Re: [slim] Re: Annoying Apple Lossless Issue
This sounds familiar. Give this a try. Edit convert.conf and change: alc wav * * [alac] $FILE$ to: alc wav * * [alac] -r $FILE$ I seem to think that worked for me the last time I tried. On 12/22/06, TikiGod [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still get a click (albeit quiet) between tracks streaming Apple Lossless files ALAC to WAVany ideas? The song is not cut-off, just a pop/click. I'm using the latest Slimserver download.. TikiGod -- TikiGod TikiGod's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3337 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23831 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album art in itunes
You can use Save Album Art to Album Folder v1.3 at Doug's AppleScripts: http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/scripts13.php?page=1#savealbumart Or you can use Embed Artwork v1.1 at Doug's AppleScripts: http://www.dougscripts.com/itunes/scripts/scripts13.php?page=1#embedart I don't recommend Embed Artwork v1.1 since it will bloat all your files with artwork which is not very efficient and it will modify your files. Another option is to wait for Slim Server 7 which should support iTunes 7 artwork. Good Luck! On 10/27/06, tomjtx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there an easy way to put the album art back into the music folder in itunes7? SS wont show album art because it's not in the same folder. I am a non techie so I am looking for the easiest way. I run Itunes on mac os 10 ,latest version and rip with aiff and alac. -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7449 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29101 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: SlimServer running on a Playstation 3!
This does not sound far fetched at all now that Logitech is acquiring SlimDevices. Logitech manufactures a rather large number of PlayStation accessories including the Sony branded EyeToy USB camera and the Sony branded USB head set. I would not even be surprised to see SlimServer ship with the Playstation 3 given Logitech's connection to Sony at this point. On 10/18/06, Robster [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: radish;147303 Wrote: Assuming the PS3 is even half as loud as my 360, I really wouldn't want that thing on all the time as a server. Apparantly it's whisper quiet in use and not the ideal server, but interesting. I'll be getting one eventually, yes they're not cheap but if you look at the hardware I think it's actually a good deal. Money is always lost in manufacturing consoles at the start but Sony will be losing big bucks this time. R -- Robster So much music, so little time.. - http://www.myspace.com/hifinut Robster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2129 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28785 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: iTunes WAV - AIFF adds volume adjustment field info
Newer versions of iTunes will add the sound check tag to all files it knows how to tag. This includes AIFF but not WAV. It does not matter if sound check is turned on or off in iTunes like it used to. On 10/5/06, SteveEast [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, take one of your WAV files and save it to your desktop. Rename it. Then add it back into your iTunes library. Check the properties, just the name should be set. Now convert it to AIFF. Check with SS for volume adjustment - sure as hell shouldn't be any. Steve. -- SteveEast SteveEast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4193 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28157 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Slim Devices is hiring!
Time to update my resume! Steven On 11/27/05, dean [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Slim Devices is growing and we need some help. We have several job openings for full-time positions and are looking for smart people who want to work at an exciting, growing, small company to help us and our community build great products. We offer benefits, flexible hours, telecommuting, stock options and a lot of fun. If you are interested in applying for any of these openings, please email your resume to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Embedded Systems Engineer: Slim Devices is seeking an experienced full-time embedded systems engineer. Ideal candidates would have experience in real-time systems, DSP, networking and audio. Service Engineer: Slim Devices is seeking an experienced full-time Perl programmer with networking and unix system administration skills to help us develop and deploy SqueezeNetwork. Tech Support: Slim Devices is seeking an experienced full-time tech support engineer to help our customers with installation and troubleshooting of our award winning products by phone, email and the web. Macintosh Windows, audio/consumer electronics, networking experience required. QA Manager: Slim Devices is seeking an experienced full-time QA manager in the San Francisco Bay Area to help make our open source, cross-platform software and cutting-edge hardware the best it can possibly be. Should have experience in creating test plans from the ground up for white box black box software testing. Networking, embedded, consumer electronics and/or audio testing a plus. -- dean dean's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18569 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Chances of Native Apple Lossless Support?
Would it be a problem to use the reverse engineered ALAC decoder by David Hammerton available at http://craz.net/programs/itunes/alac.html On 10/30/05, dean blackketter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That depends entirely on Apple licensing that codec. It's currently closed and not available for third-party use, except through QuickTime, which is what we are doing. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Why a new display font for Slimp3s in v6.2?
I noticed this too and would like an option to switch between the old and new font, or even other fonts, if said option does not already exist. At this point I am not sure which font I prefer. I may like the new font and prefer it to the old font once I get used to it, Steven On 10/26/05, malsbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I posted this on the beta list, but it hasn't gotten much notice. Also since I first posted it, my wife came home, walked into the kitchen and within a minute asked what was wrong with the Slimp3. To recap, I upgraded from v6.1.2 to v6.2.1 and was surprised that the display font for large size (double height) had changed. I can see that the intent was to make the font look a little rounder and the characters variable width, but I just don't think the non-graphics displays in the Slimp3 and SB1 are up to the task. I have to say that the worst character I have noticed this far is 0 (zero), it looks like (). Also using '| for 1 looks pretty odd too. Is there any way to select the original display font for the Slimp3? I have searched all the server settings in the web interface and it didn't jump out at me. I would like to take advantage of the new features in v6.2 such as the Random Mix feature and the Various Artist grouping, but the font may be a deal breaker for my wife and I might shift back to v6.1.2. Tom Malsbury -- malsbury ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: sox, replaygain, and ogg
Although, the ability to use the replaygain value from slimserver (6.2) as a variable in convert.conf, I still think might be useful, if it's possible. Is there someplace to look in the documentation for a list of those variables? I was hoping to do this exact thing! I want to be able to plug the replaygain value in slimserver into the --scale option of LAME while transcoding. This way I would get replaygained mp3 streams from slimsever independent of file type as long as the source files replaygain tags are recognized by slimserver. However I have not seen a response to my previous posts on the subject so I do not know if this is even possible, Steven On 10/22/05, mlmurray [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mlmurray Wrote: I have a SqueezeBox 1, thus when I listen to an *.ogg file it must either be converted to wav or mp3 format in order to be played. I have quite a few files in ogg format and I have tagged them all using vorbisgain to generate the appropriate replaygain tags. Slimserver reads these tags fine in the web interface, but, of course, when sox or oggdec decodes them it ignores the replaygain tags so I'm out of luck with that. I did note that sox has a -v (volume) option, that I think can be set using the replaygain value in dB. I'm wondering if there is a variable available to be used in convert.conf for setting the -v option (you know, like $FILE$ or $QUALITY$ or $BITRATE$)? I was hoping for something like $GAIN$. On a side note, I was using mplayer to decode *.oggs using the following line in slimserver-convert.conf: Code: [mplayer] -novideo -ao pcm:file=/dev/fd/4 $FILE$ 41 1/dev/null Alas, since I've upgrade Ubuntu linux to Breezy (5.10), this hasn't been working. It looks like only root can write to /dev/fd/4 now and the song stops playing just a few (maybe 10) seconds into the song. I wouldn't mind getting this working again, but I'd also like to get replaygain support in sox since it is the default program to transcode ogg files in slimserver. I would appreciate any ideas and guidance. Replying to my own post... Okay, it looks like a confluence of changes conspired to confound me, but I think I've sorted though it. The changes? I updated mplayer from 1.0pre6 to 1.0pre7 so, much of the time, I just had the slimserver-convert.conf line wrong. I had updated Ubuntu Hoary to Breezy and somehow not all of the perl modules that I had installed previously came accross, so when I started slimserver, it asked me to install several, which I did as a regular user (not root) using the built-in utility (pretty slick, actually). The fact that they were not installed as root, I think caused the problem with not being able to write to /dev/fd/4. I subsequently installed the afore mentioned perl modules normally, throught apt-get. Once I did this, and got rid of the modules slimserver had download for me, things started working fine again. Well, with one exception. Apparantly, my distribution's version of DBI.pm (perl 5.8.7) conflicts with the version that comes with Slimserver, so I had to rename the slimserver version (DBI.pm.old). I realize most of these problems were brought on through upgrading an my own meddling, but I thought it important to post the results in case someone else encounters similar problems and goes searching through these forums for an answer. Although, the ability to use the replaygain value from slimserver (6.2) as a variable in convert.conf, I still think might be useful, if it's possible. Is there someplace to look in the documentation for a list of those variables? -- mlmurray ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Replay Gain, Volume Adjustment, Apple Lossless Streaming.
I have a few questions about the upcoming Replay Gain support in SlimServer 6.2. Will it support the Volume Adjustment tag in Apple Lossless files? Will it support applying Replay Gain adjustment to MP3 streams? Will it support Replay Gain volume adjustment on the SliMP3 alone or while synced? Thanks and I look forward to SlimServer going final, Steven ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] ReplayGain LAME --scale?
This is an idea I have had for some time. The idea is to use the relative volume adjustment tag (RAVD) in an AIFF or Apple Lossless file as input to the --scale option in LAME while transcoding in SlimServer. I can set this tag with in iTunes with iVolume that uses the ReplayGain algorithms. This way I can get the ReplayGain adjustment I want while streaming or with my SliMP3 and keep my music library lossless in iTunes and SlimServer. It is my understanding that the latest versions of SlimServer now recognize this tag so I think it would be possible to add this functionality. I would attempt this myself but I have zero coding skills. Anyone up for the challenge? Thanks, Steven ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Mount SB2 upside down - rotate display text
Display rotation sounds like a fabulous idea! I know Slim Devices used to offer an under mount kit for the original SliMP3 but not the SqueezeBoxes. I think display rotation in software would be just as good or even better solution. I don't know if it is possible though. Be sure to open up a feature request at bugs.slimdevices.com so I can vote on it, Steven On 8/9/05, gonk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would like to mount the SB2 upside down under a shelf in the kitchen. This gives me two problems: 1. How to fasten the device mechanically. This can be solved in several ways. This is not a big issue, but it would have helped with some keyhole mountings or similar. 2. The text must be rotated on the display. Anyone know how to change this in the Slimserver code? Is it possible at all? Ideas, anyone? -- gonk ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Volume levels across files
What I would love to see in the interim is for some clever person to create a plug in or a modification to the web interface that would allow turning on and off and setting the options for the flac --apply-replaygain-which-is-not-lossless. Something like how you can adjust the quality and bit rate of the lame encoder now. As it stands now one has to modify convert.conf which is kind of a pain. Any takers? On 7/14/05, michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: max.spicer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ... SB2 doesn't currently support replaygain for flac files. Well, in a pinch you can do flac-flac conversion on the server and get replaygain, but you're giving up fastforward/rewind if you do. Depending on which is more important to you, it might be worth the trade off until replaygain is implemented in the firmware. (or if you have a unit older than the sb2) It may for mp3s - I really don't know. pretty much the same deal as for flac. you can use a program like mp3gain to apply the change to the file, or you can do mp3 decoding on the server (with the appropriate decoder) and apply replaygain (from tags) before sending to the squeezebox. -michael -- I feel like my life is just a little umop apisdn * upside down * umop apisdn ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Volume levels across files
I assume you have Sound Check turned on in iTunes. I would recommend that you turn Sound Check off and apply MP3Gain http://mp3gain.sourceforge.net/ to your MP3 and AAC files and WaveGain http://www.rarewares.org/others.html to your WAV and AIFF files. This method works with all audio players including the Squeezebox since you are modifying the audio data in the file. On 7/11/05, oiler1fan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just transferred some of my old vinyl favorites into .wav format using Nero Wave Editor. When I play the songs back thru iTunes everything is perfect - equalized volume with all the other existing files and pretty good quality too. Problem is when I playback thru my Squeezebox - the volume levels of the new files are very depressed when compared to the others. Why and how do I fix it? -- oiler1fan ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Volume levels across files
I have used it without issue but I have always made backups of my files before I applied MP3gain just in case. More information can be found here http://altosdesign.com/aacgain/ On 7/12/05, Craig, James (IT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oooh. This is new: 19 March 2005 Just a reminder that the new AAC part of mp3gain is experimental. It's simply newer, so problems are still being found (and fixed). Use it at your own risk, and I'd suggest backing up your files first. Does anyone here have any experience on using mp3gain on AAC files? James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Apple lossless on SB 2: is there any advantage with the native FLAC?
I also believe that native formats like FLAC on the SB2 allow for fast forwarding and rewinding while non native formats that need trans coding do not. That is a HUGE advantage to me. On 7/2/05, kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Jim McCall [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Is there any advantage with Apple Lossless files using a SB2 vs. SB1? well, if you can handle uncompressed over your wireless setup, or have it wired, then SB1 will be less intense as far as CPU since it only uncompresses without having to compress back to wav (unless you disable aac-flc for sb2). The analogue audio out is FAR better on the SB2 if you plan to use that I know it natively decodes flac. If there is not advantage, what is the advantage when using FLAC as a source? Is it that you only have to stream the compressed file? So maybe you save 40 to 60% of file network traffic? AAC might be preferred if you are tied to iTunes or iPOD's. HAving flac means less cpu usage on the server and, yes 40-60% savings on bandwidth. Audio quality of flac vs apple lossless is really an unending argument :) -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: How does transcoding work with SB1/SB2 combo?
Unless you have the players synced. Then they will both get the lowest common denominator. In this case it would be WAV. On 7/1/05, radish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Each player has an order of preference for what stream format it wants, so the SB2 will try for flac before wav. You should have no problems with flac to the sb2 and wav to the sb1. -- radish ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Accented characters become garbled in SlimServer
I just tried SlimServer_v2005-06-29 and the garbled characters are still there. I did a Rescan Music Library with Clear library before rescan checked but it did not make a difference. Once again going back to SlimServer_v2005-06-14 solves the problem. Did the change make it into SlimServer_v2005-06-29? I am currently running Mac OS X 10.4.1 and MusicMagic Mixer 1.1.6 Beta. On 6/28/05, Dan Sully [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Steven Spies shaped the electrons to say... I just downloaded and installed SlimServer 6.1b1 and the garbled characters are back :( Going back to SlimServer_v2005-06-14 solves the problem. I have not tried any other versions. Any ideas? Thanks again, Steven Spies Steven - I've just reverted the changes I made to the MMM plugin - they will be in the 6/29 build, or are in Subversion if you are keeping up with that. Please let me know if the problem is fixed. Also - what version of MMM are you running? Thanks. -D -- dr.pox NO, NETBSD IS NOT REALLY BUILT WITH ELITE [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Accented characters become garbled in SlimServer
I just downloaded and installed SlimServer 6.1b1 and the garbled characters are back :( Going back to SlimServer_v2005-06-14 solves the problem. I have not tried any other versions. Any ideas? Thanks again, Steven Spies On 6/14/05, kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Steven Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Yes! That did it! Thank you kdf, you are a gentleman and a scholar. I will report if anything else comes up with this build. Now I can use MusicMagic Mixer as my FLAC file manager on Mac OS X in addition to MusicMagic mixing all of my tunes! How close is 6.1 becoming final? Thanks again, Steven Thank Dan. They were his fixes. There is no date for 6.1, and I get the impression that there won't really be any fixed date. However, there is a lot of activity on the buglist, sorting out which ones should be tackled for 6.1, and very little work is going into patching 6.0.3. Currently there are 79 bugs marked for 6.1. That usually means it is getting close, at least intended to be. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Accented characters become garbled in SlimServer
Yes! That did it! Thank you kdf, you are a gentleman and a scholar. I will report if anything else comes up with this build. Now I can use MusicMagic Mixer as my FLAC file manager on Mac OS X in addition to MusicMagic mixing all of my tunes! How close is 6.1 becoming final? Thanks again, Steven On 6/14/05, kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Steven Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I am having problems with accented characters in SlimServer when using MusicMagic Mixer. The file names and tags show up properly in MusicMagic Mixer but become garbled in SlimServer if they contain accented characters. I can select the garbled files in SlimServer but they will not play. Any suggestions? Should I file a bug report? I am running SlimServer 6.0.2, MusicMagic Mixer 1.1.5.1 on Mac OS X 10.4.1. Thanks! Its a known issue which has had some attempts to fix: Try 6.1 nightly builds, wipe cache, and let us know. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Play for Sure songs
So is PlaysForSure available to systems other then Microsoft Windows such as Linux and Mac OS X? From what I can tell it isn't and wont be any time soon, but I hope I am wrong. On 5/15/05, AV_Guy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Christian Pernegger Wrote: The point is, that you can't reencode losslessly whenever a new format of choice comes along. Think the current flavour of .wma is going to be around forever? Think again ... It's pretty hard to find the Windows Media V2 codec nowadays. That's yet one more reason why $5/month unlimited DRM makes a lot more sense than $0.99/song Apple DRM. Even if the format eventually becomes obsolete, it's hard to argue you didn't get your $5/month worth. You're free at any time to pick the best deal going for a monthly music subscription. If someone has a hot new codec/format, and you want to switch, it's easy to do so as you have little investment in your own DRM music collection. It's also very likely the hardware will become obsolete before the format does, so that's less of an issue when you look at the big picture. Besides, much of the hardware, and the PlaysForSure standard itself, will hopefully be able to support at least the next round of new formats as they become viable. Eventually, it's safe to assume new formats will simply require more computing horsepower than current players have and/or will support multichannel (i.e. 5.1) audio. Those formats will require newer hardware than virtually everything shipping today. But, in the meantime, I sincerely hope the Slim folks will enhance the SqueezeBox (or at least SB2) to play subscription based DRM WMA. If Roku can do it, I don't see why Slim cannot? I suspect Microsoft would love to add the Squeezebox to their list of compatible PlaysForSure hardware? -- AV_Guy ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Play for Sure songs
I'm curious if ANY of these services work on Mac OS X, Linux or any other system besides Microsoft. On 5/11/05, duhaas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone have an idea if the Squeezebox 2 will support napster/yahoo any of these music services soon? I see that the ROKU soundbridge now supports the play for sure media types. Anyone have any thoughts??? -- duhaas ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SS MMM integration problems on Mac OS X
Am I the only one with this problem? Does it only apply to Mac OS X users? Thanks, Steven On 5/5/05, Steven Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello all, I am having a issues with MusicMagic Mixer and SlimServer integration on Mac OS X. The problem I have run into is the handling of accented characters. For example Queensrche becomes Queensrche Thinking the API interface was to blame I brought up http://localhost:10002/api/artists; in my browser and sure enough it was Queensrche I mentioned this on the MusicMagic Mixer boards and got a quick response from Wendell at Predixis. He sent me version 1.1.5.1 and now Queensrche comes up properly in the API. I thought problem solved. I fired up SlimServer and it was still Queensrche OK, so I cleared the cache, still Queensrche Restarted SlimServer, still Queensrche I then decide to install a completely fresh version of SlimServer 6.0.2 and MusicMagic Mixer 1.1.5.1 on my iBook G4 for testing. I only added one album to MusicMagic Mixer and fired up SlimServer, still Queensrche OK, fine I can live without Queensrche coming up properly but no. SlimServer thinks the path to the file is Queensrche too so it can not find the file when I hit play. Any ideas? Wendell said I can give out the link to 1.1.5.1 if it would help track down the problem. Thanks, Steven ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Multi Genre tags
Andrew, for this to work you need to enter a , in the Multiple Items In Tags field under Behavior in Sever Settings I would not recommend using a , though as it is a common character in tags. I use a bullet myself. Some peolpe have mentioned using + and the description in SlimServer suggests a ; You can also enter more then one character in the field such as +; and SlimSever will split the genres and artists accordingly. Hope that helps, Steven On 5/4/05, d-mode [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know I read here that you can use multiple Genre tags seperated by a comma. I have done this with a few files, but now I have another Genre of 'Synthpop,Live' where I expected to see the tagged songs show up in both the 'Synthpop' and 'Live' Genre lists. Is this the expected behaviour, or is this not the way to make this work, or does this even actually work? BTW there are VBR mp3 files... Andrew ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SS MMM integration problems on Mac OS X
Hello all, I am having a issues with MusicMagic Mixer and SlimServer integration on Mac OS X. The problem I have run into is the handling of accented characters. For example Queensrÿche becomes Queensrÿche Thinking the API interface was to blame I brought up http://localhost:10002/api/artists; in my browser and sure enough it was Queensrÿche I mentioned this on the MusicMagic Mixer boards and got a quick response from Wendell at Predixis. He sent me version 1.1.5.1 and now Queensrÿche comes up properly in the API. I thought problem solved. I fired up SlimServer and it was still Queensrÿche OK, so I cleared the cache, still Queensrÿche Restarted SlimServer, still Queensrÿche I then decide to install a completely fresh version of SlimServer 6.0.2 and MusicMagic Mixer 1.1.5.1 on my iBook G4 for testing. I only added one album to MusicMagic Mixer and fired up SlimServer, still Queensrÿche OK, fine I can live without Queensrÿche coming up properly but no. SlimServer thinks the path to the file is Queensrÿche too so it can not find the file when I hit play. Any ideas? Wendell said I can give out the link to 1.1.5.1 if it would help track down the problem. Thanks, Steven ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Just getting started...
Ben, one of the best places I have found for information about compressed audio formats is www.hydrogenaudio.org It contains a vast amount of information but try not to be intimidated. When you have time browse the FAQ section there. Since you are going to be using a Squeezebox2, you should stick with MP3 or FLAC. I personally use LAME 3.90.3 with --alt-preset standard --scale x.xxx I calculate the scale with WaveGain in album mode. That way all of my albums have the same relative loudness. One could also use MP3gain on the files after compression but I would find it easier to do it before hand. However if I had Squeezebox2 and enough disk space I would go the FLAC route for sure. Good luck, Steven On 4/19/05, bjmacdow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: JTH, I am the total Novice here. I just did a search on LAME encoders as I did not know what they were. On Friday I will do a listening test, and then, if necessary, reformat the 200gb drive and start over ripping with LAME. Thanks for the suggestion. You prefaced your suggestion with, if you are going the MP3 Route. Is there a better route to consider that will also allow a fair amount of compression and decent reproduction? -- bjmacdow ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Sonos Doesn't Have to be a Threat
I know it has been mentioned before but an app like this running on the PSP would be absolutely fantastic! Just in case here is the link to the specs http://www.us.playstation.com/consoles.aspx?id=4 On 4/14/05, netim3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I use Telcanto on a IPAQ 3715 to control SlimServer - it's terrific. The fee is per-user, so if I want to have a couple more wifi controllers, I don't pay again. Because it's an app not a browser it's a great deal faster for browsing albums/genres/artists and expanding to see underlying tracks. It seems to make SlimServer respond much more quickly (than via a browser) for initiating playback, pausing etc. It displays artwork nicely. I'm waiting for a DAB USB tuner so that I can add playlists with digital-only stations, but I can already access internet-radio. It supports multiple SBs (very useful) multiple SlimServers (probably not necessary), making it easy to synchronize devices or play different music into different rooms. Planning to have 6+ SB2's around my new house. As a side benefit, it also has Nevo remote control on it, so I can work all my IR controlled equipment also. My wife also likes the fact that our contacts, email calendar also synch to the IPAQ - now all I need is an IPAQ that can act as my home phone, perhaps by leveraging Vonage or similar. There's only one 'skin', so colour scheme is what you get. -- netim3 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Squeezebox2 Native FLAC ReplayGain
I don't mean to be a pest but is there any progress to adding native FLAC ReplayGain to the Squeezebox2? I know it can be done server side while decoding to PCM with the --apply-replaygain-which-is-not-lossless option in the convert.conf but having it done right in the Squeezebox2 would be sweet! It would also be great to have the ability to switch the --apply-replaygain-which-is-not-lossless modes right in SlimServer without having to edit the convert.conf. Do bug numbers already exist for these enhancements? I found a couple requests on the bug list but they are more general ReplayGain enhancements. Should I start a new one? On 3/9/05, Sean Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 8, 2005, at 11:13 PM, Michael Peters wrote: On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 23:03:18 -0800, Steven Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Native FLAC and Cross Fading on the SB2, Right On! Please tell me the SB2 supports FLAC ReplayGain, fingers crossed. If not, I'm sure it would be relatively easy to add it since it's done in software, correct? I think Vidur is looking at this already, but not for 1.0 release. He's our DSP guru BTW. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox2 Native FLAC ReplayGain
Never mind, I found the bug number for FLAC RaplyGain. Its 1311. I must have missed it because of the hyphen in the request (replay-gain) I am still not sure if a bug already exists for the ability to control --apply-replaygain-which-is-not-lossless in SlimServer though. On 4/13/05, Steven Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't mean to be a pest but is there any progress to adding native FLAC ReplayGain to the Squeezebox2? I know it can be done server side while decoding to PCM with the --apply-replaygain-which-is-not-lossless option in the convert.conf but having it done right in the Squeezebox2 would be sweet! It would also be great to have the ability to switch the --apply-replaygain-which-is-not-lossless modes right in SlimServer without having to edit the convert.conf. Do bug numbers already exist for these enhancements? I found a couple requests on the bug list but they are more general ReplayGain enhancements. Should I start a new one? On 3/9/05, Sean Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 8, 2005, at 11:13 PM, Michael Peters wrote: On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 23:03:18 -0800, Steven Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Native FLAC and Cross Fading on the SB2, Right On! Please tell me the SB2 supports FLAC ReplayGain, fingers crossed. If not, I'm sure it would be relatively easy to add it since it's done in software, correct? I think Vidur is looking at this already, but not for 1.0 release. He's our DSP guru BTW. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pony???
The pony reference reminds me of an early Simpsons episode named Simpson and Delilah It goes something like this: Homer: [kindly] And what does my little girl want? Lisa: An absence of mood swings and some stability in my life. Homer: Uh... How about a pony? Lisa: Okay! It is one of my favorite Simpsons quotes and it still makes me laugh when I think about it. On Apr 11, 2005 2:22 PM, Aaron Zinck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah, yes, I had actually forgotten what the requested feature even was! I've enjoyed the humor, nonetheless. Marc Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Aaron Zinck wrote: No, Max, I'm sure you're quite hip--the joke arose after it was requested that a rather demanding and obscure feature be added to the slimserver/squeezebox. This elicited the rather fascetious response that slimdevices ought to also include a pony in their next release. And for the record, that rather demanding and obscure feature made it in to the SB2 after all -- and given the timelines, I suspect it was already implemented by the time the thread started. - Marc ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Latest SVN - ogg needs sox
Vidur, I just noticed that I was not able to play Ogg Vorbis files with 6.0 on OSX. Since sox is now used for Ogg Vorbis playback I thought that might be the culprit. I dug through the preference pane and found the sox executable that was included with slim server. When I ran sox in the terminal it complained about some missing library files. On version tracker I found a program called SoX Wrap that included an installer for the needed library files. Ogg Vorbis now seems to work correctly. Can the missing library files be fixed? A different sox executable or a new slim server installer perhaps? I hope this will help others using Ogg Vorbis on OSX, Steven On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 12:12:34 -0800, Vidur Apparao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joshua Uziel wrote: ... so we all know to blame vidur. :) In my defense, I provided sox binaries for Windows, OS X and x86 linux. I presume you're running on something other than one of those. Maybe you should blame yourself then. ;-) --Vidur ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Latest SVN - ogg needs sox
I'm curious, why did you switch from oggdec to sox anyway? Thanks, Steven On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:13:29 -0800, Steven Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vidur, I just noticed that I was not able to play Ogg Vorbis files with 6.0 on OSX. Since sox is now used for Ogg Vorbis playback I thought that might be the culprit. I dug through the preference pane and found the sox executable that was included with slim server. When I ran sox in the terminal it complained about some missing library files. On version tracker I found a program called SoX Wrap that included an installer for the needed library files. Ogg Vorbis now seems to work correctly. Can the missing library files be fixed? A different sox executable or a new slim server installer perhaps? I hope this will help others using Ogg Vorbis on OSX, Steven On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 12:12:34 -0800, Vidur Apparao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Joshua Uziel wrote: ... so we all know to blame vidur. :) In my defense, I provided sox binaries for Windows, OS X and x86 linux. I presume you're running on something other than one of those. Maybe you should blame yourself then. ;-) --Vidur ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Latest SVN - ogg needs sox
OK, that makes sense. Thanks for the info, Steven On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:19:54 -0800, Dan Sully [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Steven Spies shaped the electrons to say... I'm curious, why did you switch from oggdec to sox anyway? Thanks, Steven There are a number of Ogg radio streams out there at 22 32 - which sox can resample to 44.1, but oggdec can't. -D -- weezyl $6.66: The Value Meal of the Beast. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Latest SVN - ogg needs sox
I'm glad I could be of help, Steven On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 12:21:09 -0800, Vidur Apparao [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steven Spies wrote: Vidur, I just noticed that I was not able to play Ogg Vorbis files with 6.0 on OSX. Since sox is now used for Ogg Vorbis playback I thought that might be the culprit. I dug through the preference pane and found the sox executable that was included with slim server. When I ran sox in the terminal it complained about some missing library files. On version tracker I found a program called SoX Wrap that included an installer for the needed library files. Ogg Vorbis now seems to work correctly. Can the missing library files be fixed? A different sox executable or a new slim server installer perhaps? I hope this will help others using Ogg Vorbis on OSX, Steven Steven, Thanks for the find. This will be fixed shortly in the nightlies. --Vidur ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox2
Native FLAC and Cross Fading on the SB2, Right On! Please tell me the SB2 supports FLAC ReplayGain, fingers crossed. Now do I order the black, platium or both, we do get a free pony after all ;) On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 21:30:01 -0800, Sean Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, Lots of folks noticed that we were running low on inventory, spending less time here, and working our butts off on SlimServer 6. As suspected, there is a new product. Squeezebox2 is in full production now, and the first units will ship on March 31. Squeezebox2 addresses all of the top performance and functionality requests that come up here every day. 802.11g/WPA: for better range, compatibility, security, and throughput FLAC: for reduced bandwidth usage More memory: for better streaming of PCM audio over wireless I'm just getting started... don't worry, I'll get to the pony. :) Although I don't often contribute to the audiophile discussions, I really do enjoy reading them. Regardless of who can hear what, the fact is that there are indeed some real measurable characteristics such as output levels, THD+N, and clock precision where we had room for significant improvement. Squeezebox2 has completely done away with all the limitations - we're now doing all of the audio decoding and DSP work in software, and this gave me the freedom to design the digital outputs and analog stages exactly the way I wanted them. Please see the FAQ and the hardware specs page for details on the new design. Among other things, the new design has allowed us to implement cross fading and some very impressive visualizers. Of course, having it all done in software (on an extremely fast processor) leaves the door open for more functionality down the road. Now some people have pooh-poohed the idea of visualizers as just being eye candy, but personally I think a high resolution, ultra-fast spectrum analyzer is quite a thing to behold. We've got one now - full screen, 64 bands, 30 frames per second, and perfectly synced with the audio. There are a few visualizers to choose from, including a smaller spectrum analyzer and analog VU meters. Squeezebox2 also has a new vacuum fluorescent display - we had it custom designed by Noritake specifically to support the ideas we had in mind for new fonts, animations, and visualizers. The display is slightly larger physically, and has more than twice the resolution at 320x32 pixels. It has multiple brightness levels of course, but it also has grayscale capability, which we use for the visualizers and graphics. A few bonus features that you might not have expected: Dual antennas: Squeezebox2 has both an internal AND an external antenna. The 802.11g radio takes advantage of this configuration to automatically select the best antenna for transmit/receive, optimizing signal strength and vastly improving range/throughput. Bridging: yes, Squeezebox2 can share its wireless connection with a wired ethernet device connected through its (100Mbps) ethernet port. This allows other devices in the home theatre, such as Xboxen, Playstations, Tivos, or HTPCs to connect wirelessly to your access point. Pony: there is a discount code, FREEPONY. Enter this on the order page to get $20 off on either the wired or the wireless model. Finally, a big thank you goes to every one of our customers and especially the people on this list. Thank you for promoting the product, helping us improve it, and suggesting ideas. The new web site is up now: http://www.slimdevices.com Sean ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SlimServer Recognized Music Folder Structure?
OK, I know SlimServer will recognize Music Folder\CD Artist Name\CD Album Name\Track # Track Name.wav but what else? How about Year or Genre? I can't seem to find this documentation anywhere, am I just missing it? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer Recognized Music Folder Structure?
Thanks kdf! That is exactly what I was looking for, I knew it was somewhere. On Sat, 05 Mar 2005 14:11:54 -0800, kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Steven Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED]: OK, I know SlimServer will recognize Music Folder\CD Artist Name\CD Album Name\Track # Track Name.wav but what else? How about Year or Genre? I can't seem to find this documentation anywhere, am I just missing it? slimserver simply reads the file system. all genre/album, etc is taken from the tags within the files themselves. If you do not have any tags, then there is a guess tags feature. settings for this can be anything you want that will best match your file/tree structure. see server settings, formatting. The descriptions there will let you know what values you can use. Read the titleformat description above that for a bit more detail. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
