Random Reboots
Hi, In article tobru.5cx...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, tobrutobru.5cx...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: I own a SlimDevices (yes!) Squeezebox 3 (Classic) which was running fine for the past few years. Since 3 or 4 weeks it randomly reboots. Sometimes every 10 minutes, sometimes every two or three hours. Has anyone got similar problems? Does anyone know how to debug this? Are there any logs to check? Are you connected wirelessly? I had something very similar happen to my SB2 (I believe the internals of the two are virtually identical). I changed to a wired connection (via a HomePlug style device) and the problem went away. Not sure if it necessarily helps you. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is there an EASY way to get a classic up and running without a remote?
Hi, In article audiomagnate.5cx...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, audiomagnateaudiomagnate.5cx...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: Niether the server software nor my android phone can find my new (remoteless) Squeezebox classic. It is plugged into my my wireless router via an ethernet cable, but I 'm getting Your player was not found... I've disabled Windows 7 firewall and rebooted everything several times but no dice. The solution involving the Perl download and the other thing is beyond me, but I'm pretty good with computers and networking. A remote is on the way, but I want to play today. I think the only way you can set the Classic up is with the remote. If you're lucky and it's configured for DHCP you might be able to get it to acquire an IP address, but even then I think you'd need the remote to tell it what server to use. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Not showing date and time when switched off
Hi, In article scrosland.5006cn1315916...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, scroslandscrosland.5006cn1315916...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: I have Screensaver when off set to Date and Time and Standby Font set to standard and Power Off Brightness set to 2. This all used to work on 7.6.0 and earlier. On the times I've seen this, it's because the brightness has been dropped to zero. I know you've checked, but try using the brightness button on a remote to change the brightness when the player is off. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Strange behaviour after updating 7.6.0 in one SB3
In article pwt01.4xllrz1311877...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, pwt01pwt01.4xllrz1311877...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: I have a very similar problem. Since the last update, the off screen on both my squeezebox 3 and my Boom is black. The screensaver is set to date and time and the brightness is correctly set. Any ideas? Did you try the brightness button on the remote? I think the off and on brightness values are separate settings, so just cos it's correct when it's on, doesn't mean it's correct when it's off. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Strange behaviour after updating 7.6.0 in one SB3
In article jotap_66.4xhwtb1311705...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, jotap_66jotap_66.4xhwtb1311705...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: The ancient one doesn't display the clock when off. The other one (logitech) it works OK. Check the brightness settings (use the brightness button on the remote). I've had this happen before when upgrading, the brightness gets turned right down for some reason. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox software player ?
Hi, In article pieroxy.4txcan1305706...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, pieroxypieroxy.4txcan1305706...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: I am a new Squeezebox player user and addict. That said, I don't consider buying one player for every room, as some room have some PCs that are perfectly capable of playing music by themselves. What I'd like for these is a way to make these PCs part of the Squeezebox network. So they'd be controllable by the iPhone app, synchronizable with a group of players, etc. Does anyone knows if this exists? You need SqueezePlay. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can I make my music server a music source?
Hi, In article howie.stone.4t6hpz1304454...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, howie.stonehowie.stone.4t6hpz1304454...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: I have my music on a PC and it streams music to my hi-fi in another part of the house. Can I make the PC playback music in a playlist which I've created in the Squeezebox server, through the speakers attached to the PC? Install SqueezePlay on the PC. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB2 started rebooting
In article dwc.4lxw1z1292295...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, dwcdwc.4lxw1z1292295...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: Well, if it is an SB2, there's always the chance that certain components are end-of-life-ing on you. I have four SB3's and one of them has died. it just reboots endlessly. I suspect a bad power component, and the forum members have offered their help but I never got around to going in with my multimeter and testing voltage at all the suggested locations. if you are up for that, you may be able to isolate the bad component. Thanks for the input, I did suspect that the SB2 may just be dying. However, some further investigation showed that my wireless signals weren't particularly good. I suspect the wireless was dropping out at regular intervals. I guess this could have been causing the reboots? I've moved the channels on the wireless and things seem a little better for now, but I'll keep an eye on things. Changing topic slightly, when I moved the wireless channel up above about 9, then the SB2 and Controller completely failed to lock on. I suspect that the Dlink router may be the culprit here, cos the SB2 and Controller should work on any channel shouldn't they? They're both correctly set to Europe for the location. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SB2 started rebooting
Hi, I update my server from the Debian repository. Updated the other day (squeezeboxserver_7.5.2~31603) and since then my SB2 is randomly rebooting while playing. Sometimes it'll play a whole album, other times it'll just reboot mid song. My Boom appears to be unaffected. I carried out a factory reset earlier and it's still showing the same symptoms. Could this indicate some sort of hardware fault? Any other ideas? Thanks Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB2 started rebooting
Hi, In article slrnig9f47.hsp.a...@atom.gently.org.uk, Andy Hawkinsa...@gently.org.uk wrote: I update my server from the Debian repository. Updated the other day (squeezeboxserver_7.5.2~31603) and since then my SB2 is randomly rebooting while playing. Sometimes it'll play a whole album, other times it'll just reboot mid song. A bit more info, and possibly a coincidence. I have the SB2 connected to my Amp via an Optical cable. I had the SB2 playing for about 45 mins or so with the Amp set to another input. Noticing it hadn't rebooted, I switched the amp over to the SB2 input and started listening. Within a couple of minutes the SB2 had rebooted. Coincidence? Or does this provide useful information? Cheers Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Basic Squeezbox Facts.....?
Hi, In article loosetooth.4gq4bz1283535...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, loosetoothloosetooth.4gq4bz1283535...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: I can then carboot the CDs and save for a Squeezebox. Not sure on the legality of that personally... Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Basic Squeezbox Facts.....?
Hi, In article loosetooth.4gqazz1283543...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, loosetoothloosetooth.4gqazz1283543...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: Okay well neither am I, but I am not illegally downloading, the CDs have been bougght and if I want to sell my CDs I will unless you are a police officer? :O Nope, I'm not a police officer. And yes, it's entirely up to you if you sell them. If you bought them, burnt a copy, and then sold the original at a car boot sale, would that be Ok too? Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] 7.4 scan failure under Windows
Hi all, Never used Squeezecentre under Windows before, but a flaky net connection at work has led me to install it there and copy my music over rather than accessing my home system. I figured that as 7.4 had just been released I'd give that a go. Getting the following error when scanning while trying to merge Various Artists: [09-09-29 13:05:32.9695] main::main (310) Error: Failed when running scan post-process: [Carp::Clan::__ANON__(): Carp::Clan::__ANON__(): DBI Exception: DBD::mysql::st execute failed: Can't create/write to file 'C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\Squeezebox\Cache\MySQL\#sql_1f7c_0.MYI' (Errcode: 13) [for Statement SELECT me.id, me.url, me.content_type, me.title, me.titlesort, me.titlesearch, me.album, me.primary_artist, me.tracknum, me.timestamp, me.filesize, me.disc, me.remote, me.audio, me.audio_size, me.audio_offset, me.year, me.secs, me.cover, me.vbr_scale, me.bitrate, me.samplerate, me.samplesize, me.channels, me.block_alignment, me.endian, me.bpm, me.tagversion, me.drm, me.musicmagic_mixable, me.musicbrainz_id, me.lossless, me.lyrics, me.replay_gain, me.replay_peak, me.extid, contributorTracks.role, contributorTracks.contributor, contributorTracks.track FROM tracks me LEFT JOIN contributor_track contributorTracks ON contributorTracks.track = me.id WHERE ( ( contributorTracks.role = ? AND me.album = ? ) ) ORDER BY contributorTracks.track] at /C:\PROGRA~1\SQUEEZ~2\server\scanner.exeSlim/Schema/Storage.pm line 86 Any ideas? That directory appears to be writable by 'Everyone'. Cheers Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 7.4 scan failure under Windows
Hi, In article op.u00qazplkpb...@meibuch-8.local, Michael Hergers...@herger.net wrote: That's most likely McAfee or another antivirus product blocking access to *.my* files. Tell it not to do so and try again. Yep, that did it. Adding an exclusion for 'my?' in the on demand scanner allowed the scan to complete successfully. Thanks Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SC can't read my FLAC's embedded cue sheets
Hi, In article dsdreamer.3qwman1240168...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, dsdreamerdsdreamer.3qwman1240168...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: I tried your approach and eventually gave up, and went to one FLAC file per track. This is much more the way SC expects the library to be organized. I'm not sure what gave you that idea. My library is 95% whole album FLAC files with embedded CUE sheets. Works just fine. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Time Change
Hi, In article op.ur79hyvmkpb...@meibuch-8.local, Michael Hergers...@herger.net wrote: Change the time on the QNAP. Controller will synchronize the clock. Not sure if this relates to the OPs question, but when we rolled over from GMT to BST the other week, my Controller didn't update (the SB2 and Boom didn't). I re-powered the Controller, and that sorted it. Was there a better way of doing this? Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] random mix by single artist? or single album?
Hi, In article sotwell.3mdljn1232562...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, sotwellsotwell.3mdljn1232562...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: is there not an easier way? I have to manually load all songs into the playlist and hit random? It's not so hard as it might seem. You can hit 'Play' on the artist name to do it. If it were a setting in the random mix stuff, you'd just have to go and select the artist afterwards anyway, so it's not like it'd save you much. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Catalogue Creater
Hi, In article rfreedman.3lnxxn1231365...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, rfreedmanrfreedman.3lnxxn1231365...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: I reworked the xsl stylesheet. It produces the same output as before, but is much more efficient. Note that the forEach construct is very expensive, and generally frowned upon. I attached the new stylesheet, as well as some python code to do the transform. I think that you should consider doing the transform server-side, instead of sending the xml to the browser with a stylesheet reference - not all browsers handle that well. The only issue here is that you have to install libxml2, and I'm not sure if that's available on Windows or not... As far as the actual output, I think it might be a good idea to put out divs instead of tables, and put css classes on the divs. That way, you could skin it using css, and provide different css according to the user's choice. I'll work on that as I can over the next couple of days. Thanks for that. This stylesheet was done pure to ensure that the data was there and could be used via XSLT. It's by no means indicative of the actual output I want. As I said, my knowledge of XSLT is *very* limited, and when I started the project a year or so ago I did ask for help on that side of things. I'd be more than happy for you (or indeed a group of people) to 'take the reins' on the XSLT side while I concentrate on the retrieval script. Thanks for the input. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Catalogue Creater
Hi, In article srasher.3lo1mz1231370...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, srashersrasher.3lo1mz1231370...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: *Andy*: Regarding the retrieval script itself I personally would prefer the option to sort the albums in the well-known Artist - Year - Album way as possible in the SC album view. Of course, it might be best to make this an additional option... In general this is fairly easy by modifying the album request over the CLI (add sort:artwork to the request). Initial trial doesn't work, though. I will check why this doesn't fit to the parsing. I kind of assumed that the sort order would be configurable in the output template? Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Catalogue Creater
Hi, In article silverrs8.3loyqn1231413...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, SilverRS8silverrs8.3loyqn1231413...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: Ofcourse I don't mind the development of this new initiative but why use the same name? This is only confusing to users. The thread title isn't really indicative of the name of the software. It's currently called 'slimxmlcat'. Good point though, I'll try to make it more obvious if I create any more threads. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Catalogue Creater
In article srasher.3lm5tb1231282...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, srashersrasher.3lm5tb1231282...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: thanks for the upload! I fetched it and will test/look through it extensively tomorrow. No problem, let me know how you get on. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Catalogue Creater
Hi, In article srasher.3lkxdc1231224...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, srashersrasher.3lkxdc1231224...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: I am highly interested. In fact, I started to write a Python based app for this two months ago, too. So far only got to reading and sorting out the album list via CLI and doing some very rough output as either ASCII file, HTML file or PDF (struggling with the latter one), but not releasable so far. So I think it might be better to join in on your project as it seems far more on track ;-) Ok. Where I've got to so far is creating the .xml file using the CLI, and I have a very basic xslt transform for printing out albums. That's where my knowledge of xslt expires though. If you'd like to test what I've got so far, just let me know. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Catalogue Creater
Hi, In article rfreedman.3lly6b1231272...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, rfreedmanrfreedman.3lly6b1231272...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: I'm interested too. While I'm not fluent in Python, I'm sure that I can get by. I do have a lot of XSLT experience, though, so if you can give me an idea of what you want the output to look like, I'd be happy to help out. XSLT experience is exactly what I'm after. As far as I'm concerned the Python side is pretty much feature complete. All it does is generate an XML file, with an optional link to a transforming stylesheet for output purposes. I'll get an early alpha version packaged up, and make it available for download for people to try if they're interested. Watch this space. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Catalogue Creater
Hi, In article slrngm7g5d.1df.a...@gently.org.uk, Andy Hawkinsa...@gently.org.uk wrote: I'll get an early alpha version packaged up, and make it available for download for people to try if they're interested. Watch this space. Ok, I've put an early alpha up. It can be downloaded here: http://software.gently.org.uk/slimxmlcat/slimxmlcat-0.01.tar.gz Included is a very simple XSL transformation stylesheet that will produce a very basic list of albums and their cover art. I'd definitely appreciate some help in making the output a lot better. Basic usage: ./slimxmlcat.py -f test.xml -s localhost -c 9001 -w 9000 -x sample1.xsl -f is the output file to generate -s is the server name -c is the slimserver CLI port -w is the slimserver HTTP port (for retrieving the cover art) -x is the style sheet to apply (optional) For testing purposes, there is also a limit option (-l) which will only retrieve a subset of the albums on the server. Full usage information can be retrieved using the -h option. Any comments appreciated. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezePlay not pausing correctly?
Hi, In article radish.3khscb1229398...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, radishradish.3khscb1229398...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: Take a look at bugs.slimdevices.com to see if there's already a bug ticket there, and if not raise one :) Done. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] 7.3: bitrate limiting seems to be broken/unstable
Hi, In article ymilner.3kgyhb1229359...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, ymilnerymilner.3kgyhb1229359...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: I tried to upgrade to 7.3 from 7.2.1 nightly. No major issues, except the following: I regularly stream flac to Softsqueeze 3.7 with bitrate limiting enabled (160Kbps, level4). After upgrade to 7.3 I tried to stream to my SS. First thing I noticed CPU on SC went 100% for about 20 seconds (taken by lame process). The audio started. About 30 sec before the track end lame kicked in again. However, the first track did not finish - it was cut off about 10 seconds before the end, and the next track started to play. This went on with every track. I rolled back to 7.2.1 - everything perfect again. Not helpful, but it seems to work Ok here. I'm doing almost exactly the same as you. Playing via SqueezePlay across the Internet. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SqueezePlay not pausing correctly?
Hi all, After 7.3 was release I upgraded my SqueezeCenter from SVN, and downloaded the latest nightly of SqueezePlay. For the first time ever I am able to play back using SqueezePlay as the player rather than having to use it to control an instance of SoftSqueeze. However, I'm seeing something odd when I pause playback. The audio stops, but after a while (can't be much more specific than that, cos I'm pausing it when I go away from my desk) the playback is resuming, but there's no audio. As a result the playlist advances even though I've put it into pause (by hitting Spacebar with SqueezePlay active). I *think* I was seeing similar behaviour using Squeezeplay to control SoftSqueeze, but wouldn't swear to it. Anyone else seeing anything similar? Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SqueezePlay not pausing correctly?
Hi, In article mkanet.3kh33z1229365...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com, mkanetmkanet.3kh33z1229365...@no-mx.forums.slimdevices.com wrote: Sounds like the same bug thats been around for years in Softsqueeze. Quite possibly, like I said in the original report I *think* I've seen something similar before. Any chance of it being fixed? Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] UK Boom found for £169 inc. free shippi ng
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], twynne[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Given the size of their online store (ie. small), I can't see how Cooltopia can sell at that price... but I'm not complaining. I guess neither can they. Showinf at UKP 189 now. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Global search ?
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], indypants[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Having owned a squeezebox for around a year now, I still find myself reverting back to Winamp Media Library when I need to find songs or build complex playlists. It has a very simple but extremely powerful search interface that allows you to just type any phrase (including alpha, numeric, or symbols) and then all the tags are searched globally without any need so specify which tag you want to search within. Additionally, the words in your phrase are searched independantly. In other words, searching for disco 2000 will instantly find all songs with a year tag of 2000 AND a genre tag of disco. It will also find the song disco 2000 by pulp, if that happens to be what I'm looking for. You can almost certainly do this through the web interface. There is also a 'Keyword' search available from the player (press the Search button and scroll). Does that do what you want? Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] RadioTime and Last.fm Question
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], autopilot[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: that would be completely silly and totally contradict the whole point of Last.FM and what it sets out to achieve. That's kind of my thinking too. I understand last.fm to be building up a list of my musical taste. If it does that based on stuff I haven't personally chosen then it's a little off base I think. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Not scrobbling Last.FM when playing a Last.FM 'radio' station
Hi, Is there any way to stop the Squeezebox scrobbling tracks played when listening to a Last.FM 'radio' station (say one of the 'Top Tags' or 'My Recommendations')? It's a bit annoying that it uses stuff for future recommendations that you haven't chosen to listen to (IYSWIM). Any chance of this being introduced? Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Not scrobbling Last.FM when playing a Last.FM 'radio' station
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], autopilot[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Been discust a lot, try the forum search function. Have a look here - http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52793 - See posts towards end. Looking now, thanks. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last.FM Streaming
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], elziko[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I am connected to SqueezeCenter and I use Last.FM does the actual music stream go from the Last.FM servers to the SqueezeCenter server then to the SqueezeBox or does it go directly from the Last.FM servers to the SqueezeBox? I've been using this with SoftSqueeze recently and it *seems* to go direct from the Last.FM servers to the PC running SoftSqueeze. No indication on the server (completely remote machine) that it's handling the stream. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeeze Centre Stopped
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], jefferic[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From time to time Squeeze Centre stops itself. It is set to automatically run at login, and load OK, but sometimes it goes to 'Squeeze Centre Stopped' without anyone actually stopping it. This is really annoying as then the whole system hangs until I change the source or re-start squeeze centre. Am running 7.0.1. with Windows XP(Home) Any ideas ? Probably worth checking the log files for any clues as a first attempt. No idea where they would be under Windows I'm afraid. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller software for PDA?
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], amey01[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you looked at SlimRemote? http://www.herger.net/slim/detail.php?nr=912kategorie=slim Oooh. That looks interesting... Cheers Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SoftSqueeze over the Internet?
Hi all, I'm sure I've had this working in the past, but can't get it going now. I'm trying to get SoftSqueeze working on my work PC, so that I can listen to music on my home system. My home system's firewall opens ports 9000 (web port) and 9001 (CLI) over TCP, and 3483 over TCP and UDP. A netstat on my work PC with SoftSqueeze running shows connections open to ports 9000 and 3483. When I run SoftSqueeze, the display appears to work, and if put music onto the player via the web interface, the display on SoftSqueeze shows the track information correctly. However, I get no audio, and the timer on the display doesn't advance. In the past I've used WinAmp to play on this machine using stream.mp3, but would rather use SoftSqueeze if at all possible. Anyone offer any advice? Thanks Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SoftSqueeze over the Internet?
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Andy Hawkins[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm sure I've had this working in the past, but can't get it going now. Umm...but after a few restarts of SoftSqueeze, it now appears to be working. How very bizarre! Oh well, I wish I understood computers (I just program them for a living...) Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Controller software for PDA?
Hi all, Just wondering if anyone has considered putting some software similar to that on the controller onto a PDA? I've just got a WiFi PDA (Dell Axim X51V), and it'd be great to be able to control the slimserver that way. Non of the skins for the web interface quite does it for me I'm afraid. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller software for PDA?
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], aubuti[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The name is SqueezePlay, though I don't know if it will be able to run on a PDA. See the wiki for more info (and source code if you're game to compile it and try it out): http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?SqueezePlay That's not *exactly* what I'm after. SqueezePlay appears to replace SoftSqueeze (i.e. it's a player in its own right). What I want to be able to do is select music to be played on *other* devices. Not sure I've explained that clearly :) Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Controller software for PDA?
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], FredFredrickson[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Additionally, the source is available, so you can compile it and try it on your PDA. It technically can run on anything that it'll compile on! Ok, anyone with the ability to compile programs for an Axim X51V wanna give it a go? :) Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Duet Controller Headphone Socket
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], mugfordb[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Are you able to plug headphones into the new duet controller? Yes, of course. (They won't do much yet though!) A future enhancement I understand. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Annoyance with stream.mp3
Hi all, I tend to listen to my music at work using 'stream.mp3' via Winamp. What I've noticed happening recently is that when I reach the end of a playlist, Winamp stops playing and disconnects from the stream. The problem with this is that this removes the stream from the list of players in the web interface, so I can't add any more music to it. I have to hit 'Play' on Winamp (which starts it playing the last song in the playlist again) and then add some more music via the web interface. Is this a setting somewhere I can change? Or is it an oddity with Winamp? I guess I could try Softsqueeze, but the last time I tried that on my work PC it just wouldn't play for some reason, so I gave up and went with the Winamp approach. Thanks for any help anyone can offer. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Annoyance with stream.mp3
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], andyg[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even after the playlist is done it plays silence, so Winamp shouldn't ever stop playing. You may want to try enabling the repeat setting too. That's not the behaviour I'm seeing. Winamp definitely stops playing. Is this a setting somewhere? Don't really want to enable repeat, I want it to 'stop' playing (i.e. continue to play silence) at the end of the playlist, so I know I need to go and add something else. I have bit rate limiting turned on for the stream if that makes any difference? Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Annoyance with stream.mp3
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], andyg[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can you file a bug? We'll take a look at it. Done. #7501 Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Reset Question-Good Practices?
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], slwiser[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How often do you have to unplug your Squeezebox to reboot it? Almost never. How often do you have to reset the audio chip? Can't remember ever doing it. How often do you have to do a factory reset on your unit? Also, can't remember having to do this. I find that to keep the Squeezebox working I need to reboot it after a day or so by unplugging and replugging the power plug. I had to reset the audio chip this morning after about two weeks by holding down 1 and plugging the power back in. I have only to reset back to factory settings once when it locked up hard on me after about four weeks by holding down add button and plugging the power back in. Sounds like something else is amiss to me. Either the SB itself is dodgy, or you have networking or server problems? Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Album Catalogue Creater
Hi all, I'm in the process of writing a two stage album catalogue converter. The first stage use the CLI port to retrieve all the albums from the Slimserver, and writes them to an XML file. The ultimate aim is to then use XSLT to 'transform' this list of albums into a nicely formatted catalogue. The first stage is largely complete, I can create an XML file of all the albums using a program written in Python (I've run it successfully under both Windows and Linux, talking to my SS v7). I'm looking for people who are willing to test this side, as well as potentially help develop the XSL transforms to format the output. Anyone interested? Post in this thread and I'll package the software up in the next few days. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Catalogue Creater
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], buck[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is this similar to the project on this thread? http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41597 It's similar, yes. However, for one reason and another I prefer my approach: 1. Mine is cross platform 2. Mine talks to SqueezeCenter, and not direct to the database 3. Mine should be relatively easy to customise the templates, or to build up a library of templates for people to choose from. While I'm sure the other tool is excellent, I don't see any harm in having an alternative. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] DroboShare and SlimServer
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], cak[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Storage aside, what's a minimal reasonable config for running slimserver? I don't have a bunch of PCs lying around fallow, so I'm thinking I'd buy a mini-ITX box to do that job. I have a small 'Shuttle' based linux box that is a Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz with 256Meg of RAM. As well as running Slimserver (503 albums with 7872 songs by 192 artists) it also runs my firewall, internet gateway, POP3, SMTP, web proxy, SMB file sharing and countless other services. It's probably not the snappiest solution, but it's very usable. I would expect that pretty much the cheapest PC you could buy these days would be more than capable of running Slimserver under Linux. Adding more RAM would likely be the most obvious improvement. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can I play files not indexed in the library?
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], RayG[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What advantage does the CLI have over the HTTP interface? Can't say for sure, but as it's more likely to have been designed for this sort of thing, I would have thought it'd be a better approach? Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can I play files not indexed in the library?
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], RayG[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After a bit more searching, I found the HTTP interface documented under Help, Technical Information, The SlimServer Web Interface. Now I can play a file or add (queue) it to the playlist from the command line. Just what I was looking for. If you're going to go that far, it'd probably be better to use the CLI (assuming the same thing is possible). Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Two Players -- One Stream ?
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], thornomad[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where I do look for this option, however ? I had both players on and I didn't see anything obvious ... I am sure I am just overlooking it. In the settings for the player you want to synch to another one. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cue Sheet Problems
Hi. In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], jjanis[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Update: found there exists Flactag 1.0, and it looks promising :) Funny you should mention that. I wrote it :) Was considering a dedicated Ubuntu machine for SS + some other related stuff for quite a while now, and this could be the final decisive point in favor of this decision. Thanks for the tool! Hope you find it useful, always on the lookout for suggestions or comments. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Two Players -- One Stream ?
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Mark Lanctot[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andy Hawkins;241976 Wrote: Hmm...I've just gone to have a look, and it's gone. I could have sworn it was there. Anyone? You need to have two players connected to SS (and both on, IIRC) to see this option. Doh. That would explain it. I'm sure I've seen it before, but that must have been when I was running SoftSqueeze on my PC. :) Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Two Players -- One Stream ?
HI, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], thornomad[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there a way I can have two players (two computers or squeezboxes) play the same stream ? For a squeezebox (or Softsqueeze) it's in the web interface for the player. Hmm...I've just gone to have a look, and it's gone. I could have sworn it was there. Anyone? Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cue Sheet Problems
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], jjanis[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However I have had no luck with the additional Conductor and Composer fields, despite installing CustomScan/CustomBrowse. These plugins work fine with tagged individual song files (Foobar or TagScanner), yet completely ignore the Conductor Composer fields in the .cue sheet. My CUE sheets are embedded in the FLAC. The tags are in the FLAC as Vorbis comments. Have you tried this approach? Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cue Sheet Problems
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], miklorsmith[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My .cue files aren't embedded in the .flacs. How is this done? Using either the flac '--cuesheet' option, or the metaflac '--import-cuesheet-from' option. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cue Sheet Problems
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], miklorsmith[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've searched the FAQ and don't find an answer here. What's the magic? Why not encode to FLAC and embed the CUEsheet? That's what I do, and it works flawlessly, with the benefit of much more flexible tagging. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] UK portable Flac players
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], mudlark[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone give me an opinion on the following. Which model best place to buy and why the model is good. Best flac player up to £150.00 best flac player (portable) regardless of price. You could always buy something like an iPod and install rockbox. I have it running on my iPod 4G and it's great. However, I'd question the need for FLAC in a car. As others have said, it's hardly the most 'sterile' listening environment. I have my library all exported as OGGs and play these on the iPod. They sound just fine to me in the car. And no I'm not going to run a PC and squeezebox in my car It has been done. Search the forums! Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB3 broke after 1hr of use
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], ilancas[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However after unplugging the power cord to move it to another location, it stopped working in that the display is now permanently blank. The device is powered up since it gets warm and I can see a glow coming from the optical connector. As a first try, press the brightness button on the remote. I've had my SB switch to 'zero' brightness during a firmware upgrade before now. Might not be that, but hopefully it's something simple. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Updated firmware, now SB3 won't start
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jon Geraghty[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It connected up to my slimserver fine but then recommended a firmware update. So I dutifully held down brightness on the remote and set it updating. It then gave some message like restarting, this may take a minute and the display went blank never to return to life. I waited 10 minutes and tried removing/reinserting the power lead but to no avail. I also tried holding down power for many seconds, and even holding add upon reinserting the power lead to do a factory reset. I had something similar happen to me one time after a firmware update. Try pressing the 'Brightness' button on the remote a few times. I think somehow it had got set to minimum brightness (i.e. display off) during the update. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cheap Nokia N770 in UK
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Andy Hawkins[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Click the link on the right of the page and you can have it a couple of quid cheaper! http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=141019se=236 How bizarretempting though! Ah, so you're getting a 1 Gig MMC card for 3 quid. Certainly seems like a good deal! Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cheap Nokia N770 in UK
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], koen[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For people who might have been tempted to get one of these to use as a slim remote but found them too expensive: http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=142406 I have no links with expansys, but I think they are a reputable company. I've ordered one anyway! Click the link on the right of the page and you can have it a couple of quid cheaper! http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=141019se=236 How bizarretempting though! Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Tracks occasionally skipped when streaming to remote players
Hi all, At work I use stream.mp3 to listen to my music collection from home. Sometimes while playing through a playlist (I generally select an album to play, and hit the 'Play' option on that album to build up a playlist containing just that album) a track will be skipped completely. The track can be played, cos if I go back into the web interface and click 'Play' on the track that it skipped, then it will generally play it. So that leads me to think it's not a problem with that track in particular. The only entries in slimserver.log that I see are several instances of: Premature end of base64 data at /usr/lib/slimserver/server/Slim/Formats/FLAC.pm line 281. I suspect these are happening when scanning (my FLAC have ALBUMART tags which are BASE64 encoded). Any ideas anyone? Any extra logging I can enable? It happens so infrequently that I can see it being a pain to track down. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] cost - slimdevices/logitech
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], James_B[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: US price on Logitech/Slim Devices site $299.99 Euro price on Logitech site 299 euros = $400 UK price on Logitech site 219 pounds = $435 That's not so bad. Often stuff that comes over here from the States ends up being charged the same price in UK pounds as it is in dollars... Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Songs found through Search but not through Browse
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], kdf[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: might be because they are busy with bug 4925, among others. bug reports are welcome, crap about lack of interest is not. Is this related to the bug I submitted? (4957). I submitted it seperately because I don't use COMPOSER tags, but the symptoms are the same (I can search for artists, but lots of them don't appear in the browse list). I'm tracking Subversion 6.x branch, and the problem seemed to appear a couple of weeks or so ago. I haven't been playing around with my tags in the meantime, so I'd be surprised if it was something I have done (although I'm open to be proved wrong). Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver will not accept mapped drives, UNC paths for music, playlists
HI, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Xav[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Installed a replacement slimserver PC at work that is connected to a Buffalo Terrastation NAS storage box. On the slimserver PC i have mapped M: to the NAS box share that has all the mp3s. However slimserver, server setup will not recognise say \\192.168.200.2\audio or M: as a music or playlist location. Yet i can access these in explorer no problem. I could use a utillity to point an NTFS directory on the C: to the M: network drive but that would be inelegant. Permissions. The user slimserver is running as doesn't have access to the mapped (or shared) drive. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Songs found through Search but not through Browse
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], kdf[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As the composer issues seems to be due to a change at r11662, you might try reverting back on svn and see if you can get the correct results after svn update -r11661. I'll make a note on the reports as well. I've just had a note on my bug to try that revision. I've updated (down-dated? :) ) and am re-scanning now. All my music is single album FLAC files, so they're a bit big (the smallest that is affected is 80 odd meg). I'll let you know how I get on (here and in the bug report). Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Songs found through Search but not through Browse
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], kdf[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there was a tool posted a long while ago to strip and store headers from flac files for just this purpose. I think it was from Robin Bowes, but I don't know the name of the script. Search may help. Well, I can just send you the tags if that's of help? metaflac --export-tags-to=file file.flac will do that I'll let you know how I get on (here and in the bug report). good stuff :) Hmm...I'm not so sure. Just updated the bug with my findings. In summary, one of the artists has re-appeared, but there are lots missing (unless I'm misunderstanding how artists on compilation albums show up). Hmm...(trying stuff out as I type this). It appears that artists that appear on compilation albums don't get listed in the artists list. The only difference between the way Sam Brown's albums are tagged (the artist that has just re-appeared) is that her albums include an 'ALBUMARTIST' tag, whereas none of my others do (do to another bug I'm waiting to be fixed - #4582). I have removed the ALBUMARTIST tags from all my other artists but left them in Sam Brown's albums so that I can tell if that bug has been fixed or not. I'll update to the latest SVN again and see if Sam Brown disappears. If she does, I'll remove the ALBUMARTIST tag from her albums and see if that makes her re-appear. Will report back. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Songs found through Search but not through Browse
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Andy Hawkins[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Will report back. Ok, I've just done some tests, and updated the bug. For information, this is what I've added: Ok, I think this is related to the ALBUMARTIST tag. Due to bug #4582, I have removed ALBUMARTIST tags from all of my albums with the exception of Sam Brown (so that I can see when this other bug is fixed). It appeared that Sam Brown was in fact the only artist that was missing (all the others are artists that only appear in compilation albums, and hence aren't shown). So, here's what I did: 1. Update to latest subversion - Sam Brown disappears 2. Remove ALBUMARTIST tags from all Sam Brown albums - Sam Brown re-appears 3. Put the ALBUMARTIST tags back in to all Sam Brown albums - Sam Brown disappears again This does seem to tie up with the other bug kdf mentioned (#4925), I'm assuming that ALBUMARTIST is another contributor role, and that is what's messing up the browse list.. Hopefully the fix for the other bug (once it makes it into Subversion) will also fix the problem I'm seeing. Make sense? Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playing music with no computer turned on
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Michael Herger[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's some hope at the horizon: mp3tunes.com. Like it or not - they offer unlimited space for your music collection which should be available through SQN soon. Unfortunately, each file has to be less than (currently) 50 Meg. My single album FLAC files are a lot bigger than that... Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wifi even if squeezebox is off ?
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], FlorianD[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a wonderful all black squeezebox v3. She works perfectly (wireless). However I noticed that she exchanges frames with the wifi router even when she is off (POWER button) and when the brightness is off (it means, when the clock is invisible). Is is possible to stop that ? Is there a configuration option I missed ? I wouldn't have thought so. It can be turned on via the web interface for example. Remember, the Squeezebox is a very 'slim' device, it does next to nothing on its own processor. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Don't Miss the Final Slim Devices Open House! 3/22
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], agentsmith[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I figure the answer is no as well. But I did not know that the units are refurbished. I thought they may be clearing inventory to make way for new products? From the original message in the thread: There will be refurbished Squeezeboxes available for purchase only at the Open House for $199.00! Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Don't Miss the Final Slim Devices Open House! 3/22
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], tommypeters[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There will be discounted Squeezeboxes available for purchase At least from 13/3. Well, this is the message I received (mailing list as opposed to the forums, I guess it could have been edited on the forums) Andy Don't Miss the Final Slim Devices Open House! Thursday, 3/22/07 12:00p - 5:00p This Spring marks the complete shift of Slim Devices into the Logitech brand and sales organization. Therefore we would like to invite our whole community of customers, developers, fans and our new Logitech family to come visit our office in Mountain View. If you have questions about Squeezebox and , Transporter, or just want to know who we are, please drop in! Some of our star developers from around the world will be on site to discuss their work and answer your questions. We will be serving refreshments from 12:00p to 5:00p. There will be refurbished Squeezeboxes available for purchase only at the Open House for $199.00! Don't forget to enter the raffle while you are here for your chance to win a free Squeezebox! Location: Slim Devices 455 National Ave. Mountain View, CA 94043 Phone: 650-210-9400 Hope to see you there! Sincerely, Slim Devices ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox with 2Gb on board memory.
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], tyler_durden[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The SB would simply grab the entire playlist as fast as the server can squirt it, then the server could be shut down. And the Squeezebox's display would go dark, and the remote would no longer work. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What is the ideal way to store and serve your music?
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], MrSinatra[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: even better would be to store your music at a remote web server, so you could listen to it and stream it from there, to yourself wherever you are and your friends or whoever. As long as bandwidth from the server is free... Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Mac OS X, Flac and album art
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], yooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Once I stop it and tell it to not use iTunes, and rescan...no more cover art. Do you see artwork when you browse into a specific album (to list its tracks) but not in the master Browse list? If so, a full clear and rescan (not just a scan for new music) usually sorts this. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 and NTL Cable Modem
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], chobbney[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can I plug the Squeezebox 3 directly into the back of the cable modem and get full and instant connectivity between it and my PC? Possibly, but I'd be surprised it will work. Or will I need to also buy a wired/wireless router to create a proper network? I think you'll need another network card in your PC to set up an 'internal' network with your Squeezebox and any other devices on it. Alternatively, get yourself a router that has a 'WAN' ethernet port. Plug the cable modem into the WAN port, and your PC / Squeezebox / any other PCs into the 'LAN' ports on the router. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Mac OS X, Flac and album art
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], yooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: After adding album art, it does not show up on the main album page, but will after clicking on the (blank) album. How can I get the art to show up on the main album page? Have you done a full clear and rescan? Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Mac OS X, Flac and album art
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], yooper[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I have. Ok, was worth suggesting. I'm talking about a full 'Clear my library and rescan everything' as opposed to just 'Scan for new and changed music'. The latter doesn't pick up cover art for the main lists I don't think. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] FLAC to WAV or FLAC to FLAC?
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], norderney[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In file type settings should I set stream type to WAV or FLAC for playing back FLAC files? I have the stream type set for WAV at the moment. I changed it to FLAC, but when I tried to play some FLAC files I got no sound. Put it back to WAV and it plays FLAC ok again. But not getting gapless FLAC playback with stream type set to WAV. What device are you using to play the files? SB2 and later can play FLAC natively. I think the SB1 and prior can only play WAV or MP3. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: FLAC album art weirdness (stupid noob tricks)
Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], totoro[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I thought I'd post this in case anyone else has such issues with album art. Glad to hear you got it working Ok. I certainly try to avoid having 'odd' characters in the filename. I replace most with a '-' sign, and use a library (I tag my FLACs using a tool I wrote - flactag) to convert accented characters to their 'plain' versions where possible. Andy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
