[slim] sticky squeezebox
Hi all, Took my old v1 squeezebox out of storage this weekend and found the black plastic finish has gone sticky! Any advice on dealing with this? James NOTICE: Morgan Stanley is not acting as a municipal advisor and the opinions or views contained herein are not intended to be, and do not constitute, advice within the meaning of Section 975 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. If you have received this communication in error, please destroy all electronic and paper copies and notify the sender immediately. Mistransmission is not intended to waive confidentiality or privilege. Morgan Stanley reserves the right, to the extent permitted under applicable law, to monitor electronic communications. This message is subject to terms available at the following link: http://www.morganstanley.com/disclaimers. If you cannot access these links, please notify us by reply message and we will send the contents to you. By messaging with Morgan Stanley you consent to the foregoing. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help needed setting up iTunesUpdate in LMS!
What's the exact error you get? I would expect the path to the iTunes_Hist.txt file needs to be provided (unless you are running from the directory that contains it) James -- NOTICE: Morgan Stanley is not acting as a municipal advisor and the opinions or views contained herein are not intended to be, and do not constitute, advice within the meaning of Section 975 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. If you have received this communication in error, please destroy all electronic and paper copies and notify the sender immediately. Mistransmission is not intended to waive confidentiality or privilege. Morgan Stanley reserves the right, to the extent permitted under applicable law, to monitor electronic communications. This message is subject to terms available at the following link: http://www.morganstanley.com/disclaimers. If you cannot access these links, please notify us by reply message and we will send the contents to you. By messaging with Morgan Stanley you consent to the foregoing. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Help needed setting up iTunesUpdate in LMS!
The text file containing the play history should appear in your configured LMS playlist directory. You then run iTunesUpdate.pl on it. James -- NOTICE: Morgan Stanley is not acting as a municipal advisor and the opinions or views contained herein are not intended to be, and do not constitute, advice within the meaning of Section 975 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. If you have received this communication in error, please destroy all electronic and paper copies and notify the sender immediately. Mistransmission is not intended to waive confidentiality or privilege. Morgan Stanley reserves the right, to the extent permitted under applicable law, to monitor electronic communications. This message is subject to terms available at the following link: http://www.morganstanley.com/disclaimers. If you cannot access these links, please notify us by reply message and we will send the contents to you. By messaging with Morgan Stanley you consent to the foregoing. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No posting of tracks to LastFM? Any suggestions?
LastFM almost always falls over at the weekend. Wait until Monday and see what happens... James -- NOTICE: Morgan Stanley is not acting as a municipal advisor and the opinions or views contained herein are not intended to be, and do not constitute, advice within the meaning of Section 975 of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. If you have received this communication in error, please destroy all electronic and paper copies and notify the sender immediately. Mistransmission is not intended to waive confidentiality or privilege. Morgan Stanley reserves the right, to the extent permitted under applicable law, to monitor electronic communications. This message is subject to terms available at the following link: http://www.morganstanley.com/disclaimers. If you cannot access these links, please notify us by reply message and we will send the contents to you. By messaging with Morgan Stanley you consent to the foregoing. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New station suggestion
Pretty sure, Toby. When opening the stream via the Reciva website, it opens RealPlayer and gives this URL: http://174.142.150.12:8777/ - which points to a Shoutcast DNAS Status page. That is the link I've given to RadioTime, I'm hoping it's the right one for the stream. -- James Vertigan James Vertigan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81627 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] New station suggestion
Hi, I was wondering how one could submit a radio station to be added to the Squeezebox Internet Radio so it can be made available publicly rather than just in the favourites menu? Is there an email address or somewhere on the Logitech website? I would like to add this station which is being run by a friend here in the UK. It is called Network North Devon and is already available via Reciva radios - it uses the Shoutcast streaming. I have the URL, but as this is my first post here, I can't post it at the moment. If anyone can tell me how this can be added to the public database, I would be most grateful, as would my friend as this would increase awareness of his station among the Squeezebox community. -- James Vertigan James Vertigan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81627 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New station suggestion
Thanks Toby. I'll get onto them, just found how to submit a station to them, so hopefully they'll add it soon. -- James Vertigan James Vertigan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40207 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81627 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Idea for basic integration with iTunes Genius
It works fine on 7.4 - doesn't it? Or was that a special version with Mac support? James -- NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy, and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. We may monitor and store emails to the extent permitted by applicable law. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Idea for basic integration with iTunes Genius
I've made a stab at the AppleScript required for the plugin to work on the Mac which are 1) get the names of all the playlists from iTunes 2) get the location of the first track in a specific playlist Please give it a try and let me know if it does anything! http://www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer/iTunesPartyShuffle-2.4.1.zip James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63005 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Idea for basic integration with iTunes Genius
My iTunes Party Shuffle plugin can already do this. http://www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer Unfortunately Apple have not included Genius in the AppleScript/COM interface to iTunes so you can't initiate a new genius mix from SlimServer, which would be a nice feature. James -- NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. Morgan Stanley may monitor and store emails to the extent permitted by applicable law. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Itunes TMP FIles
It's certainly not the plugin creating them itself, but it may be a side effect of interacting with iTunes over the COM interface. I get the same problem but definitely not one .tmp file every time a track is played, it's more like one every day. Hence I always used to think it was caused by the library rescan... James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Itunes TMP FIles
I'm running pretty much the same set-up as you. Ian, are you using the iTunesUpdate plugin? James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Itunes TMP FIles
Thanks Ian, doesn't sound like you are using the iTunesUpdate plugin. However, I believe the library scan in 7.3 now uses COM to get the artwork from iTunes... James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wired or wireless
Assuming the cost is not too high for the second jack I would go to wired Ethernet. It is true that the audio quality will be no different if you are not getting any dropouts. But, while it is true that wireless bandwidth is plenty for these devices, it is important to know that is it shared bandwidth. This means that if you have a 54mb G wireless router, everything using wireless shares that 54mb. So in the future if you happen to start watching movies off your laptop or put in a new wireless device that needs lots of bandwidth, these things will compete with your wireless transporter. Heck, a new cordless phone might change your wireless experience. -James -- James Van Vleet James Van Vleet's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=51480 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Fix for 7.1 upgrade issue
I thought I would post quick about an issue I had upgradeing to 7.1 from 7.02. The OS was Gentoo but could happen anywhere. What happened was that I would attempt to start slimserver after the upgrade and Migration.pm line 115 kept blowing up with things such as The table '#sql-fa4_31' is full. I have plenty of extra drive space and memory. Searching around I did not have much luck finding a fix but it appears that a handful of other posts have been made over the years and deleting the database appears to have been the only solution. I got lucky and found that the problem has to do with a maximum file size setting in MySQL. In my.cnf originally I had: innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:10M:autoextend:max:128M and replaced it with: innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:10M:autoextend And the upgrade finished normally. According to http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.0/en/full-table.html this setting appears to place a size limit on things like alter table and such. Hopefully this post will help out somone else or cause a helpful message added to the server.log. -James -- James Van Vleet James Van Vleet's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50619 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Fix for 7.1 upgrade issue
I am sure it was set by something else - I use mysql for many things and had it emerged before ever installing squeezecenter. I would hope that does not change the need to make the upgrade log more useful. A squeezebox is a power user kind of device and I bet squeezecenter runs in all kinds of environments. On the other hand this post by itself will probably help the kind of people that use mysql for many things. :-) -James -- James Van Vleet James Van Vleet's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=50619 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pronto with SB3
My Prontos work fine with all the Squeezeboxes I've owned. I never learned the remote commands, just downloaded a pronto config file from SlimDevices - have you tried that? James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last.fm scrobbling not fair
Try the LastFM 'normalizer': http://www.associativetrails.com/stuff/normalisefm/ James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] BBC Radio gets iPlayer treatment
Thanks for your comments. There'll be a full posting on the BBC Radio Labs blog later today, but to answer some points here (for national radio only): - The Register's wrong; the Flash streams are not just 128k (indeed, some's even higher). This is on-demand only for now; live soon. - There are at least two further changes to audio quality for on-demand and live between now and the end of the year. - Our Real Player (and Windows Media) streams are unaffected. As @funkstar says: if it works now it'll continue to work. Some streams will increase in quality before the end of the year too. @bpa: Non-UK users (should) get all the new features except the Flash audio. Hope that helps everyone; thanks for listening. James (BBC) -- James Cridland James Cridland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14871 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49240 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Itunes integration: Only show playlists and not Itunesfolders
iTunes 'folders' are actually also playlists (try selecting one in iTunes), so there's not a lot you can do about this. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] A couple of questions
I'm doing a little bit of research on this product and I would like some questions answered before I buy. 1. I use iTunes for my library and I've spent a lot of time organizing specific playlists. Can the duet access and play my iTunes playlists or can it just access the music. 2. Does the duet have to be wireless? I have a computer with a wired router and ethernet running to my stereo. Would I still be able to use the duet? 3. Is the remote IR, Bluetooth, etc.? How far is the remote's range? Can I use it if I am in the other room or outside? Thanks! -- james e james e's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16243 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45146 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A couple of questions
So the controller uses wifi to control the basestation but you can have the basestation hooked up via ethernet and it will still work? I just want to make sure I understand this. The control of the iTunes playlists is key for me. I just want to be able to access them. -- james e james e's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16243 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45146 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] repeat won't stay off
Are you using any internet radio services? A few of them manipulate the repeat mode to make streaming work correctly. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wish it could filter just star-rated iTunes songs.
No, but iTunesUpdate has a dedicated Duet menu that allows for rating the songs. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wish it could filter just star-rated iTunes songs.
My iTunesUpdate and iTunesPartyShuffle plugins do all of these things. http://www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer iTunes plugin...
Is this with the perl script? In it's original form it should loop forever. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Problems with followitunes.pl
Is your player really called 'Squueze2' ? James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42988 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer iTunes plugin...
1. I read somewhere on the slimdevices site about SS that there was no need under version 6.5.4 to rescan a musicbase managed through iTunes presumably after changes and/or additions. I am using 6.5.5 five SB2+3s and I never came across this possibility? This is not true. Any changes in music library always require a SlimServer rescan, regardless of the source. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer iTunes plugin...
Try changing the CSRF protection level setting in Settings-Advanced-Security to none. James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26165 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver + new Last.FM features?
Sorry, don't really know! You should try restarting SqueezeCentre and checking the log files for any mention of SqueezeScrobbler. So far the majority of installation issues are caused by the files being in the wrong place, but for some people it just doesn't seem to work! Oh the SqueezeScrobbler directory name is case sensitive - must be exactly as I've written it there. James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42627 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver + new Last.FM features?
Thanks so much! But is that really the latest version for SC7? You also shouldn't need to disable the built in AudioScrobbler plugin, in the latest version SqueezeScrobbler should (?) disable its own scrobbling if it detects the other plugin is correctly configured. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver + new Last.FM features?
Did you put all of these files in a 'SqueezeScrobbler' directory, and put that into server/Plugins in your SqueezeCentre installation? James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42627 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver + new Last.FM features?
V1.1.4 is the current version: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/slimscrobbler/SqueezeScrobbler_v1.1.4.zip That V1 link looks a bit dodgy - what you get is v0.99 which is pretty old! James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42627 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?
I've reported this a few times now and it's still the case. When the Default skin is shown in Firefox, it uses 100% CPU time. When it's loaded but not the visible tab, CPU usage drops to 0%. I do not have Firebug installed. It's making the new interface unusable for me, and these reports are clearly becoming more frequent as more users move to 7.0. Once again, is there anything I can do to help diagnose this issue? James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?
That's no problem as long as we're not talking about _minutes_ (or 20 seconds for that matter). Any program will take all the resource it can get to get its job done the fastest possible. The issue is the duration of the process, not the spike. The first time loading of the page is slow, I have to admit. But once it's loaded, it's imho much more responsive as the others, as most of the controls are done without page reloads. Sorry perhaps I wasn't clear. When the Default interface is shown, Firefox uses 100% cpu time *all the time* - not just when it's loading. (Although it does take over 40 seconds to load from scratch - Classic takes under 5 seconds). Because I run SqueezeCentre on the same machine, this means that the performance of SqueezeCentre is seriously impacted. If I click on a track to play it, it can take 30 seconds to start playing. But if I click on a track, then move another tab to the front of Firefox, the track starts playing immediately because Firefox isn't hogging all my CPU time! James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?
40 seconds is just to load the Default web page - not to load Firefox! The only addon I have installed is Adblock. I only get this problem with the Default skin, nothing else. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?
Ooh not sure. I'll have to check - are there any known issues with either? James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?
Hmmm. Turns out my problem *was* caused by Adblock! Disabling it removed the CPU usage. I've installed Adblock Plus, which was the same to start with (maybe a little faster) but with an exclusion on http://localhost:9000 the issue is gone! To think I was starting to consider using ie again... James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42272 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Advice on Universal remote - Pronto?
Personally, I love my Pronto 7000. It's got plenty of hard buttons and a beautiful colour screen. I can control every IR device I own with it. (Wierdly, I still use the SB remote for intensive button pushing, but it's the only one I do that for) It's a one-way device though and you can't do stuff like display cover art on it. I got mine off ebay so it wasn't too expensive - about the same as the new SB Controller! I know that Barry Gordon's put a lot of work into the 9600 which allows it to work directly with SlimServer and offer a much richer experience, but that's a very different remote, and last time I checked, crazily expensive. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] BBC Radio - quality problem?
Just to let you know that we are aware of some audio quality issues on the BBC Radio 2 stream. We hope to have a fix for it shortly. In terms of RalphO's issues - that's not related; some programming is unavailable online for rights reasons. -- James Cridland James Cridland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14871 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41826 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] BBC Radio - quality problem?
And, as I write that, a message comes through... At approximately 13:30, engineers isolated cabling issues on the signal ingest into the audio routing/switching matrix. Radio 2's audio has been moved to a spare ingest port on the matrix (using a different patch port). Which is possibly speak for It's been fixed. Thanks for listening, and apologies for the fault. James, BBC -- James Cridland James Cridland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14871 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41826 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Upgrade Now to SC7?
- screen refresh was labored and delayed Player screen or web interface? Hi Michael, I've been meaning to say for a while, I find the new web interface incredibly slow. I'm running from SVN on Windows XP, Firefox 2. Firstly, It takes almost a minute to fully load. Secondly, I have observed that if I open two tabs in Firefox, one with the default page, the other with any other website, when the SqueezeCentre tab is active (but fully loaded and doing nothing), Firefox uses 100% CPU time. Switch to the other tab and CPU usage disappears. Back to SC, CPU back to 100% Is there any useful information I can get to debug this? James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Upgrade Now to SC7?
Firstly, It takes almost a minute to fully load. Are you running short on memory? What's the machine's specs? It's a 2Ghz P4 with 1Gb of memory. SqueezeCentre is running on the same machine. I think there is plenty of memory, about 600Mb in use normally. Firefox uses 100% CPU time. Switch to the other tab and CPU usage disappears. Back to SC, CPU back to 100% That's not something you should see (at least I don't). Do you have any FF extensions installed? Eg. Firebug is known to slow it down to a crawl (but I couldn't do without :-/). No, I don't think I have anything unusual installed, just Adblock. I did have GreaseMonkey installed but I get the same symptoms with it disabled. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can you get an iTunes playlist into Slim....
If you run SlimServer iTunes on the same Windows box, you can use my iTunesPartyShuffle plugin to play iTunes playlists on SlimServer without scanning the iTunes library. Any tracks encountered that aren't already in the SlimServer library are scanned and added. They're played in the same way as the 'Random Mix', so tracks are added on demand, rather than loading the whole playlist It won't play the flac versions instead of the MP3s and it will leave the MP3s in the SlimServer library (they might disappear after the next rescan, I'm not sure?) http://www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] new music in date added order
Actually the iTunes Party Shuffle plugin would do pretty much what the original poster requested. It will allow you to play a playlist from iTunes without having to rescan the SlimServer library first. Tracks are added as old ones finish, in the same way as the Random Mix feature. (It only works on Windows though.) James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Itunes artwork in slimserver
Strange. I won't be able to investigate for a couple of days, but what skin are you using for the web interface and what language is your SlimServer running? Can you take a look in the log file for any obvious errors as well? James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Itunes artwork in slimserver
Hi Pierre, Did you enable the artwork option? It's not on by default. Have a look at Server Settings - iTunes Update Please note that the plugin only fetches artwork for the currently playing track, so you won't see artwork when you browse the library (other than for tracks that you've played since installing the plugin) James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Play iTunes Podcasts w/ SS?
They should be in a 'podcasts' playlist if your iTunes scan is working correctly. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Play iTunes Podcasts w/ SS?
As I said, you should have a Playlist called Podcasts. (Even if you don't actually have a playlist in iTunes called Podcasts, that's just the way it shows up. ) Being a Playlist, you'll find it in the 'Playlists' submenu of 'Browse Music'. Now, if you have your iTunes playlists in SlimServer, but they're all empty, that's a whole other issue and I'm sure you can find plenty of discussion of that in other threads! Luckily, it's never happened to me so I don't know what the cause is! Alternatively, you could try looking for Podcasts under Browse/Genre James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Itunes artwork in slimserver
Actually, not strictly correct. My iTunes Update plugin has an option (for windows only) that copies the artwork for the currently playing song into SlimServer. It is working rather well with the new default skin in SS7.0! James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Itunes artwork in slimserver
The iTunesUpdate plugin is not the same as iTunes plugin that comes with SlimServer. My SlimServer plugins are available from www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer I haven't released an version for 7.0 yet though - look out for a message in the 3rd party plugins forum in the next couple of days. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playlist, again....
ITUNES PARTY SHUFFLE PLUGIN: http://www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer/index.html Makes it possible to launch a Party Shuffle playlist from SlimServer. You need iTunes installed for this plugin to work. Thanks Erland! This plugin actually supports playing *any* iTunes playlist in 'real time' on SlimServer, without having to rescan the iTunes library. (and any new tracks are dynamically added to the SlimServer library.) Once I finished it, I never used the SlimServer playlists again! James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New (Logitech) Squeezebox
I have to say I actually think it looks OK in monochrome on the front of the Squeezebox. The colour version in the web interface is a bit horrible though. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slimserver 6.5.2 boots up iTunes
Evan, Are you sure you don't have my iTunes Update plugin installed? It would start iTunes after each song is played. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best Mac random-songs route?
iTunes Update does work on the Mac. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best Mac random-songs route?
iTunes Update iTunes Party Shuffle plugins work best together! iTunes Update sets the play counts etc which can then feed into the Party Shuffle playlist. The Party Shuffle plugin then becomes useful because it makes you no longer dependent on the SlimServer library rescan updating SlimServer's snapshot of the iTunes playlists. Although I can only guarantee the PS plugin works on Windows, there's no real reason it wouldn't work on the Mac. As ever, I need a bit of help testing it, in particular the bit that deletes tracks from the party shuffle playlist. James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33988 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Control SlimServer _from_ iTunes
You could try commenting out the call to the 'begin_playing' playing function from Anton's script. Then any new tracks will be appended to the SlimServer playlist but not played immediately. Unfortunately that would mean that if you do skip a track half way through in iTunes, SlimServer will carry on playing the old track. I can't think how you could support both types of behaviour at the same time! James BTW, I wrote a windows version of this concept a long time ago, but I don't know why it's missing from this thread! It's called 'follow iTunes' and can be found on my web site http://www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=8967 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Can anyone recommend headphones?
BTW, Shure's warranty is 2 years *from the date of product manufacture* I take this to mean you can keep sending them back so long as no one set gets older than 2 years - and I'm on my fourth replacement pair already. Of course this doesn't reflect very well on the headphones - I get almost exactly 6 months of daily use from a pair of E3Cs before they start getting faulty. But this is mysteriously double the amount of time (3 months) that each pair of Sony MDR-EX71s lasted me... James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Mailing list/forum bridge problem
I've had this one open for almost a year as well... http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3081 James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Complaints about architecture, slimserver, etc
(I really don't like iTunes, BTW. I haven't found a way to see albums instead of a massive tunes listing..) You just click on the browse button/icon, then select an album in the top pane. Only the tracks of that album are displayed in bottom pane. I don't think iTunes is really that 'album friendly' though... And to keep the thread on track, I use the web interface way more than I use the player's interface. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: Hash (#) signs in music library directory names
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4652 This bug (mine) is when sending requests from an external app though - I found the 'problem' files played fine when using SlimServer itself... James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Last.fm stops SlimServer (6.5.1)
Do you have access to your log file? Or if you're running the default installation on Windows can you check the Event Viewer for errors from SlimServer? James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Logitech squeezebox
Didn't the OP just mean Squeezeboxes in the Logitech branded box, as seen at the link? The picture of the SB itself wasn't good enough to make out if the logo had been changed or removed... James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Apple Iphone= Idiotphone?
Wow, so much steam and blather in this thread and no one has mentioned the only thing that's relevant to Slim/Squeezebox? The web UI (or a fuure custom application once people are able to install them - this will come) would make for a fine Squeezebox controller. Ha! At last! Like I said, who cares about the phone part? James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Apple Iphone= Idiotphone?
It does have wi-fi. Looks great to me apart from the phone bit - I don't need that at all! James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Integrate With iTunes Artwork
You've never actually looked at the iTunes downloaded artwork files then? They're not plain image files for a start, although that is the easiest problem to solve. I don't want to keep an identical copy of the same piece of artwork embedded in every track of an album, so SlimServer not supporting the iTunes artwork is a shame. James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31059 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Integrate With iTunes Artwork
There's a bug open for this http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4180 But I don't think there's been much progress. I searched around last week and there still doesn't seem to be any documentation anywhere of how to link a track to an art file using only what's in the library xml. I doubt Apple are going to provide any but I'm surprised no-one else has figured it out yet! And I still don't know how to easily view the .itc file content on Windows or I'd have a look. It is a shame because I now have artwork for almost all my music but can see none of it in SlimServer! James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Say it A'int so Slimp3!!
Hi, I've had this situation in the past but I can't remember the fix. It doesn't sound like your display has gone wrong though your date/time wouldn't work if this was the case. The Slimp3 display is driven from the server and I'd have thought this is the most likely area where the problem lies. Try re-installing it. However, it might be a corrupt slimp3 firmware issue or sticky bit causing the characters displayed to be corrupted. You might want to try upgrading to firmware 2.3 - the last one released. This release is not designed to fix your issue but it might fix corrupt firmware. The upgrade code is no longer supplied in the bundle but it should be in old distros if you look through the archive to around version 3. Cheers, James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of thepainter Sent: 01 December 2006 14:21 To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] Say it A'int so Slimp3!! My slimp3 has been stellar ever since I first got it way back when. I turned it on to one of my playlists the other day and walked away when I returned I saw a bunch of 'gobbledegook' scrolling across the screen (music still playing). I thought that was odd so I did a reset (pulled the plug) and got back to the Time/Date screen so I thought no problem. Started a different playlist and the same thing happened again. I'm running 6.5.1, firmware 2.2 - I have two other SB2's and no problems there. I still get the Time/Date when I do a reset but get the mumbled screen when playing. Any suggestions? Is my screen gone?Say it A'int so.. -- thepainter thepainter's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3437 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30199 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: Getting Smartserver to see my iTunes playlists
To do it is quite simple. ... Seems a bit Heath Robinson now I've written it down Or you could just use SS 6.5.1 and set startup type to 'start automatically on login' It's a lot simpler! James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] 6.5 service stops sporadically
Please have your antivirus (McAfee by chance?) ignore MY* files If it is McAfee I had to uninstall it to get SlimServer to work properly... James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: SlimServer stopped suddenly while playing
I have to chip in and say that I was suffering the .MYI crashes quite frequently. I configured my virus scanner (Symantec) to ignore .MYI and .MYD files along with the directory in which they're found. The crashes continued so I wasn't convinced this was the cause. However I uninstalled the virus scanner and installed a free one. Not a single crash since... James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: last.fm and FLAC tags
Wasn't clear if gutted was playing local files in Winamp or streaming from SlimServer? It is possible that 'stream' SlimServer clients are not logged with Last.FM, because stream clients aren't quite the same as real devices. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: Slim Server keeps stopping itself
Do you have any virus scanners active? They can cause SlimServer to crash. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: 6.5.1 = Nasty Electronic Sound on startup SevereTrackdelays
As I already said, you need to change the startup type. iTunes Update does *not* work when SlimServer is running as a service, but the new SlimTray app allows you to change this configuration by changing startup type to 'automatically start on login' James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: Linkstation - Slimserver - Speed up
The -a flag of ls is for 'all files' and is what displays the hidden 'dot files' James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: 6.5.1 = Nasty Electronic Sound on startup SevereTrack delays
I deleted itunesupdater1.9 and the delay has been solved. There seems to be an issue for 1.9 synching with itunes (at least when running 6.5.1). [James is it possible that updater doesnt work with 6.5.1??) Are you running SlimServer 'on startup' or 'on login'? Delays on track gaps are the usual symptom of SlimServer being unable to communicate with iTunes, but it's working fine for me, with SlimServer set to 'start on login' James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.5.1 - dos window keeps opening
I think this is the new SlimTray app. Dan says it will pop up a cmd window when spawning external processes. To revert to the normal service based config, right click on the SlimTray icon, stop SlimServer and change the startup type to 'automatically run at system start' and restart SlimServer. I get the error writing msqld.exe on each upgrade as well. I guess it's not a problem until the MySQL version actually changes... James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28438 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: iTunes7 New Feature= Skipped Tracks....Is there a Plug in to Use?
Try looking in the 3rd Party Plugins forum... James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28444 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] 6.5.0 is OK except for....
Hi, There were two causes on my machine for the no album no artist problem under 6.5.0 1) Cover art embedded in the album. I went through the files with iTunes and deleted the cover art and all the tracks but one were put back in the database. 2) The track title was too long on the last track (something classical that had a title that went on for probably more than 100-200 characters). I shortened the title and the track was back in the database. I found them all by browsing albums to no album and picked them off one by one in iTunes. It soon became obvious that cover art was the problem because I don't normally use it and tracks without cover art were OK. Cheers, James 2) I now have a bunch of random no artist/no album tracks. I saw another poster mention this but couldn't spot the solution. I can't see them in mp3tag or in the file directory. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: iTunes 7
Hmmm. Did someone say iTunes 7.0.1 ? I'll be busy tonight... http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] 6.5.0 and Plugins advice
Alex, iTunes Update is the plugin that doesn't work well with SlimServer as a service (although there are workarounds). If you had 6.3 running not as a service you should have no trouble doing the same with 6.5 - the procedure is exactly the same. Updated (and tested!) versions of LastFM, SlimScrobbler iTunesUpdate are available from my web page http://www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: iTunes 7
None of my artwork is displayed in Slimserver (official v.6.5). The new way iTunes 7 stores artwork is apparently not supported by Slimserver yet , but even my previously imported albums that have jpg's embedded don't show any artwork. I couldn't find a bug for the new 'Album Artwork' feature in iTunes 0.7, open or closed, so I've opened a new one. Please vote for this if you want your album artwork displayed in slimserver... http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4180 James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Why use iTunes
Can someone explain what the adavantages are to using the iTunes for the library instead of just using your disk library. I used iTunes at first and then stopped. For one thing, I had to remember to manually add each new directory into iTunes before Slimserver could see it. Using iTunes requires a different state of mind! You must no longer interact directly with the files on disk - All music goes into iTunes before/as it gets played, and all access to music is via iTunes (excepting SlimServer). iTunes organises and catalogues the music for you and you no longer need to worry about it! If you don't want to use it like this, I would say don't bother. A lot of people find it very frustrating... James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: iTunes 7 (QuickTime 7.1.3) Rips Don't Play
OTOH, the cover art never appears in Slimserver. But that's another matter. I read that the cover art downloaded in iTunes 7 keeps all the artwork in a separate artwork directory, rather than in the files themselves or their directories? I assume SlimServer doesn't (yet) know about this. I must admit, I am hoping for a patch release for iTunes before I touch version 7, as nice as the new features sound! James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: iTunes 7 (QuickTime 7.1.3) Rips Don't Play
Yes, its in a different folder. But it doesn't keep the artwork as JPEGs, but as ITC files. I have no idea what those are. This should be helpful for the developers: http://blog.skuldtek.com/2006/09/16/albumartworkxtractor-extract-album-a rtwork-from-itunes-7/ A quick look at one of these files shows that there is 492 bytes of header data followed by a JPEG image. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: scrobbler help
Hmmm. The error message indicates no genres found, which means it can't submit tags to LastFM. It appears you will get these errors even if tag submission is off. However I can't see what could have generated all the other errors. I tried this myself with a track with no genres and it worked fine. You are using the latest code from CVS? James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: scrobbler help
The missing string could explain why you don't see LastFM in the web interface - are you using any non-EN languages? James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: scrobbler help
Well, I checked and the 'string' LASTFM isn't even used anywhere in the plugin... James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: scrobbler help
Thanks James, I tried downloading the individual files and then files started disappearing off the site with messages like showing 0 files, show 5 dead filesI think I'll just wait with 6.3 until the package is available:) Yes, the CVS web interfaces is confusing as it shows deleted directories that are no-longer required, and there are now quite a few of them. I've put SlimScrobbler 0.35 for SlimServer 6.5 up on my website on the LastFM section. http://www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer However I've just realised the page description is wrong and the SlimScrobbler zip does not contain LastFM install! James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: scrobbler help
Do those tracks not have genre tags perhaps? James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26816 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: scrobbler help
http://slimscrobbler.cvs.sourceforge.net/slimscrobbler/ Unfortunately you have to download each file individually from here, or install a CVS client. Only Stewart has permission to release a new version of SlimScrobbler and I haven't been able to get in touch with him recently, so I will probably package up the latest version on my own website as the 6.5 release approaches... James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26816 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: LastFM Sync
It's a LastFM limitation, only one stream open per user account. If you open a new one on a 2nd player, the 1st is terminated. But I would be surprised if one could sync internet radio across players? James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26986 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: scrobbler help
really need to see the log with Scrobbler messages on to see what's going on! Also you never said which version... -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26816 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: scrobbler help
It looks like LastFM are changing their IP addresses. Failed submission: post.audioscrobbler.com resolves to 62.216.251.200 Successful submission: Got Post URL : http://62.216.251.205:80/protocol_1.1 These are supposed to be the same address! If you upgrade to the latest version from CVS, I have recently rewritten a lot of this code, so that may solve the problem. James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26816 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: LastFM Sync
no yes. nice and easy! James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26986 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7
I'd go for smart playlists. This would address my year limiting requirement (e.g. for random 80's or 90's music listening). James Dunn ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7
multiple delete of items from a playlist that is already open. That's had an open bug for some time... There are arguments on both sides... http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=62 James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: scrobbler help
the plugin reverts to caching to a local file, but it won't try again until you either to a manual submit or change the autosubmit status. It is supposed to resubmit when the timer runs out. (The timer doubles each time submission fails, so it can become a very long wait quite quickly.) Do you not ever see the automatic submission happening? BTW is this for SS 6.3 or 6.5? The code has changed significantly for the 6.5 version. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] How do I customize the Snow Screensaver?
Hi Dave, You need to edit the Snow.pm file found in Server/Plugins. Note that this is part of the SliMServer installation so any edits you make will be overwritten next time you reinstall SlimServer, So take a safe copy of it. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: SlimServer iTunes plugin...
Alex, What happened when you tried it? Anything at all? Do you have more than 1 squeezebox - The script below assumes only one player. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
