Re: [slim] Extreme difference in library scan times between servers ?
We couldnt make out the reason for my buddys long scan times, maybe a hardware fault after all. He decided we postpone further diagnostics until well both switch to Linux Mint 20, hopefully July or so. @BJW: Thanks for the kind words! Long time ago :-) Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111206 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Extreme difference in library scan times between servers ?
Will ask him when hes back from his current business trip. Anything special to be looked for, or any debug settings to be made? Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111206 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Extreme difference in library scan times between servers ?
Dont want to hijack the thread but a close friend and I observe a similar difference: On the same ~150k tracks library (mixed FLAC/MP3), I usually get between *815 minutes* for an update scan, while his machine regularly takes much more than *20 hours* for the same. We both use the same LMS version and have the same settings, the machines differ as follows: Mine: Ubuntu Studio 14.04, XFCE, Dell Optiplex 7010 (4-core i5-3470), 32 GB RAM, boot disc: 1TB SSD, music disc: 4TB HGST HDD. His: Linux Mint 17.3 (based on Ubuntu 14.04), Cinnamon, Dell Optiplex 9010 (4-core i7-3770), 16 GB RAM, boot+music disc: 4TB WD SSHD. Could that really "only" be his slower DE and 16 GB less RAM, and/or running from a SSHD instead of an SSD/HDD combination? Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111206 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SQLite Browser for Windows
After so many years, it's great to see that my very old code (for MP3Tag) is still being used and still works! Sorry for waking the old thread, but I ran across this thread and just had to say thanks for checking it out and using it :-) Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=99852 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What's next for VortexBox???
I vote for - MusicIP pre-installed and configured (plus the ability to enter your key somewhere to use the extra features) - Some safe means of storing the MusicIP fingerprint data in the files (by either using genpuid [a working version], or making headless do it), for the people who want to have all-in-a-box. - dual-drive possibility (1 DVD, 1HDD, 1 empty HDD slot) - a dual-core version -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67336 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Anyone using Deltacopy for backup's?
You're very welcome, Teus! I'm glad that someone else actually uses Windows/Linux rsync in almost the same setup :-) I recently switched from my 100 MBit/s to a 1 GBit network and must say now it -really- shines! Just moving the -changes- within the files across the network really pays off after the initial copy, of course. And I much agree that good old cp is much faster for the initial backup! ;-) Another hint: External (backup) USB discs should be NTFS-formatted. This allows for swapping them between Windows and Linux systems without getting into any character set troubles if you use extended characters in filenames, like I do. The ntfs-3g driver for Linux seems to be stable enough not to mess up anything at least it has never let me down. *Remember:* If you use the 'rsync solution from the wiki' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Backing_up_Your_Music), you -need- to install the mentioned cygwin patch for Windows otherwise you'll end up with messed-up filenames! (For reasons lying within cygwin, the filenames with extended characters will -look- messed-up in DeltaCopy's rsync status window but will be fine on disc and that's what counts.) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67013 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Anyone using Deltacopy for backup's?
Bert, if I understand correctly, you are trying to use rsync/DeltaCopy for copying between two Windows machines? I must admit that I have no experience yet using Win7 in this setup, and for syncing between Windows machines there might be better solutions. Rsync is a well-known protocol in the Unix/Linux world, so using DeltaCopy as a rsync -client- on Windows to copy to/from a -Linux server- made much sense to me and it's actually quite fast here, even on an old 900 MHz P3 Linux server. Rsync actually -does- checksum the files and only transmit the differences so if you update only a tag, only the -changes in the file(s)- are transmitted. Unfortunately, on Windows with DeltaCopy, this process seems to eat a lot of CPU resources it's much faster on Linux machines. I assume that if you are running both a rsync server and a client on Windows, this might account for the bad timings you gave. Can anyone else give us some more info on using DeltaCopy's server module under Windows? I'm sure it can be made working, but it might be overkill for a Windows/Windows copy, and use too many resources. (I prefer using SqueezeBox Server on a Linux box, so I can mainly talk about syncing between a Windows a client and the Linux server. I reused an old 900 MHz Pentium 3 system as a music server, 768 MB RAM, 40 GB + 1 TB internal discs, Fedora 11 (command-line only) and VortexBox 0.8 software installed.) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67013 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] A rant towards a rescue. Needed. NOW. ... From here to where?
In all earnestness, I start seeing the SqueezeBox product range go down the wrong path. Having been a product manager myself for a long time, I hear the alarm bells shrill for quite some time now. As a developer, being enthusiastic for some time, I'm constantly losing interest in cooperation, because the development paths seem unclear and not well-defined, old bugs keep resurfacing, odd decisions are made (and taken back). The product itself (Duet and the Controller, mainly) keeps getting more unusable with every update -- one starts getting anxious (What will break this time?) instead of happily anticipating things getting better and more usable -- and being able to USE it for what it's meant: An enyojable way of listening and showing off your music. Successful products are emotional products, remember? So why isn't the emotion a good one, but frustration mostly? Slimserver and the Squeezebox products have long kept you feeling that you are at the top of current technology, running with the fast crowd, simply owning and using the best you can possibly get. And be proud of it. Albeit having a few minor problems, you simply KNEW these would be gone soon -- and usually you'd get something better beyond all expectations. Here's how the current development looks to an outsider (i.e., someone who knows about product management, development, usability, marketing, but also insists in keeping the standpoint of a user/buyer) today: - There is no clear path where to go. What are the goals, where is the target market? - We keep adding glitz and pomp. Because we don't know how to focus on the basic problems and hope the user won't mind lack of basic functionality because there's so much nice stuff. - Bugs long gone and repaired keep surfacing again. And again. Ideas comes to mind, like Do they ever USE their stuff themselves? ... Why the heck do we have to fight the character set wars again and again since 30 years? Don't they ever learn that there ARE characters beyond 0-9 and A-Z? - It's all too technical. I want MUSIC. And the BEST and most USABLE way to handle it. Today, it's all about bug fixing, Perl programming, product name changes, database issues no one understands (and which they take back after investing so much efforts into a solution that's worse than before -- and while they take back the changes to what we got before, they break even what we HAD before!). - Even (external) developers get frustrated -- after investing so many countless hours into repairing things that get broken again next day. (Yes, the code IS*great; yes, they have thought about almost everything already; but they keep overlooking SIMPLE things over and over again -- probably because no one has shown them that some things ARE important to USERS. Even with Open Source, goals need to be defined, and milestones met. And everyone in the team needs to know where we all want to go.) - Look at the new controller firmware. It LOOKS worse. It's unusable beyond expectation. It needs more keystrokes for simple functions. It doesn't behave logical or even consistent. BUT it has overlaid screens that nobody needs, it overlaps badly rendered cover images with status lines, it uses LARGE fonts so that you have to wait for some information to scroll until -- in the middle of reading -- the screensaver pops in and you have to press yet another key ... Aaaargh! It has a zillion effects that DISTRACT (instead of FOCUSING) the user's attention, while lacking some basic functionality. Oh well, and it has apps! Does anyone need apps while the basics don't function yet? ... I doubt it. - It's great to let the tech kiddies show off. And they can actually be a very valuable resource -- if LEAD correctly. PLEASE, Logitech, hire someone who knows about USABILITY. And probably how to manage a product line. - It still IS (could be?) such a great product line. Don't throw it away like this. This reads like a rant. It is. Because I still love the product and the ideas behind it. (Emotion, remember?) I hope that the right people can understand my current frustration. And ACT. I really wouldn't like to see others winning in spite of having higher prices and worse technology. But knowing what the customer wants. Keep the promise! Even if it's only in our heads. Thank you for reading. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66745 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Artwork for files with no artwork
You -could- substitute the skin's default cover.png image by your own. It's in -server/HTML/Default/html/images/cover.png- (use your skin name in place of Default, i.e., Classic, Fishbone, etc.). -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=66250 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Lounge music station changed it's url.
Cheers for your feedback! It's always nice to see a station actually care about their listeners. Keep it rollin' ... and good luck with your station! -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33730 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] I am leaving Logitech!
Sean, thanks for moulding a great idea into a product with a heart. May your next journey be an enrichment to your life! And may SlimDevices The Next Generation (the -people,- not the legal construct) be worthy successors. Live long and prosper. ;-) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63759 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] FLAC issues
Wild shot, but your FLAC further above shows an older version was used. You might want to try upgrading your FLAC tool(s) to v1.2.1 and re-encode one of the problem albums to see if it might be a FLAC bug. I distinctly remember there was a bug in FLAC regarding encoding from stdin when a WAV contained odd chunks #8212; and SC would (usually) do exactly that: Convert your WAV to FLAC for transmission to the SB. 'FLAC Download link' (http://flac.sourceforge.net/download.html) Lossless re-compression (and updating to the latest FLAC version) of a file can be done using the -flac- command-line tool like this: Code: flac abc.flac --force (You can of course specify additional options.) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45193 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How to get Winamp to play FLAC stream from SqueezeCenter
milosz;417839 Wrote: I STILL want to stream my lossless FLAC files to something other than softsqueeze, but it appears that there is nothing out there that will do this. If control via SC Web UI or a Duet Controller is good for you, SqueezeSlave might also be an option (as has been said before). An unobtrusive no-GUI background player that just outputs to your soundcard whatever you let SC stream to it. Works on Linux, Windows, and maybe Mac OS X (I tested only the first two). There's so many options, even UPnP, daap protocol, Apple Bonjour, (using Vortexbox), MP3 streaming, SoftSqueeze, SqueezePlay, and the real good hardware players. I agree a http protocol FLAC stream like http://squeezecenter:9000/stream.flac might be nice, but ... ;-) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62652 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [Announce] VortexBox 0.6 - now with web based bittorrent client
Any news on MusicIP integration? -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62385 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MusicIP development... stalled???
Not to forget that Genius doesnt make real neutral mixes but internally prefers what Apple want us to hear in the mixes. The SoundCheck numbers also already contain a secret code hinting at that. Maybe thats one of the reasons why MusicIP creates better mixes. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61977 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Smart Replay Gain where only one adjustment tag
WhaleOil;413020 Wrote: [ ] I use a a program called iVolume [ ] And wise you are! -iVolume- actually uses the original Replay Gain algorithm and sticks the results into the -iTunesNORM- tag. Which effectively gets you the best out of this. :-) Teus de Jong;413036 Wrote: [ ] imagine the effect of playing Mahler's 5th symphony with track gain: what a disaster that would be! [ ] Indeed! It makes me shudder thinking of that ;-) @ ALL IN FAVOR OF PREFERING RG OVER SOUNDCHECK IF BOTH ARE TAGGED: Dont forget to -vote- for 'bug 4362' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4362) voting makes development see that there is an actual need. Thank you! -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62137 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Smart Replay Gain where only one adjustment tag
WhaleOil;412855 Wrote: What do others think? Others think that even big and ignorant companies like Apple should do things -right- and adhere to existing standards instead of introducing half-baked new features every second week just to keep theirs a closed, proprietary world. If you cant get an album gain from Apples SoundCheck, go complain at Apple. SC does the best it can, and using track gain is much better than using none. There -could- be an easy solution to this, by using -foobar2000- or another ReplayGain calculating software to add -both- values as tags into the file (which iTunes wouldnt use), -but- SqueezeCenter still prefers the SoundCheck value if both SoundCheck and real (track + album gain) Replay Gain tags are in the file. Sigh. I (AGAIN) STRONGLY SUGGEST THAT SC SHOULD PREFER THE REPLAY GAIN VALUES IF -BOTH- REPLAY GAIN -AND- APPLE SOUNDCHECK VALUE TAGS ARE FOUND IN ANY ONE FILE! This would at least make more users happy, since they could have best of both worlds, without having to wait for Apple to do something sensible (which will probably never happen). Please -vote- for the long outstanding 'bug 4362' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4362) if you want to see this happpen! -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62137 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Smart Replay Gain where only one adjustment tag
Re bug new schema: I reckon 8303 is kinda container where all things are kept that mustnt be forgotten when building up the new schema, thats probably why its tied in there. This doesnt mean it cant be fixed before and I strongly hope for that -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62137 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcement: VortexBox 0.4 released
Gordon, 1) It won#8217;t (do fingerprinting correctly with multi-track FLACs). Another reason to go for single-track FLACs (which I did). Fortunately, SC can play them gapless. 2) Nobody seems to know, but I personally also haven#8217;t heard from Wendell for quite a long time :-( I -hope- they are not, because they are still the best system #8212; and what would MusicBrainz, the BBC and last.fm be without them, to name just a few? Let#8217;s hope for the best #8230; -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60670 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcement: VortexBox 0.4 released
Andrew, any progress/news regarding MusicIP integration for Vortexbox?
I#8217;m currently playing with Vortexbox 0.5 on a spare PC, trying
out SC7.4-25724, a custom Jive and MIP headless 1.8.
Just wanted to remark that for Fedora/Vortexbox use, it might be wise
to modify the '\mmserver\ sample from the wiki'
(http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Integrating_MusicIP_with_SqueezeCenter#Installation_of_MiP_headless)
as follows, so it supports use with -chkconfig- and -ntsysv-:
Code:
#!/bin/bash
#
# /etc/rc.d/init.d/mmserver
#
# Starts the MusicMagicServer daemon
#
# chkconfig: 345 79 31
# description: runs the MusicMagicServer daemon
# processname: MusicMagicServer
# NON-PRIVILEGED USER TO RUN MUSICMAGICSERVER.
USER=root
# PATH TO THE MUSICMAGICMIXERSERVER
export MUSICHOME=/root/MusicIP/MusicMagicMixer/
case $1 in
start)
su - $USER -c $MUSICHOMEMusicMagicServer start/dev/null
echo Running MusicMagicServer
exit
;;
stop)
su - $USER -c $MUSICHOMEMusicMagicServer stop/dev/null
echo Stopped MusicMagicServer
exit
;;
*)
echo Usage: /etc/rc.d/init.d/mmserver { start | stop }
exit
;;
esac
Copy it to -/etc/init.d/mmserver-, then do a
Code:
chkconfig --level 345 mmserver on
and reboot. MusicIP headless should now start before SqueezeCenter and
stop after :-)
--
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Re: [slim] Announcement: VortexBox 0.4 released
Sure, be happy to test :-) You might want to somehow start a -genpuid- run for files just ripped, so they can have the analysis data stored in their tags. Id recommend not trying to update the -autoload.m3lib- using genpuid 1.4 (it has a bug) but instead store the analysis data inside the files, and when finished, trigger a MusicIP cache rescan using the http API. (You need a [free for personal use] MusicDNS key for genpuid to operate.) Something like: Code: genpuid (your key here) -r -archive -logex /storage/music/flac/ (path to newly ripped files) and Code: http://localhost:10002/server/refresh All this would also allow to get (almost) perfect tagging data ;-) Try, for instance (on analyzed files): Code: genpuid (your key here) -r -ext=mb /storage/music/flac/ (path to files to check) ... and youll end up with a beautiful XML file containing all relevant tagging data for the file(s) selected, fresh from MusicBrainz! -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60670 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPod Genius similar to MusicIP
Unfortunately not :-( Filters in MIP are quite restrictive regarding which variables and operators can be used, and how many conditions can be met. Also, they dont support power words and custom variables stored in their database. (Which you can define in the -powerwords.txt- file.) Maybe that was the original reason to make power searches available in the API like filters. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52410 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any plans on official magnatune support?
I agree Magnatune have a great selection of ambient/chillout music and I quite like it. Watching them over a few years now, I think their library is quite static. It would still be nice to have some integration for - the free listen - the streaming membership - and the download membership Oh well. Maybe I particularly like that they support FLAC downloads. :-) Unlimited downloads for $10/month can be quite a bargain if you like that kind of music. And the musicians get 50%, which I like. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61803 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Vote! Logitech products up for devices of the year award on Engadget
Hooray for time zones of the world I still managed to vote for the Duet :-) But yes, remember to let us know earlier next year! ;-) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61792 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPod Genius similar to MusicIP
It#8217;s actually Power Searches (you need an activated key for this, i.e. the paid-for MIP #8212; well worth the money, btw). When using the GUI, you#8217;d input something like ?GENRE CONTAINS \TRANCE\ BPM = 140 BPM 150[/B] OR [B]?SEVENTIES GENRE CONTAINS \ROCK\ ALBUMTYPE = \LIVE\ into the Search field (the ? at the beginning denotes a power search). Be aware my examples use extra keywords and fields I have set up in the MIP library. When using the http API, these can be used like filters. See also 'MIP http protocol' (http://www.musicip.com/mixer/httpprotocol.jsp). the first of above could (for instance) be encoded for the API as Code: http://localhost:10002/api/mix?filter=?genre%20contains%20%22trance%22%20%20bpm%20%3E=%20140%20%20bpm%20%3C%20150 in order to get a Trance Mix. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52410 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MusicIP: Can't get it to work on my new PC with SC
I second that. And you can use the GUI anytime, even while running headless, just switch off the GUIs API Server by unchecking the little checkbox under File - Preferences - Services - [_] API. (And TiVo and UPnP as well, if you dont need them.) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61583 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What's in a name: squeezebox?
And its really impressive what they have been kvetching into such a small-footprint device, without any of it actually quietsching :-) Now lets squeeze the most great audio out of this :-) [scnr] -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61429 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] mp3HD
Some 'interesting discussion' (http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=70548) also going on over in the -hydrogenaudio- forums. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61694 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] mp3HD
Looking back at mp3PRO which -was- a nice idea for low-bandwidth radio streams at its time, but has now vanished into nothingness I dont believe anyone should care much. Looks like some last struggles to run with the pack, coming much too late. And of course there wont be any advantages (I can see) over well-working, widely accepted open-source solutions like FLAC (or maybe WavPack one day). -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61694 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MusicIP: Can't get it to work on my new PC with SC
I#8217;d also suggest starting out -simple-. I have played with a lot of MusicIP GUI and headless versions over time, and since they are still quite buggy, always ruefully reverted to using the v1.8.1b GUI as the server. (This is the main reason why I currently run my live system on Windows instead of running it on my Linux box.) Re bugs you might want to check my (and others') posts over at the MusicIP forums. I#8217;d suggest the following strategy: - Clean Windows install (XP+SP2 at least, SP3 if you want) - Clean SC install, using either the latest release or the newest beta. - Clean install of MusicIP GUI v1.8.1b (including your key to enable extra functions), setting the GUI#8217;s API service to port 10002 and enabling that. - Test thoroughly, always start MIP GUI -before- SC. Be aware that once having set to enable the API service, MIP will -remember- that setting on startup. - To come nearer to what SC does, you might also want to start the Windows MIP GUI with the commandline options like: *C:\Program Files\MusicIP\MusicIP Mixer\MusicMagicMixer.exe -playlistcontrols -albumsbyname -rgtrack* where - --playlistcontrols- will enable extra playlist controls - --albumsbyname- will (mostly) avoid the one album per track problem we also had in SC when VA compilation tracks are in different folders. Be aware this -only- functions on a complete new rebuild of the Library Cache! So you might want to completely clear the library (not by deleting it! but by marking all songs, deleting -them- in the GUI and follow this with an Add to Library). - --rgtrack- (or --rgalbum-) which will enable Replay Gain support for playback within MIP - The port 10002 and port 10003 suggestion made by SpiceFly is mainly for people who want to run -both- APIs: headless -plus- GUI, while I cannot see why anyone would do that. Maybe it#8217;s just so that people who accidently have the API service in the GUI enabled won#8217;t run into conflicts with their headless running in the background. I#8217;d recommend sticking with only port 10002 and just running -one- of them. - Be aware that MusicIP (at least v1.8.1b, don#8217;t know about the 1.9 betas) still has problems with Unicode characters in filenames on Windows, so you should maybe restrict these to ISO-8859-1 (or your Windows charset). As far as I understood Wendell, this should be fixed in the upcoming 1.9 release. - Install and try out a headless version. I recommend also starting out with the headless that comes with 1.8.1b. Be sure to -disable- the API in the MusicIP GUI, so that they won#8217;t conflict. - Unfortunately, the headless versions from MusicIP -all- have several bugs #8211; that#8217;s why I still use the API from the 1.8.1b GUI which is the one that has the least bugs. Still you might get a good result but you probably also want to try out some headless versions from the 1.9beta5 and/or 1.9beta6. Be aware that the headless Windows .exe files are different but show the same (or none) version resources, so you should be very clear which version is which #8230; - The headless and GUI use a different Library Cache, and you -should not- try to copy it over, at least not if you#8217;re using what they call chunks or libraries per device! (Headless doesn#8217;t understand these, only the GUI versions does.) - I#8217;d recommend staying away from the 1.9beta5 or 1.9beta6 GUI versions -if- you use custom database entries #8212; these will mess up display and/or database horribly in this case. (I use BPM, INITIALKEY, RELEASESTATUS, RELEASETYPE, LANGUAGE and so on in my MusicIP library, for easy power searches.) - I -really, really- suggest storing the analysis data (musical fingerprints) in the files. So far, I#8217;ve seen this functioning flawlessly with MP3 (ID3v2.3 tags using ISO-8859-1 or UTF-16 character set) and FLAC files. It -might- corrupt ID3v2.4 tags, as far as I remember! But if you have the right files with the right tags, saving analysis data can save you hours and hours of frustrating re-calculations. - You might find some more help from Philip Meyer, he seems to use 1.9beta6 with some success together with SC. Well so much for my experiences with MusicIP. Which I wouldn#8217;t want to miss #8212; never again. It has its bugs but is a -great- tool if all bugs are circumvented. Good luck! -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61583 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] mp3HD
Yeah :- -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61694 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Spare parts outside the US - FAO Sean.
Sean, your honest and open words are appreciated. It would really be great if spare parts supply for non-US regions could be improved! I think mainly of power supplies, SBC chargers, and spare SBC batteries Please also consider that not everyone is willing to use credit cards (in Europe, giro transfer is much more appreciated, even if needing to prepay). -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61676 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPod Genius similar to MusicIP
A good friend of mine gave this new iTunes Genius a thorough test (I wouldnt have iTunes on my machines, and no Quicktime), and we both agreed that MusicIP has the much uglier UI (at least with iTunes, the standalone MIP Mixer is ok) but created -much- better mixes. And of course its indefinitely more flexible. Just think of power searches and the power tools. To be honest, instead of getting Yet Another Lame Mixer into SC, wed much prefer to get a capability to store/retrieve MusicIP power searches into SC. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52410 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What's in a name: squeezebox?
Hee hee :-) Heres one for the German-speaking people: My gf likes to call it the Quietschbox (squeak box) partly because Squeeze-anything seems to be hard for some German speakers, partly because we constantly mess up Squeezebox, SqueezeCenter, SoftSqueeze and SqueezePlay now its quietsching all over :-)) [though she admits theres not a bit of squeaky SOUND coming out of these, and is actually impressed] -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61429 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Spare parts outside the US - FAO Sean.
peter;409249 Wrote: Everybody here uses credit cards [ ] Everybody would include me, which invalidates your statement :-) I -do- use Paypal, though. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61676 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Random Question
Not an improvement, indeed :-( Words are sometimes only guessable. And Stop Spam Read Books! might not be the right message to people who want to be helpful -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61462 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What's in a name: squeezebox?
Also probably because the SqueezeBox (actually the server) has so much music squeezed into such small hardware (or discs). Fortunately, not all squeezed (compressed) music -sounds- like coming from a Squeeze Box (the instrument) :-) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61429 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Boom and Duet popular on Ebay
Now -that#8217;s- what I call marketing: -In any case, get 'em while they're hot!- #8230; These thingies will be hot for a long time to come, Sean #8230; Cheers for ever founding that company years ago and starting to solder together The Next Generation musical Swiss Army Knife! ;-) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=61151 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] General Dissatisfaction
drs;403116 Wrote: One question, say I have two tracks, A and B, saved in totally different locations for who knows why. Assuming they are tagged correctly, the album names match exactly, SC still seems to consider them different albums. Any way to fix this short of reorganizing the directory structure? You might want to vote for 'bug 10583' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10583). Ive been using that patch ever since 7.3.x and it works well. (Provided that your tags are good, of course.) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60755 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] General Dissatisfaction
drs;403174 Wrote: The file server which also runs SC has music files in X:\music\ This whole drive is shared, so the other computers see is as \\computer_name\x\music\ In order that playlists made in winamp on my laptop could be seen by SC, I tried having SC look at the network share rather than the local drive. But, even when it does this and the playlists only contain references from \\computer_name\... SC still sees a few random tracks in X:\. Its either/or. You must be sure that all filenames follow the same convention, either X:\music\#8230; or \\computer\x\music\#8230;. Unfortunately, due to the extra overhead incurred when using UNC paths, some software tries to resolve these into mapped drive paths. Maybe this is why you still see some X:\music\#8230; entries. If working on a machine that has this drive -mapped- (instead of a locally attached drive), you might want to consider -unmapping- it and using the same UNC path as for the other machines. SC and other software have to have a means for uniquely identifying a file #8212; SC (and MusicIP, btw) use the file path for this, so they will always see X:\music\filename.ext as being different to \\mycomputer\x\music\filename.ext. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60755 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Guide: Setting up a VPN to your Squeezecenter for easy access in Music Source
A good guide for Windows users. And it will actually make connecting to a remote SC much safer. Thanks for your efforts and for sharing this. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60951 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] You Might Be A Squeeze Geek If...
»Hi! My name is Moonbase and I am a Slim- #8230; a-hem #8230; Squeeze-o-holic.« :-) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60850 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox Duet
A-ha. So I must have been lucky when I bought my used (2-weeks-old) Duet? When it came (A++ condition!), I just factory reset the SBC and the SBR and was up and running in a few minutes. No hassle, no PINs, no nothing :-) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60981 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] You Might Be A Squeeze Geek If...
Too cute! :-) So sad they grow up that fast ... My 16-year-old is more interested in things like Can I disassemble your Duet Controller to see how it works? and Dad, just HOW do you know where to change all this Perl code to make SC do what you want? I actually fear his next birthday present list ... and surely, my daughter will want one too if he gets one ... :-) Moonbase/TNG (The Next Generation), hee hee :-) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60850 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox radio for a car?
When Solid State Discs become cheaper (still), having a little Atom-based SC and a Duet combo in the car might become an interesting option. (Shock-proof) Or maybe just SC+SqueezeSlave+SBC and play from the li'l Atom PC to the car stereo. The PC could even roam for access points, in order to get SN. I#8217;ve seen open (or cheap) access points on camping sites... Syncing the music between the home SC and the car SC could then be done via WLAN and rsync while the car was parked in front of your house. Eventually, someone might even come up with a unit that fits into the car stereo opening and has a nice (aka SB3) display... :-) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60852 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Intel Atom: Suitable for transcoding?
Before I go for an Atom-based system, can anyone tell for sure it would be able to stream to 2 SB's (no transcoding) -plus- stream to two (remote) software players, transcoding to 128 kbps MP3? (I plan for a N270/1.6GHz, or a Dual-core 330/2x1.6GHz; 2GB RAM, running Linux.) Worst-case scenario: 2 hardware players running locally, plus two people listening over the Internet from work. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Intel Atom: Suitable for transcoding?
Now -that- sounds great. Thanks for taking the effort and actually testing it, much appreciated! Taking MusicIP into account, I#8217;ll then go for a Dual-Atom and 2GB, as originally planned. Hope I can wait for the MSI D-130, but impatient as I am I might just buy a mini-ITX dual atom board and a case and build it myself :-) Or maybe 'this one' (http://www.ixsoft.de/cgi-bin/web_store.cgi?cart_id=2703293_21759page=Products/de/IXTH3302HW-BK.html). -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why do posts suddenly require moderator approval?
Me international weirdo :-))) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60708 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why do posts suddenly require moderator approval?
iPhone;402288 Wrote: *Edit:* I quoted the OP, and he had a URL in the post. Wonder if that was the reason why? Yep. Typicial forum software won#8217;t distinguish between quoted and original content. It might also be argued that repeating a (spam) link in a quote is spam in itself :-) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60708 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why do posts suddenly require moderator approval?
Someone has to do all the work. I understand the measurements in regard to the spamming that went on here. If a scheme like this is really needed, I think a working combination might be: - Links to slimdevices and logitech pages should -always- work. These are usually links to other threads, the wiki, bugzilla, and product pages. - Other links should be auto-enabled when a user has reached some status. Most often, the post count is used for that in other forums, either a fixed one like 50 or one associated with a status like Senior Member. - Setting single (misbehaving) users to moderated status should by now be supported in any forum software. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60708 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Last.fm, worth becoming a paid member?
I was just contemplating the same but for 2,50/month Id somehow like to get not only my »loved tracks« but playlists and »my stations« too. So I wait. What I like is that - they use MusicIP to get similar tracks (which I also like at home) - their tags function well - you can skip to the next track using SB and SBC remotes -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60723 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why do posts suddenly require moderator approval?
Ill have to watch it it happens on some, not all of my posts. Maybe it really has to do something with attachments or *odd wording* used. Hm. Sorry, Michael, I tried to behave a little in Bugzilla but I didnt realize someone would have problems reading posts with odd characters like guillemets or typographical hyphens, ellipsis, apostrophe, etc. here in the forums? The bad thing is I sometimes don't realize ... been using typographical characters since so many years (and actually use a special keyboard driver for that), so my fingers just automatically reach for the correct symbols... Its quite hard for me to deliberately ignore everything I'm trained to use as correct and switch back to the old ASCII symbols... Sorry again. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60708 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Recommend a portable USB HDD for backups?
Hee hee, one nice off-topic thread this has become! I started playing with an -Olympus Camedia C-2500L- in 2000 (one of the first halfway usable DSLRs), because I couldn't afford the -AP NC-2000- my company sold at that time ... Now I'm dreaming of a good Nikon DSLR body ... ;-) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60528 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Intel Atom: Suitable for transcoding?
Thanks for the feedback! Good to know, though I#8217;ll be waiting for the MSI D-130 (Dual Atom, will be available mid-year/autumn). -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60703 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcement: VortexBox 0.4 released
gharris999;401395 Wrote: What's your sense of how well MusicIP works with classical music? Unfortunately I only have -very- few classical titles. I would expect good results but you might want to ask someone that really uses MIP with classical music. Or give -last.fm- a try they use MusicIPs -MusicDNS- service (plus a little more) behind the scenes, so you might get a feasible approximation. gharris999;401395 Wrote: I'm guessing that with 1T worth of flacs with more than 125 days of play time, the finger printing processing time would be a pretty serious investment. Indeed. About 20k files took around 7 days here (heavily loaded Windows machine) Its faster when they know about the titles already, but if you have music thats new to their database, calculation really eats up processor time. gharris999;401395 Wrote: Is there any way to finger print a given flac at rip time? Or does the entire collection need to be printed in one go? Well shortly after. The Windows -MusicIP Mixer GUI- will react to directory changes for folders you can set, and thus automatically start fingerprinting in the background. You have the option to set thread priority for that, plus the option to automatically save the analysis data in the tags (which Id -highly recommend-). You can also use the command-line -genpuid- tool in Linux to fingerprint all or part of your collection. (Can also save to tags.) gharris999;401395 Wrote: I guess what I'm asking is this: is there a musicip tag that can calculated and then stored in the file which musicip could subsequently read for its db? Exactly that :-) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60670 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Why do posts suddenly require moderator approval?
Since the new forum software got installed, more often than not, I get this message: Code: Redirecting... Thank you for posting! Your post will not be visible until a moderator has approved it for posting. You will now be taken back to the forum. If you opted to post a poll, you will now be allowed to do so. Click here if your browser does not automatically redirect you. Why? -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60708 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcement: VortexBox 0.4 released
agillis;400965 Wrote: [#8230;] Our goal is to make VortexBox the easiest to use most functional backend for Squeezebox. [#8230;] Cool. Keep it up! A-hem #8230; How about adding a preconfigured MusicIP Headless? And some nice GUI option to enter one#8217;s key for it? And run genpuid after a rip? #8230; ;-) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60670 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcement: VortexBox 0.4 released
Couldn#8217;t live without it :-) Generates acoustic fingerprints for uniquely detecting music, uses these to create sound-alike mixes. (Also the system used behind the scenes with the MusicBrainz database, and BBC and last.fm use it.) AND it#8217;s supported by SqueezeCenter, so they#8217;d make a perfect match on VortexBox! More info: 'MusicIP Mixer' (http://musicip.com/mixer/index.jsp) 'MusicIP Forums' (http://forums.musicip.com/) 'Wiki: Integrating MusicIP with SqueezeCenter' (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Integrating_MusicIP_with_SqueezeCenter) Now VortexBox with MIP included would be a shiny all-in-one solution! -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60670 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcement: VortexBox 0.4 released
Thanks for your interest! Really looking forward to whats coming out of it :-) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60670 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] CUE files not being picked up stored in playlists
Interesting, thanks for the feedback. Its actually looking for line starting with any whitespace characters and seems to use this as a differentiation between the global settings (TITLE, PERFORMER, FILE, REM xxx) and the track-based settings. Many other programs actually use the same logic. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53305 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] What is the origin or meaning of your user name?
Why Moonbase? History: - -Not- from Moonbase Alpha One. (I only came to know about that years later.) - Actually from a 1969 U.K. TV series called UFO. My parents scolded me, I loved it. The Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation (SHADO) was located beneath a movie studio in England, and they had a -Moonbase- #8211; all the girls had pink hair and silver outfits. - Later on my nick for citizens band radio #8211; »Stardust« was already taken, so I remembered UFO#8217;s »Moonbase« and it#8217;s been my nick ever since #8230; Since that time (for almost fourty years now!) I#8217;ve been constantly using this nickname all over the place. Later refinements and new explanations arose, like: - Watched Neil Armstrong setting foot onto the Moon live #8211; the day after my tenth birthday. I then believed that manned spaceflight would become reality much faster. (Not realizing it was mainly politics that time.) So I was somehow expecting a -real- Moonbase. - Always believed that standing back two steps (or 238,714 miles, in this case) sometimes just gives a better perspective... (From up there, I could never understand the concept of little ants crawling on this little globe#8217;s surface, them taking a pencil, drawing lines on the surface they call »borders« and fighting for these with their lives. I still don#8217;t get it. No wonder the Aliens stay away from a backwardly planet like ours#8230;) - Some think I#8217;m much too idealistic and have too romantic ideas, like everyone could live in peace with each other, money that goes into military should go into food, a healthy planet, and manned spaceflight, and there could always be »win-win situations« between suppliers and customers. Well, I tried to do my share in business life, but I fear it was way too little. So they said I#8217;m like the man in the moon, meaning something like a dreamer here. The avatar is actually me, sitting on a bollard in some small harbour in Northern Germany. For fun, I sometimes claim it was photographed while I was doing a radio show, but actually I#8217;m just watching a seagull. And dreaming of a better world :-) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55256 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] CUE files not being picked up stored in playlists
Yes, Sir! :-) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53305 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Artist logic bug?
-or- you have set an artist sorting tag like ARTISTSORT, TSOP, or XSOP (from MusicBrainz Picard) containing only Glove. SC will secretly use that to sort the artist list ;-) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60296 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Urgent Windows XP help needed please !
Hm. I#8217;m using Windows/XP (German), recently upgraded from SP2 to SP3 and never had this problem. In Control Panel/Automatic Updates, I#8217;ve set »Notify, but don#8217;t download or install automatically«. Works as advertised. Sometimes a balloon pops up informing me of new updates and whenever I wish, I download and install it. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60036 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Software Player Synchronisation Rallying call!
I love listening to the same songs with my gf, about 250 mi across the country. So we checked out the current sync options again yesterday using SC 7.4-25017. When using the phone, I have about 350kbps upstream left on my ADSL line, so we set her software players to 128kbps downsampling (LAME, Q7). - -Playing songs from the local music library, using both SoftSqueeze and SqueezePlay:- Works quite nice (max. .5s difference as far as one can tell on the phone [which again has delay of course]). No real glitches, only very occasional brief Waiting to sync messages on both SBC and software players. (i.e. every 20 minutes or so) - -Playing Deezer, using both SS+SP:- Totally messes up her software player and my receiver, up to the point of having to restart her software player, and needing to »cold restart« (pulling the plug, the front button wouldn#8217;t work anymore) my Duet receiver. *Maybe* due to trying to access Deezer »Soul« which currently doesn#8217;t play anyway here. - -Playing a podcast:- No sound with SoftSqueeze, nothing on receiver while synced. Receiver could play it when unsynced, SoftSqueeze couldn#8217;t. SqueezePlay on her side could also play it, only when unsynced. So my »overall experience« is that both SoftSqueeze and SqueezePlay seem to sync »okay« when playing local files, but both behave problematic when trying to sync remote files/streams to a hardware player. I could never get two SqueezePlay#8217;s to sync, but syncing one Softsqueeze with one SqueezePlay seems to work on local files. SqueezePlay seems to have slight advantages over SoftSqueeze regarding bitrates/file formats it#8217;s able to play. I agree that trying to »remote sync« over a low-bandwidth Internet connection with additional transcoding used is probably the »worst case« #8212; but as you can see, it has its uses ;-) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60075 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is there a simple way to adjust L/R balance on Squeezebox?
Sorry for updating an old post, but I just ran into the same issue: Needing a balance control. Id love to use InguzEQ, but its simply unusable on a 1.8GHz P4 PC, and Im planning to put SC onto a Linux machine eventually. Many people use SB3 or Duet Receivers with -just- active speakers, and not everyone uses Windows or has the processing power for InguzEQ (NAS users!). I really think that a product that can be used as a pure »easy start« consumer product with an upgrade path to an audiophile setup should have a means for balance control, and maybe even a simple 3- or 5-band equalizer -built in-. Since Ive seen very fine design in the SB product line, Id be astonished if (at least) a balance control couldnt be done in firmware in the hardware units (SB2/SB3/Duet Receiver/Transporter) and only -controlled- via the remotes (IR/SBC), like the volume is now. Integrating this feature into the core would allow anyone to start with a good quality »beginner setup« (i.e. SqueezeBox + active speakers) and allow a perfect upgrade path to an »audiophile setup« later on, without compromising quality. (Like volume, these »extra features« could probably be disabled in SqueezeCenter Settings.) Logitech: Read »increase sales«. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=53094 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No more Squeezebox Classic in Europe? or just sold out at the moment?
Fortunately, yes, at least in Germany. :-) (You need proof of purchase, though. But he sent me his original invoice.) Might vary in other countries. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58525 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No more Squeezebox Classic in Europe? or just sold out at the moment?
Yeah wheres all the »sales ethics« gone? *sigh* Regarding ethics: I decided to give an eBay offer a try now: Squeezebox Duet, used 14 days, savings about 50 from original price, including original receipt from the buyer, warranty left: 23½ months. What can I say? Transaction done in 4 days total, like new (even all the plastic stuff around each and every item), all original parts included, great packaging, everything worked. Looked more like been used 14 minutes instead of 14 days. And nice communication in between: »Your money received«, »sent package today«, »enjoy your buy« and so on. I wonder why that guy ever sold his Duet thanks anyway! So now Im a (very!) happy owner of a »brand-new« Duet. -And- havent totally lost my confidence in ethical sales and win-win situations. Best buy I made for the last 5 years or so. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58525 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No more Squeezebox Classic in Europe? or just sold out at the moment?
FYI: I got my »full refund« today (no interest, of course) after 70 days. Seems there are many »teaser offers« out there, no real merchandise. I should have been warned, since the article appeared almost 30 cheaper when »found« via price searching engines like billiger.de, guenstiger.de, ciao.de and the like. When ordering via phone (and asking for availability!), a much higher price was confirmed not on the phone but on the written order confirmation. After complaining, they told me I must order via the price searching engine, it would give »special prices« only available online. (Yeah, to lure the customers ) In my opinion, it somehow invalidates the reliability of the price searching engines, if anyone can make a »deal« with them to have their items appear »cheaper« than the competitors pricing. Oh, well. Live and learn :-) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58525 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Damn, Form hit by the SPAMbots. Should we report?
Damn. The forum has been hit by the SPAMbots again. How I hate this, getting two pages of New Posts with one or two real*threads in between Forum Admins: -Should- we report each and every one? The reason I ask is that we only get so many reportings per hour -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59606 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Damn, Form hit by the SPAMbots. Should we report?
Maybe it would be a good idea to allow us more than two or three spam reports in a certain time frame? -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59606 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The nature of the beast or wirelless tango or this years channel
So true. Probably better kill thy neighbour ;-) (Especially those who run multiple WLANs in -one- apartment! Or start saving money and use one together #8230;) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59396 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No more Squeezebox Classic in Europe? or just sold out at the moment?
kesey: Ive actually been playing with the idea for a moment, yes :-) Thanks for all your feedback! Btw, Ive also heard good reports about cooltopia from other sources in the meantime. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58525 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OGG streams crashing SB3, SC, or XP
Hm, still no luck here. SC7.4-24904/Windows (svn). These all show the same using both SoftSqueeze and SqueezePlay: Connecting, Buffering (up to 100%), Now Playing. The Ogg frame message is gone in the log, but -no sound-. All streams play in Winamp. Local Ogg files also play in SC. 'NRK Alltid Klassisk (Norway)' (http://media.hiof.no/streams/m3u/nrk-alltid-klassisk-172.ogg.m3u) 'Vltava (Czech Republic)' (http://radio.cesnet.cz/cgi-bin/cro3-256-ogg.pls) 'Devín (Slovakia)' (http://live.slovakradio.sk:8000/Devin_256.ogg) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59318 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Beginner questions and mix-up of multiple versions of one song
Sorry I cant answer your Transporter questions :-( I also have some duplicate songs (multiple MP3, or FLAC+MP3) but those are played as they should be. Did you try a Clear library and rescan everything? Re Jean Michel Jarre: There are different fields (also called tag frames) for things like artist, title, album title, etc. In most tagging software, these have similar names. I have this album tagged as (excerpt): ALBUMARTIST=Jean Michel Jarre ALBUMARTISTSORT=Jarre, Jean Michel ARTIST=Jean Michel Jarre ARTISTSORT=Jarre, Jean Michel ALBUM=Oxygène YEAR=1976 ORIGYEAR=1976 The tracks have different names of course: TITLE=Oxygène, Part 1 and so on. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59357 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No more Squeezebox Classic in Europe? or just sold out at the moment?
To keep everyone updated: Today, after 2 months and 2 days, an email arrived stating the article 'Logitech Squeezebox black' is not available anymore while it is still being 'advertised' (http://www.kmelektronik.de/main_site/?SiteType=Shoptype=shopArtNr=296701Ref=110gp=11946fd=503540) (at a reduced price) with delivery time between a day and a week on their site. *German buyers:* I'd recommend to stay away from -KM Elektronik AG- when trying to buy a SqueezeBox. *Logitech officials:* -Please advise an offical source- to buy from in Germany -who actually delivers- I really want my SB Classic now! Terms of payment: Paypal, prepaid to a European bank or giro debit. Thanks in advance! -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58525 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OGG streams crashing SB3, SC, or XP
:20.0114] Missing page(s) in Ogg file [09-02-05 20:04:20.0462] Slim::Formats::Ogg::scanBitrate (290) Found bitrate header: 172000 kbps CBR [09-02-05 20:04:20.0616] Slim::Schema::updateOrCreate (1092) Merging entry for http://radio.hiof.no/nrk-alltid-klassisk-172.ogg readTags is: [1] [09-02-05 20:04:20.0653] Slim::Schema::_preCheckAttributes (1996) Report for http://radio.hiof.no/nrk-alltid-klassisk-172.ogg: [09-02-05 20:04:20.0684] Slim::Schema::_preCheckAttributes (1997) * Attributes * [09-02-05 20:04:20.0738] Slim::Schema::_preCheckAttributes (2006) .. YEAR : 0 [09-02-05 20:04:20.0763] Slim::Schema::_preCheckAttributes (2006) .. BITRATE : 172000 [09-02-05 20:04:20.0793] Slim::Schema::_preCheckAttributes (2006) .. REMOTE : 1 [09-02-05 20:04:20.0819] Slim::Schema::_preCheckAttributes (2006) .. RATING : 0 [09-02-05 20:04:20.0844] Slim::Schema::_preCheckAttributes (2010) * Deferred Attributes * [09-02-05 20:04:20.0940] Slim::Schema::_preCheckAttributes (2019) .. COMMENT : ARRAY(0x6d286e4) [09-02-05 20:04:20.0974] Slim::Schema::updateOrCreate (1113) Updating http://radio.hiof.no/nrk-alltid-klassisk-172.ogg : year to 0 [09-02-05 20:04:20.1010] Slim::Schema::updateOrCreate (1113) Updating http://radio.hiof.no/nrk-alltid-klassisk-172.ogg : bitrate to 172000 [09-02-05 20:04:20.1053] Slim::Schema::updateOrCreate (1113) Updating http://radio.hiof.no/nrk-alltid-klassisk-172.ogg : remote to 1 [09-02-05 20:04:20.1095] Slim::Schema::_postCheckAttributes (2073) -- Track is a remote track [09-02-05 20:04:20.1124] Slim::Schema::_postCheckAttributes (2132) -- Track has 0 contributor(s) [09-02-05 20:04:20.1237] Slim::Schema::forceCommit (1501) forceCommit ignored, database is in AutoCommit mode [09-02-05 20:04:21.1762] Slim::Schema::_checkValidity (1662) Checking to see if http://radio.hiof.no/nrk-alltid-klassisk-172.ogg has changed. [09-02-05 20:04:21.9246] Slim::Schema::_checkValidity (1662) Checking to see if http://radio.hiof.no/nrk-alltid-klassisk-172.ogg has changed. [09-02-05 20:04:22.9248] Slim::Schema::_checkValidity (1662) Checking to see if http://radio.hiof.no/nrk-alltid-klassisk-172.ogg has changed. [09-02-05 20:04:23.9334] Slim::Schema::forceCommit (1501) forceCommit ignored, database is in AutoCommit mode It -does- play using Winamp v5.541. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59318 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No more Squeezebox Classic in Europe? or just sold out at the moment?
;-) #8230; Well, 30 Euros more, but they might change their site first: It shows EUR 229,00 and when clicking shopping basket the price changes to EUR 239,00. EUR 10 for a CLICK? I wonder. A-hem #8230; Logitech willing to pass me an e-voucher as a little gift? I might consider buying directly if the price was okay :-) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58525 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No more Squeezebox Classic in Europe? or just sold out at the moment?
Thanks for the hint, but I dont believe things like Availability: Ordered, ready to ship in 4-7 days (Verfügbarkeit: ist bestellt, voraussichtlich versandfertig in 4-7 Tagen) anymore Looks to me like everyone collects payments to play with customer's money for a while, and when enough people have ordered and sent their money, they order at the manufacturer who probably starts building the units then -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58525 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] OGG streams crashing SB3, SC, or XP
Andy: Will try again tomorrow with tonight's svn. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=59318 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No more Squeezebox Classic in Europe? or just sold out at the moment?
Mike, any news on this? I have still no luck: They have my money for almost 2 months now but still no merchandise. Since my order, the price has been reduced by #8364; 30 but they still can#8217;t deliver :-( Before I start talking to the lawyers, I#8217;d really like to know if it#8217;s their fault or Logitech#8217;s #8230; -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58525 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] German Resellers? Delivery problems? (Logitech has no SB3 in German online store)
I tried to order a SqueezeBox 3 (Classic) from a company called 'KM
Elektronik AG' (http://www.kmelektronik.de/) ('Product page'
(http://www.kmelektronik.de/main_site/prod_detail/detail.php?ArtNr=17453))
on December 3rd, 2008. It was promised to be available on 2008-12-10,
and delivered immediately after. So I ordered it (prepaid) since at
that time they seemed the ones to have the fastest delivery for the
lowest price.
Unfortunately, my SqueezeBox is STILL not available, they have my money
now since 2008-12-04, and keep insisting like yes, we know, but our
supplier (Logitech?) cannot deliver. I've heard that so often now that
I really start getting pissed. It SHOULD have been a Christmas present
to myself, since I wanted to re-arrange for Christmas and the New Year
party. No fun. Instead, I keep getting emails saying delivery in 4-5
days, a few days later one that says delivery in -1 to 0 days, then
weeks without response. (They told me on Dec 26 (!) that the product
has been ORDERED (!) and will take 4-6 weeks delivery *grrr*)
To be fair, I must say that KM Elektronik are usually known as a
reliable supplier with fast turnaround. But if I had known that, I
could have spent the extra *20, and buy it through Amazon as well
Q1: Are there delivery problems to Germany, in Germany, or to this
company?
Q2: Is the SB3 not available anymore? I couldn't find it in the
Logitech Germany online store?!
Q3: Is there an official list of German distributors/resellers so I
could pick another, more reliable one?
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Re: [slim] No more Squeezebox Classic in Europe? or just sold out at the moment?
'My story here.' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58506) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58525 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] My ISP screwed up location based on IP, any way to get my local radio stations back?
Hey, good to know! Thank -you- for feedback! -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58442 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No more Squeezebox Classic in Europe? or just sold out at the moment?
I so much hoped that some offical read and commented on thatthanks Mike. Anything on Q3? -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58525 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] No more Squeezebox Classic in Europe? or just sold out at the moment?
Mnyb;387060 Wrote: Try with ripcaster in uk, they ship outside uk to rest of Eu. Cheers for the hint. They also offer good prices, I could even save a bit. Ha! Ordering from home country and probably ending up with the ole fused 3-prong ... :-) Guess I'll give my supplier another week and then order at ripcaster. mvalera;387083 Wrote: We have a call with EMEA tomorrow, this will be at the top of the list. No one in our building knows why they would be having stock issues with Classic there. Mike Thanks for assistance, Mike#8212;it's greatly appreciated! -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58525 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] smart gain on album with only 'track gain'-tags
Hm. Unfortunately, in WMA the gain values are currently read from GAIN_TRACK_GAIN GAIN_TRACK_PEAK GAIN_ALBUM_GAIN GAIN_ALBUM_PEAK Could you try to verify that by changing the tags on some sample files? -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36386 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] My ISP screwed up location based on IP, any way to get my local radio stations back?
You might try getting a RadioTime account and manually set your real location in your profile. (I haven't yet tried this myself.) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58442 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Replaygain - Anyone know about it?
Yep. It#8217;s for real, has been enhanced lately (for non-clipping), and many (if not most) of us probably use it every day :-) And just in case your friend asks: Yes, it will do -both- »audiophile« (album) and »radio« (track) gain, and even has an additional (selectable) »smart gain« (automagic selection between track and album gain). Also, SC even supports »SoundCheck«, the Apple/iTunes variant of Replay Gain, and the original RVA system. So you get the best of all worlds. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=58253 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Replay gain, equal volume.
From the WebUI, »Settings« in lower right corner, then select the Information tab on the new page. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57672 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Replay gain, equal volume.
Yep, SC actually reads SoundCheck and uses it. What I dont like is that it prefers SC over RG if both are present. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57672 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] streaming 2 mp3s as left and right
Guess that won#8217;t be easy, but you can *easily* stream TWO different (even mono) streams to two different players/locations! Since SC can handle separate streams per player plus has great transcoding possibilities, you could set up two very low-bandwith mono streams for your and your wife#8217;s listening pleasure. This would only require the already-built-in features, and be easily done. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57442 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Can you back up library?
Would a -mysqldump- be sufficient? -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57291 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Renaming album titles
SC is a great -Playing System- but should never touch whatever it gets. I feed it with data also used for broadcasting, and I'd get -really- upset if it tried to mess around with tags that have been manually refined over a period of 10 years now. What it can do in its databasegreat. But -never- in the original data. -No one would probably expect their turntables to repair a scratched LPso why should SC repair bad audio/tagging data?- To be honest, Im delighted that product management and the developers have seen that point of view, and honour it. »Garbage In Garbage Out« -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57172 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Renaming album titles
-Philip Meyer- actually 'pointed me in the right direction' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57202) #8212; he has an improved »Zapped« handler. :-) -Hint:- You might want to vote for inclusion into SC: 'Bug 9564' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=9564) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57172 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Great New Year!
Just to say Thank You, for a change: Thank You Slim Devices, Thank You Logitech, Thank You the -Real People behind all that- for giving us great products and lots of support and actual improvements. Thank You, all those people sharing their experiences and problems here and giving valuable feedback, making this a friendly place for open discussion and helpful suggestions. *Have a very Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, and a Great New Year, all of you!* -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57037 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Positive ReplayGain and Clipping
@ Ben: Thanks for pointing at the bug so I could vote. @ marsboer: (Custom tab for RG in Mp3tag) - That's how I do it. Recommended. -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30316 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Positive ReplayGain and Clipping
And anyway, there's still internet radio. Most use high compression to stand out (like many newer CDs, unfortunately), so expect a huge loudness shock if switching from RG'ed music library to some internet radios. Show me how to add RG tags to radio stations please :-) There could of course be some setting per station, thinking of it. (Which would add other complications and is totally off-topic anyway.) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30316 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New usb hard drives.
Actually, yes. 3 IS a VERY wise choice. (For both backup and kinfolk relations.) My experience also shows #8230; - Keep away from nice-looking Apple design drives (or actually all drives that have a too small housing, (almost) no air vents, and plastic casing). Personally, I#8217;ve had -very- bad experiences with LaCie units. (Regarding technical reliability, -not- dealer service#8212;getting them exchanged was no problem, but 3 times in a row all data gone is BAD.) - Look for drives with a fan, if the noise doesn#8217;t disturb you too much. - Prefer sturdy aluminium cases over plastic. - Always use the drive in the upright position on the stand. Air should (on most of them) be able to flow from bottom front to upper rear#8212;don#8217;t accidentally use them 180° rotated. They usually tend to heat up too much, very quickly. - Don#8217;t place them in the sun or near a heater. Leave a minimum of about 5 room to left, right, up so airflow is good. (No putting it in the drawer or squeezed in between the books on your bookshelf.) Lack of airflow and overheating really is the cause for early death on most of these external drives. Most are built for the »mass market«, so they must be cheap and the manufacturer wants to sell you a new one soon. Result: Design near the limits. Interestingly, another cause for early death *seems* to be switching these thingies on and off too much. I have two here that haven#8217;t been switched off for about 2 years now, are only medium-hot and in regular use (daily backup of music collection plus heavy use on the music files). Not ONE glitch and SMART shows still 100% good. Friends have the SAME type of units, all broken in the meantime. It may be a coincidence, but I still think it#8217;s better for drives to run at all times and at about the same temperature, as opposed to being switched on and off every few hours. I agree with bobkoure in saying: Get 1TB instead of 500GB. They give much more bang for the buck, and are about as reliable as the 500GB now. If budget matters, I#8217;d start out with 2x 1TB. Backup IS important#8212;at this size, you won#8217;t ever even DO one if you haven#8217;t got an identical drive to back up! Eventually, I#8217;d try to follow pfarrell#8217;s suggestion using 3 drives. His is really a VERY wise suggestion. Another one: Try to get all two (three) SAME model and manufacturer. It#8217;s just GREAT being able to swap parts in case a power supply dies, the casing breaks or whatever! -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56427 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] End of the line for Squeezebox Classic?
LOL yeah ... Want to see how this is evolving (the product, the business concept, AND the fun inhouse). So, okay, I promise to buy an additional Squeezebox Controller in Q1, 2009. *grin* (This year's christmas SB3 is already on the way, hopefully.) -- Moonbase Moonbase: 'The Problem Solver' (http://www.kaufen-ist-toll.de/moonbase) Moonbase's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=21594 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=56341 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
