Re: [slim] Softsqueeze (or similar) on Playstation 3 (PS3)
The PS3 does include a UPnP client/endpoint/renderer or whatever, and so it might be possible for something to offer the existing SBS stream.mp3 via UPnP, which you could then find on the XMB of the PS3 and could play. I've never tried that, though, so it's just an idea - you'd need some additional UPnP software to do it. Stuart On 29/07/2010 11:46, toby10 wrote: tobesetc;565106 Wrote: I'm guessing you've been asked before - I can't find the answer (sorry) - but is there anything (app/software) you can install on a Playstation 3 like Softsqueeze that alllows the PS3 to work as a player (Duet Receiver)? I've got two SBR's and my PC running Softsqueeze and the final area of my house could be covered by the PS3. I'd love to be able to get the PS3 to stream the music too... Possible? No, there is no way to make the PS3 a SB client. Buy another SB Receiver for that area (and you won't need your TV on either). -- Stuart signature.asc Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Timed Playlist Execution
Could you do that with an alarm? You can assign playlists to alarms. Stuart On 14/12/2009 1:09 PM, Richard Scales wrote: I would like to be able to control the music being played according to the time of day - Is there a method (either by plugin or otherwise) whereby I can force the playing of a particular playlist at a particular time? This is for a setup which has two players (no need to sync) but I only want to control the playlist for one of them. Can I use the Command Line Interface to achieve this? ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Timed Playlist Execution
No problem - I thought it was a trick question at first! Stuart On 14/12/2009 3:08 PM, Richard Scales wrote: That is fantastic -- I had no idea (I had not looked there!). That looks like it will do exactly what I want it to. Thank you for your speedy reply. Kind regards Richard *From:* discuss-boun...@lists.slimdevices.com [mailto:discuss-boun...@lists.slimdevices.com] *On Behalf Of *Stuart Hickinbottom *Sent:* 14 December 2009 13:34 *To:* Slim Devices Discussion *Subject:* Re: [slim] Timed Playlist Execution Could you do that with an alarm? You can assign playlists to alarms. Stuart On 14/12/2009 1:09 PM, Richard Scales wrote: I would like to be able to control the music being played according to the time of day - Is there a method (either by plugin or otherwise) whereby I can force the playing of a particular playlist at a particular time? This is for a setup which has two players (no need to sync) but I only want to control the playlist for one of them. Can I use the Command Line Interface to achieve this? ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com mailto:discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] A Cautionary Tale..
I would suggest a look at rdiff-backup (http://rdiff-backup.nongnu.org) for a similar rdiff-like solution but which will also efficiently maintain a number of previous backup snapshots as well. It's easy to script and automate, and has worked well for me for a while. I run it nightly to an internal disk (automated, only mounting that disk when needed so I couldn't accidentally delete the files on it), and weekly to one I take off-site. That way if I make a mistake such as yours I'd have an backup close to hand. To prevent accidentally backing up without the drive mounted a poor-mans way is to make sure the backup is to a directory under the root of the mount-point (eg /storage/ext/backup), rather than to the mount point root itself (/storage/ext). That way the backup should immediately fail since the target directory isn't there (ie /storage/ext/backup won't exist unless the drive is already mounted). Alternatively, wrap the backup with a short script that checks that directory is there, is present in /proc/mounts, or something similar. The obvious answer to avoiding this kind of error is not to run as root - make your media owned by a group (eg media) and put yourself in that group. Of course you'll still be able to quickly delete everything available to that group, but the consequences wouldn't be as bad if you accidentally ran it on the root directory, for example. Other alternatives are to make 'rm' prompt for your approval (alias rm to rm -i, which you can add to a login script) - according to the man page it'll then prompt if there are more than three files or a recursive rm is being performed, which would have saved you in this situation if you'd read the prompt. Also, some other shells (eg fish or zsh) can be better at catching classic errors such as this - I can't remember for sure but I recall one or both of these having some special protection. There are as many ways of backing up as there are people who reply to threads such as this, so you'll be unlikely to hear of a 'best' way...! My only other advice is to also encrypt your backups as an external drive is easy to lose or have stolen - Linux makes that easy with dm-crypt/LUKS (and it's easily scriptable). Stuart On 03/08/2009 10:16 AM, socistep wrote: Hi All, Thought I'd share with the board my big error over the weekend and also to highlight the importance of backup! I recently bought a 1tb external HDD to mirror my /storage folder on my server (running vortexbox), its got about 450gb worth of music, photos etc, I set this backup to run using rsync and it ran daily. Over the weekend I travlled to my to parents house and brought the server with me, on Sat I couldn't get Squeezecenter to run, I worked out this was a space issue and from that noticed that the previous nights rsync job had run without the External HDD plugged in and had filled the 20gb root partition on the server. I navigated to /media/externalHdd to delete the storage folder there which had incorrectly been created with the backup job, however I made a fatal mistake and instead of rm -rf storage/* I did rm -rf /storage/* This then deleted the entire 450gb worth of music etc. it was too late to change it once I realised. Thankfully when I return home on weds my External HD will be there with the server backed up from thurs (I hope nothing has happened to it!) however I have been kicking myself ever since for the error ! Does anyone with Linux experience know of a smarter way of doing the backup, I'm presuming something like a shell script which checks for the external HDD being mounted before running the backup ? Secondly is there a way of protecting the /storage part of the server to stop running commands like the above, I log in as root when ever I'm doing work on the server Thanks Ian ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] squeezecenter 7.3.3 gentoo
I've just pushed an updated beta ebuild that includes the r25809 backported patch from 7.4 to GitHub: http://github.com/hickinbottoms/squeezecenter-ebuild-for-gentoo/tree/7.3.3-b2 I've not even tested it so if you're able to give it a whirl it would be a big help. It's still based on the 7.3.3 r26709 nightly. Stuart On 02/06/2009 12:35 PM, ralphy wrote: Stuart, Thanks for the updated ebuild. Would you consider adding my squeezeslave display and replay gain patch to the 7.3.3 ebuild? It's available at http://squeezeslave.googlecode.com/svn/squeezeslave/trunk/squeezeslave/patches/squeezecenter_squeezeslave_player3-7.3.patch Ralphy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] squeezecenter 7.3.3 gentoo
Thanks for the pointer - I'll take a look at that and see whether it's OK with the packaging guidelines (I can't remember whether there's any problem calling the ebuild 7.3.3 if it's materially different to upstream's 7.3.3, but I'll include it if I can). Keep an eye on the git repository for it appearing. Stuart On 02/06/2009 12:35 PM, ralphy wrote: Stuart, Thanks for the updated ebuild. Would you consider adding my squeezeslave display and replay gain patch to the 7.3.3 ebuild? It's available at http://squeezeslave.googlecode.com/svn/squeezeslave/trunk/squeezeslave/patches/squeezecenter_squeezeslave_player3-7.3.patch Ralphy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] squeezecenter 7.3.3 gentoo
I'm sure you know but 7.3.3 isn't yet released, which is why there's no ebuild for it in the official Gentoo Portage tree. I'll take a look at updating the ebuild it for a current nightly - I need to do that anyway so that I can get it out quickly when 7.3.3 finally does come out. If you've not found it yet, this is where I publish betas when I've got them together: http://github.com/hickinbottoms/squeezecenter-ebuild-for-gentoo/tree/master Keep an eye on that and I hope I'll get something up there in a few days. Stuart On Sun, 2009-05-24 at 13:19 -0700, ralphy wrote: Does anyone have an ebuild for 7.3.3 of squeezecenter? I've found Stuart's site with 7.3.2p2 but I'd like to install a more current 7.3.3. Thanks, Ralphy ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Are forum email notifications working?
Do you mean forum updates sent through the mailing list (eg discuss@lists.slimdevices.com)? If so I only look at the forums via the mailing list in my email client and it's working fine for me. Stuart On Sat, 2009-05-02 at 12:01 -0700, JJZolx wrote: Am I the only one no longer receiving these notifications? ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB Classic Remote
Seeing as you were so nice about Lazy Search (thanks!): https://www.ripcaster.co.uk/node/203 I've no connection with them, but I've bought from them in the past with no problems. Stuart On 20/01/2009 12:47 PM, aynsleyb wrote: Hi, I've just upgraded a couple of my Classics to Booms. The only small gripe I have with the Boom is the remote. In itself a great piece of kit and fit for purpose, but having used the Classic remote for so long I miss having the numbers, especially for the excellent Lazy Search plugin. Does anyone know where I can get my hands on 2 Classic remotes in the UK. I understand SlimDevices no longer ship to the UK and the Logitech website doesn't list them. I figure with all the other great ways of controlling the players, people may not use the original remotes and might consider putting them on ebay :) aynsleyb ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] PlayStation 3 browser and the SC Web UI
The handheld skin tends to work better on the PS3 - the fonts and symbols are larger, and the functionality seems better behaved as it's less JavaScript-intensive. It's not a great interface, though. If you've your PS3 wired into your hi-fi/surround system then I think a better approach is to use a UPnP media server (TwonkyVision/MediaTomb etc) to drive the PS3 - you can point it at your same music files at the end of the day, and has the bonus of also serving video. Stuart dwilliams01 wrote: Well, sounds like I'll have to give it a try, anyway. Thanks! I will have a wired 1g network to the unit but I doubt that it will be much faster. Still may beat going to the computer. I wonder if a handheld skin would work well just using the remote to scroll around instead of a keyboard, etc. too. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Lazy Search install problem.
When you extract the ZIP file you should get a single LazySearch2 folder - eg drag it to the desktop. Move that folder into your plugins folder. On Windows I think that means you have to move it into C:\Program Files\SqueezeCenter\Server\Plugins. Then, restart SqueezeCenter (or reboot your computer). If it's still giving that 404 error take a look here: http://www.hickinbottom.com/lazysearch/wiki/FAQ#i-m-getting-a-404-not-found-error-when-trying-to-access-the-plugin-settings-how-do-i-fix-it Stuart Bert57 wrote: Just dl'd but when I go to settingspluginslazysearchsettings I get 404 Not Found: settings/plugins/LazySearch2/settings/basic.html Running Windows XP and squeezecenter 7.2.1 I dl'd the plugin to desktop extracted with winzip Instructions say: 2. Extract the ZIP file (being sure to preserve the paths in the ZIP file), and copy the resulting LazySearch2 directory to your SqueezeCenter plugins directory. When I open the desktop folder I don't see a Lazysearch directory and have no idea what the direction being sure to preserve the paths in the ZIP file means. Help! Steve ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Lazy Search install problem.
If you've stopped SqueezeCenter then by deleting the contents of this I believe you'll clear your database (but your music files won't be affected), so you'll have to rescan, and your SqueezeCenter and player preferences may need to be reset, so that may be a little drastic. If you wanted to start by trying just deleting the contents of the plugin-data.yaml and the prefs/plugin/lazysearch2.prefs file as well then you'll not lose anything as that data is rebuilt when you restart the server. If you're unsure then I would recommend moving the contents of that folder somewhere else instead of just deleting it - that way you could always move it back again. Stuart Bert57 wrote: Did as suggested and still have the 404 error. Went to the how-to and found the cache file but befor clearing wanted to be sure that it is just a holding area. There are many things in it and I don't want to clear something that is needed in another plugin or folder. Is it safe to just delete everything in C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\SqueezeCenter\Cache? This folder includes things like: MySql artwork slimserver album review filecache Delete it all? Thanks Steve ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB1 limitations
That works, but remember it takes much more bandwidth and is therefore somteimes marginal with wireless (the SB1 is 802.11b, nothing quicker). This may cause pauses during playback (especially if you also use your wireless network for other things, or have troublesome interfering telephones). It'll work fine wired, though. Some quick thoughts (there's probably a comparison in the wiki somewhere as well): Your SB1 won't work with SqueezeNetwork. Your SB1 won't sync as well with other players if you have more than one (you may get small gaps between tracks, for example). Your SB1 can't use the sound effect loops, I believe. Your SB1 can't have the fancy visualisations while playing (VU meters, spectrum analyser etc). Your SB1 can't command wake-on-LAN, I believe. For basic playing of music, though, it'll work fine. You can control it with a Controller, though, if you ever get one. Stuart emiliano wrote: Hi, I'm still considering buying a Squeezebox version 1: which are the known limitations? Using WAVE/PCM encoding from server I can use FLAC with server decoding, so hgih quality audio it's still possible... but later slimserver features are still available? Many thanks! ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Streaming to a remote location - Flac
You can do exactly that - see the audio settings for your remote player in the web interface. You'll need LAME Installed on the server to make it work. Stuart cgl wrote: Hello, I have set up a slimserver on my home computer and am able to connect to it from work without a problem. (openvpn, macbook pro, softsqueeze 3.5). But recently I have been using dbpoweramp to rip a portion of my cd collection into FLAC. It seems that my upload speed from home (Adsl 5000/500 KBit/s download/upload) is not sufficient to stream those files to my remote machine over the internet. I have upped the buffer to 256000 in the softsqueeze settings, but this does not help. Is there anything I can do to solve this issue? I could try to upgrade my ADSL account to something with higher upload rate, work on my router settings to favor all communication with slimserver for example (would 1000KBit/s upload be sufficient?). I was wondering if there was a way to transcode on the fly to mp3 when serving a specific squeezebox, while letting the other squeezeboxes be served with FLAC. Thanks for your input. Christian ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SC 7.2 wants GD but won't download it. Ideas?
I think this might be: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6143 I produce the package for Gentoo and as a workaround I have to install my distribution's GD package and then run build-perl-modules.pl. Stuart ioncube wrote: Hi Having somewhat reluctantly to update from 6.3.1 (the last working server software for me) in order to use the latest addition to my SB collection (this time a Duet), I expected Perl problems with getting SC 7.2 to work, and this seems to be the case and I'm stuck. Any help would be welcome. Having updated Perl, running slimserver gave a list of missing modules, DBD::mysql DBI XML::Parser::Expat HTML::Parser JSON::XS Digest::SHA1 YAML::Syck GD, and instructions for how to download them. Fair enough so I did that, and the Mysql install then barfed as it was looking for a wrong version of DBI (1.50 instead of 1.604). Fixed the expected version in build-perl-modules.pl and everything went fine except for GD. GD is required, yet 'build-perl-modules.pl GD' does nothing and I'm not sure what to change to install GD. I tried adding 'GD'= 'GD-2.41.tar.gz' to the array of packages, which seemed like a fair guess as it's the current version, but the package didn't get downloaded. Any ideas on this? Also, I'm wondering how are other people are getting a working version of SC 7.2 when there are the basic bugs above in the install? Reading some other posts I'm also wondering whether Perl 5.10 is going to be a problem as well. Hopefully not as 5.8.7 was segfaulting so switching to the latest release Perl seemed reasonable. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcement Squeezecenter 7.2
I have a SB1G and SuperDateTime and they're getting along great. I ran development versions of 7.2 for a long time and didn't have a problem (I've switched to 7.3 nightlies now, and it's still working fine). I'm using version 5.5.1 of SDT (according to install.xml), although I may have had to tweak maxVersion as usual for plugin compatibility. From memory, I don't think I had to do anything else. Stuart SolidSilver wrote: I have an original SqueezeBox with the graphical display upgrade. Starting with SqueezeCenter 7.1, I cannot find a weather screensaver that will display on the SB-G. SuperDateTime looks great on my current SqueezeBox, but shows nothing on the SB-G. Has my old buddy been left behind? (it's probably good that I retired the SliMP3, I suppose) ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SC Hangs Trying to List a Folder
Could you try editing your my.cnf again? You can but the log-bin back in, but could you change the line: innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:10M:autoextend:max:128M to: innodb_data_file_path = ibdata1:10M:autoextend:max:256M (ie increase the 'max' part). I think the problem may be that the InnoDB tablespace limit has been hit. Stuart thread wrote: Code: $ mysql --version mysql Ver 14.12 Distrib 5.0.60, for pc-linux-gnu (i686) using readline 5.2 I commented out the line log-bin and restarted mysql/squeezecenter, but it doesn't seem to have helped... snip ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SC Hangs Trying to List a Folder
No problem - sorry it took a few goes to narrow it down. You can remove the max:??? bit of that line altogether so the size is unlimited if you're worried about not remembering what the problem was next time. I'm not sure why Gentoo imposes that limit by default - I don't think that's commonly done. I personally also have innodb_file_per_table set so that you don't get that single whopping tablespace growing - it can be quite a problem as MySQL will happily grow it (if you configure it right!), but it'll never shrink it... Thanks for letting us know. You could prefix the thread title with [Solved] as a clue to others if you like. Stuart thread wrote: Brilliant! That did it for me! Thank you so very much, hickinbottoms. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SC Hangs Trying to List a Folder
What version of mysql are you using? Could you post the output of mysql --version? Could you try commenting out the log-bin line of your my.cnf? Then restart MySQL and SqueezeCenter and see if that has any effect. If that helps then it might point to problems with the binary logs filling up being the issue. Stuart thread wrote: 1. ext3 2. no, I don't believe I've made any mods to my my.conf. See below... 3. x86 4. It seems that I can browse by genre, artist, etc just fine. I'm betting that I don't have all my music in the db, but what is there is findable in this way. Code: # /etc/mysql/my.cnf: The global mysql configuration file. # $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo-x86/dev-db/mysql/files/my.cnf-4.1,v 1.3 2006/05/05 19:51:40 chtekk Exp $ # The following options will be passed to all MySQL clients [client] #password = your_password port= 3306 socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock [mysql] character-sets-dir=/usr/share/mysql/charsets default-character-set=utf8 [mysqladmin] character-sets-dir=/usr/share/mysql/charsets default-character-set=utf8 [mysqlcheck] character-sets-dir=/usr/share/mysql/charsets default-character-set=utf8 [mysqldump] character-sets-dir=/usr/share/mysql/charsets default-character-set=utf8 [mysqlimport] character-sets-dir=/usr/share/mysql/charsets default-character-set=utf8 [mysqlshow] character-sets-dir=/usr/share/mysql/charsets default-character-set=utf8 [myisamchk] character-sets-dir=/usr/share/mysql/charsets [myisampack] character-sets-dir=/usr/share/mysql/charsets # use [safe_mysqld] with mysql-3 [mysqld_safe] err-log = /var/log/mysql/mysql.err # add a section [mysqld-4.1] or [mysqld-5.0] for specific configurations [mysqld] character-set-server= utf8 default-character-set = utf8 user= mysql port= 3306 socket = /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.sock pid-file= /var/run/mysqld/mysqld.pid log-error = /var/log/mysql/mysqld.err basedir = /usr datadir = /var/lib/mysql skip-locking key_buffer = 16M max_allowed_packet = 1M table_cache = 64 sort_buffer_size= 512K net_buffer_length = 8K read_buffer_size= 256K read_rnd_buffer_size= 512K myisam_sort_buffer_size = 8M language= /usr/share/mysql/english # security: # using localhost in connects uses sockets by default # skip-networking #bind-address = 127.0.0.1 log-bin server-id = 1 # point the following paths to different dedicated disks tmpdir = /tmp/ #log-update = /path-to-dedicated-directory/hostname # you need the debug USE flag enabled to use the following directives, # if needed, uncomment them, start the server and issue # #tail -f /tmp/mysqld.sql /tmp/mysqld.trace # this will show you *exactly* what's happening in your server ;) #log= /tmp/mysqld.sql #gdb #debug = d:t:i:o,/tmp/mysqld.trace #one-thread # uncomment the following directives if you are using BDB tables #bdb_cache_size = 4M #bdb_max_lock = 1 # the following is the InnoDB configuration # if you wish to disable innodb instead # uncomment just the next line #skip-innodb # # the rest of the innodb config follows: # don't eat too much memory, we're trying to be safe on 64Mb boxes # you might want to bump this up a bit on boxes with more RAM innodb_buffer_pool_size = 16M # this is the default, increase it if you have lots of tables innodb_additional_mem_pool_size = 2M # # i'd like to use /var/lib/mysql/innodb, but that is seen as a database :-( # and upstream wants things to be under /var/lib/mysql/, so that's the route # we have to take for the moment #innodb_data_home_dir = /var/lib/mysql/ #innodb_log_arch_dir= /var/lib/mysql/ #innodb_log_group_home_dir = /var/lib/mysql/ # you may wish to change this size to
Re: [slim] Announcement: SqueezeCenter 7.1.0 Now Available
LazySearch2 works on 7.1 (although you'll have to download the latest). The older 7.0.1-compatible version will work if you tweak the install.xml file. Similarly, it will work on 7.2 with the install.xml tweak. Stuart Apesbrain wrote: Are these plugins supported on 7.1? - Alien - LazySearch2 - ResetVolume Use them regularly with 7.0.1. Thanks. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is SC7.1 officially released?
I'd be a little cautious - recent commit messages have mentioned the tag as for a release candidate. If that's the case this *may* end up being 7.1, or it may not. Stuart 4mula1 wrote: Looks like 7.1 is out the door. The changelog on the download page is for 7.1. I'm surprised the Web Monkey hasn't made the announcement yet. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] TB Drive Full
For an opinion on the external array question. I run such a RAID5 array on Linux, with three external drives in USB2 enclosures, actually connected to 4-USB port PCCard in a duffer old laptop. In such a setup, because the data is spread over the three drives you'll lose write performance due to it being written to multiple drives. However, if you've already ripped your music then I don't imagine you'll be writing a huge amount to it very often, so that's probably not a concern. Even with FLAC stored on such an array, USB2 over multiple drives will still have plenty of bandwidth to spare for reading from the array, and write performance shouldn't be too uncomfortable unless you're in a real hurry, so I don't see a problem with that for this application. One thing to be aware of with RAID in Linux (and probably others, too), which is particularly relevant to an external array setup is what will happen if one of those drives is turned off. To the host this will look like a drive failure and so it will pull the device out of the array even though it's not failed. You can add it back with no data loss (but with a lengthy rebuild time on a large array [but the array remains online while this is going on]), but it might be a pain. Worse, in my application with those drives connected to a laptop, is that if there's a power cut then the drives all go but the laptop still runs because of its battery. This can cause all drives to be marked as faulty, which can't be automatically recovered from. You can manually force those 'failed' drives back into the array (which I've done several times, never with any noticed loss), but it's more complicated. I suppose I should remove the battery from the laptop so it will all 'fail' at the same time. Just something to think about. In my experience kernel RAID in Linux works extremely well and it's never let me down. As others have said, though, it's not backup so you'll still need your external disk to periodically take an 'off-site' snapshot. Sorry for the ramble, Stuart bmorejojo wrote: ...Are there issues with an external array if I only have USB 2 connections? ... Thanks for any suggestions. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] TB Drive Full
You're right, that would be the correct way of doing things - I'm just too stingy! (hence the duffer old laptop!). Stuart funkstar wrote: hickinbottoms;313059 Wrote: I suppose I should remove the battery from the laptop so it will all 'fail' at the same time. Or you could get a UPS for the drives. Wouldn't have to be a big one and they aren't that expensive these days, not like they used to be. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!
I started to write up some notes about GenPuid on the wiki: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Automating_MusicIP_with_GenPuid It's not finished, but should be understandable from the notes. GenPuid seems to work well from my tests, and is a good candidate for automating the whole import/scan process if you're up for a bit of scripting. Stuart bobkoure wrote: Thanks for taking the time to both figure that one out - ant to post it! I just got a copy of genpuid. Getting a copy is a bit more involved than just downloading something; go 'here' (http://musicbrainz.org/doc/genpuid) for a step-by-step at MusicBrainz. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] New remote for squeezebox classic
Or buy a (Logitech) Harmony remote, which will know Squeezebox codes already. Stuart toby10 wrote: jarump3;313141 Wrote: The remote for my squeezebox has been destroyed by my kids. I can not get it to work. I have contacted several shops, but none of them can ship me a new one. I've been to the slimdevices shop to buy a new one, but the don't ship to norway. Any suggestions what to do? Have also contacted Logitech norway, but so far they haven't been able to help me. I desperately seek a new remote. - Use a JVC remote - Use universal remote with a JVC code - Borrow a SB3 remote from someone, use the learn function on universal remote ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MusicIP Rocks!
Yep - I'll give that a go when I get a moment. Stuart egd wrote: hickinbottoms;313153 Wrote: I started to write up some notes about GenPuid on the wiki: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Automating_MusicIP_with_GenPuid It's not finished, but should be understandable from the notes. GenPuid seems to work well from my tests, and is a good candidate for automating the whole import/scan process if you're up for a bit of scripting.I must be obsessed logging in from an airport lounge whilst in transit :P In any event...Stuart, you'd made a comment in the MiP integration wiki pages to consider integrating the two entries. It's a good idea, do you have the time? I'll be adding some entries on using Filters and Moods when I've figured out a little more and find myself with an evening to kill whilst on this trip. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Could this replace the Controller scroll wheel?
That is how Lazy Search works; the format currently in the database is specialised for the numeric keypad on the remotes but the principle is the same whatever number of keys you've got. The trick is building a database that allows that search to happen quickly. I've looked at the Controller and had a few ideas for a Lazy Search equivalent, but I've not had the time to put any of them to code yet, I'm afraid. This does seem like a nice interface idea - it would be interesting to try. It comes down to licensing, though, as it's not free. Stuart Michael Herger wrote: Wouldn't the trick be to scan the names in the library and produce a look-up table to quickly find the alternatives at each step, a bit like a sat-nav system does. That is what the LazySearch plugin does, isn't it? ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] An alternative to Look for new and changed music...?
I did look into that recently. I trigger the rescan when that happens
and, tracing through the SqueezeCenter code, it looks as though removed
files are supposed to be removed from the database if they can't be
found during that rescan. However, the files aren't actually removed,
which I think might be a bug.
I think there's a couple of known enhancement request in this area:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3928
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5158
When I get some time I might try tracing through bit more thoroughly to
try to understand what's going on. Like I said, I *think* it's supposed
to work already judging by the code I found.
Given the complexities of the database I think it would be quite messy
for a plugin such as mine to start removing data from the database so I
think I'm reliant on the core SqueezeCenter functionality to do that,
unfortunately.
Stuart
schiegl wrote:
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the
results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46795
Question: Would you like to see SC7 enhanced to include quot;Scan/
Rescan this folder and its conte
- Yes, I'd love to see this enhancement implemented
- No, don't see any point, I watch TV between updates
hickinbottoms;295403 Wrote:
I think a better alternative is for the server to monitor and
automatically spot changes to the music folder and to rescan it as and
when it sees those changes - you shouldn't need to manually poke it all
IMO.
Modern OS's include robust functions to monitor folders for changes
that don't rely on applications changing timestamps etc - I know at
least MAC OSX, Linux, BSD and Windows include this. Unfortunately the
mechanisms to implement this differ from OS to OS.
I've worked up a beta plugin to do this on Linux ('AutoRescan' - check
the plugins on the wiki if you're interested), and I'm planning on
widening it to support Windows as well when I get time.
Stuart
Stuart,
i recently tested your AutoRescan Plugin. For new/modified files it
works wonderful! Would it be (even theoretically) possible to remove
files from the SC-Database this way?
The server.log indicates the plugin knows what happened (first a new
file has been copied to .../Incoming, a few minutes later i removed it
again)
Code:
[08-04-25 13:49:14.0938] Plugins::AutoRescan::Plugin::watchCallback (289)
Directory detected as modified by file modification: /.../Incoming
[08-04-25 13:49:19.1166] Plugins::AutoRescan::Plugin::inotifyPoller (232)
Triggering RESCAN of folder: /.../Incoming
...
[08-04-25 13:55:07.8648] Plugins::AutoRescan::Plugin::watchCallback (309)
Directory detected as modified by move out: /.../Incoming
[08-04-25 13:55:12.8877] Plugins::AutoRescan::Plugin::inotifyPoller (232)
Triggering RESCAN of folder: /.../Incoming
I know the offical way to remove files from the DB is a wipe scan
procedure.
kind regards,
Markus
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Re: [slim] Upgrade to SC7.0 - FABULOUS on Gentoo!
That's very good to hear - thanks very much. (I put together the current ebuild, heavily influenced by the old one and with lots of help from the formal package maintainer Joe). Stuart Bradley wrote: Wow! Wow! Wow! Thanks so very, very, very much to EVERYONE involved in making the SC7.0 release AND getting it to be a flawless upgrade from SS6.5.4 on GENTOO (not exactly the most popular Linux distribution)! After having it running for several days while putting it through its paces, I can attest that it is stable, memory efficient and has excellent performance. Keep up the superb work! *Bradley ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Loving SqueezeCentre 7, however....
Yes, Lazy Search should be pretty stable as I've not had to change it for a long time. I'm planning on pushing out a non-beta version now that the server is stabilised, but it won't be significantly different to that latest beta you have. Stuart Rangdo wrote: The library scan time is way longer than 6.5.0. My server is a lowly 1GHz VIA Epia but a full rescan took roughly 45 minutes. My first scan on 7 completed last night, took 48 minutes for the music and 1:05 for the cover art All I've done is uninstall 6.5.0 and install 7, no other system-wide setting changes - wassup with that 2 hour scan time? I like the new Default skin but could there be a stop button included :D All my plugins (LazySearch, Alien, Magnatune, Weather Date Time), even though they're beta versions, appear to be working fine, the only one I couldn't test yet was LazySearch due to the scan not completing until after I'd retired for the evening :) ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcement: SqueezeCenter 7.0
Excellent news - well done to all and thanks for all the hard work. I've sent the Gentoo ebuild for this to the package maintainer so hopefully it'll be in the official portage tree soon. Stuart mvalera wrote: The new SqueezeCenter 7.0 release is now available at http://www.slimdevices.com/su_downloads.html Here are some of the changes: - Renamed SlimServer to SqueezeCenter - Updated localizations (EN, DE, ES, FR, IT, NL) - Added support for WavePack file format - Added SqueezeCenter support for online music services o Slacker o Pandora o Rhapsody Direct o MP3tunes o Last.fm AudioScrobbler is now included - Preferences integration - preferences for SqueezeCenter and SqueezeNetwork are synchronized - View and switch players that are connected to SqueezeNetwork from SqueezeCenter - Syncing of multiple players has been greatly improved - Players are now able to stay in sync with each other even in the face of poor network conditions or while playing long radio streams - Brand new default skin and UI design A more complete list is here: http://www.slimdevices.com/Changelog7.html Thanks for everyone in the community for contributing to this release! Mike ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcement: SqueezeCenter 7.0
Have you tried clearing your web browser's cache? Stuart N5YSQ wrote: Just downloaded and installed ver 7 today.. I am getting a lot of red X's all over all screens.. I suspect this is not related to the Ver 7, But if anyone has any ideas I sure would Thank You.. ps.. I can view Album Art when mouse over. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Live show help in Squeezecenter
SqueezeCenter sorts using the ARTISTSORT and TITLESORT tags (I think I've remembered correctly - check to make sure, though) in preference to the ARTIST and TITLE tags you normally see. I suspect you could set these with the year first to allow the sorting behaviour you want, while maintaining the display format you also want. It seems just like displaying Miles Davis but sorting on Davis Miles to me. Hope I've not completely misunderstood your question! Stuart rydenfan wrote: I am trying figure out if I can have live albums flow the way I would like in Squeezecenter. I would like them to be in order by year, while having the year after the month and day. So it would look something like this: 04.03.1998 02.25.1999 Curently Squeezecenter places the 1999 show before the 1998 show because the month is a lower number. I prefer not to put the year in front of of the month and day if possible. Is there a way to achieve this? Thanks for the help!! ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Live show help in Squeezecenter
That's definitely the best advice. Two good pages in there are: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?BeginnersGuideToTagging http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?SlimServerSupportedTags I second MP3Tag (if you're using Windows). Stuart aubuti wrote: Use a tagging program. Which program will depend what platform you are on (Windows, Mac, Linux), and possibly what format your files are in. For Windows, mp3tag is a good program that does FLAC and Ogg files as well as mp3. See the Beginner's Guide at wiki.slimdevices.com for more info. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] MusicIP in New SC7 Default Skin?
When you hover over a track/album/artist in the left or right pane of the Default web interface you see the M icon next to the other usual ones for playing and removing. Make sure you're starting MusicIP before SqueezeCenter, and if that doesn't help try the MusicIP logging/debugging options in SqueezeCenter. Stuart Phil Leigh wrote: Siduhe;258940 Wrote: Me too - a big M available both in Fishbone and Default under SC7. Not yet available on the Jive/SBR though. Where is the big M located in default? - I am trying to get Music IP integration working. It runs as a standalone app fine and I can send mixes to the SS. However, there is no trace (other than the port seting on the Extras page) of MusicIP within my SC7... ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Replacing mDNSResponder with avahi
Could I ask what your avahi configuration file looks like? I'm putting together a SqueezeCenter ebuild for Gentoo Linux and could easily add avahi support as well. Stuart Phil Karn wrote: I already run avahi (a Bonjour daemon) on my Linux box and I'd rather have it advertise my slimserver instead of having slimserver run its own copy of mDNSResponder. In the past I've done this by manually creating the appropriate avahi config file and commenting out the mDNSResponder invocation in Slimserver. But avahi is getting pretty popular now so I'm wondering if any thought has gone into making slimserver work with it a little more naturally. --Phil ___ 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] Is / can Slimserver use iNotify?
No worries. I can't even trust myself to stand up at 6am most days, let alone operate the heavy machinery of the internet forums! Stuart Michaelwagner wrote: I'm so sorry. I seem to have posted in entirely the wrong thread. I'm not sure where my mind was ... sorry. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is / can Slimserver use iNotify?
You've worried me now! I believe this issue, however, relates to the scanning of the music library. At the moment it scans when you explicitly force it, or at scheduled intervals. Using inotify (on Linux) will ensure that it will immediately pick up any changes to make without having to explicitly force a rescan. I didn't think this had anything to do with player synchronisation (which I'll agree is actually very complex). Are we talking about the same thing? Stuart Michaelwagner wrote: I wouldn't be quick to assume the problem can be fixed in a plug-in. It goes quite deep. IIRC, sychronized players are only loosely synchronized. They each fill their own buffers, and play at their own speed (set by the clock crystal or some derivitive thereof). Sychronization code in the server stops them all (or at least lets them run dry) and only restarts them when the slowest one is finished. So the pause between tracks is needed for synchronized play. Any attempt at removing it (cross-fade, gapless play) breaks synchronized play. The solution, back in R6, was expected to come from a network time signal that all players played to. But I don't think that got into 7. Without it, (or the pause between songs) synchronized players would unsynch within a few songs and sound awful. That is my recollection, although it's a year old and it is 6:30AM in my time zone. So it could be wrong. And I've never looked at the 7 code to see if the issues are still the same. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Opinion: which is the best OS to run SlimServer?
I could be wrong, but going back to your original requirements I don't think MusicIP is available for Solaris (Open or otherwise). Stuart chris.mason wrote: OpenSolaris is certainly an option, and is has the edge of familiarity of course. I noticed that there is more information and ready-packed stuff to make Slim and various plugins work without a huge amount of effort. What I think I might do, is re-build the PC running Linux and Solaris. Would be a useful exersise to see how to get both OS's running Slim. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Opinion: which is the best OS to run SlimServer?
MusicIP is closed source so you won't be building it yourself. There is a wiki entry about getting it working, though: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?MusicMatchMixerHeadlessOnLinux That guide may be a bit old, but I know the mixer definitely works on Linux (I run it continually on a headless Linux server - it works very well). If you're going to try it then check that guide and fix it where it might be out of date, if possible. Stuart Mark Lanctot wrote: Well, if you can figure out vi or nano, that's really all that's required for both those setups. And samba is probably already installed in the Server Edition, you just need to configure it. I just noticed your requirement for Music IP. Having never used it, I'm not sure, but there is a Linux version on their site. To compile from source, follow these instructions: http://monkeyblog.org/ubuntu/installing/#source ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wordpress widget
You could combine SlimScrobbler to log the listening to last.fm, then I believe I've seen WP plugins to harvest the stats from there. I've not used WP myself for a while so I've not not any links, but I definitely had that working when I did use it. Stuart Ramon wrote: Hi, I'm looking for a widget for my Wordpress based site to display the music, i'm playing in slimserver. Does anybody know if this exists ? I know there is a slimserver plugin WebLogger which allows to send data from slimserver. But I can't find the widget picking up this data to display on the website. Any help is much appreciated ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wildcard Search
Lazy Search should do the same thing - they're mapped to unaccented versions for the purposes of searching. Bjork was always my test example too, so I would hope at least that one worked! Stuart Michael Herger wrote: How can Search and/or LazySearch on a SqueezeBox be used, to find vowel mutations or other special signs? For western accented characters like german umlauts or french accents, just use the base vowel. Eg. Bjork should also find Björk. I'm not sure how LazySearch is handling this, though. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Wildcard Search
For Lazy Search they're ignored so to search for the title: Don't Go Changing Search for: DONT ie just forget about the punctuation. Uncomfortable as such grammatical horrors are to my inner-pedant (even while searching!), it's easier than trying to implement anything sensible I think. Stuart slimslim wrote: Thank you both, Michael and Stuart, for your replays. Half the question is answered :-) But what's about other characters like :, - etc.; is therefore any (wildcard-)possibility? Marco ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Annoying Firmware/Software updates
I don't have an SB3, but on an SB1 you're not forced to do that. In the setup menu that appears when you reboot the SB following the firmware update you can press DOWN to get to something like Done with setup where the previous settings are retained. I'm not with the SB now so can't tell you the wordings for sure, but I don't think you have to do that with an SB1 at least, so I wouldn't expect it for an SB3 either. Stuart Cleve wrote: It seems like, more frequently than ever, my Squeezebox 3 is prompting for firmware and/or software updates. Even more aggravating - TWICE now in the last couple weeks, I've been required to manually reinput my 128 bit WEP key - which is a real pain in the arse - it's on the order of 36 characters and not committed to memory. Can these updates at least be designed so that the WEP key does not have to be re-entered? ___ discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Stripping ads from radio shows
I've also had some success with mp3splt, which does do this automatically: http://mp3splt.sourceforge.net/mp3splt_page/home.php I've not tried the GUI version, but the command-line version works fine for me on Linux. You can tune the volume that constitutes silence and the length of silence that is needed for a gap. With a little experimentation I've managed to split programmes up quite well with the options -s -p th=-40. Stuart notanatheist wrote: More likely find something that will just do track splits at gaps greater than a certain length. Then manually remove the offensive material and re-encode. Audacity (audacity.sourceforge.net) won't do it automatically but at least you can see a timeline on the audio and cut what you want out. It can import most audio formats and output depends upon encoders available. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Documentation of the database
The roles are 'documented' in this forum thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=47590postcount=14 Stuart pberger wrote: Is somewhere a documentation of the slimserver database available? Especially I need to know what the values in the contributor_album.role field means. Thanks in advance Pascal ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Audio File Formats...
Furthermore: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?BeginnersGuideToFileFormats Stuart 4mula1 wrote: Flac. It's lossless, open source, and cross platform. I use dBPowerAmp to rip to flac as it's a very nice ripper/encoder, but many people use Exact Audio Copy. Both are Windows programs. The Squeezebox can natively decode flac so there is no additional load on SlimServer transcoding. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] LastFM Being Picked Up By Viacom
Not necessarily (IMO). The listening data that the scrobbler collects (can't get used to that new name...), must be extremely valuable as it's an automatic way of working out listening habits, popularity and (most importantly, I think), music connections. Think of the suggestions you see on something like Amazon.com - nobody must type those suggestions in by hand and, whilst for Amazon they may be based on their sales they (or for similar retailers) must find actual listening data very useful for such targeted advertising - particularly as it can be much more up-to-date than historical purchases. I wouldn't think a new owner would want to cease collecting that data as I would expect most of it is collected from non-subscribers and so they'd be losing much of their data. I would think they make more money from the data they collect than from their subscriptions. Of course, this is just conjecture - they might have a privacy policy that states they don't do such things (I've not checked), and you can never predict what corporate motivations might be. Stuart TCM wrote: So what do you think: if the deal would go through - business as usual or can anybody say subscription service? ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Original SB FLAC
Patrick Dixon wrote: Also the SB1 originally came with a different screen, which was later updated to the same one as is now used in the SB2/3. You sure about that? I thought the SB2/3/Transporter screens were capable of different intensities simultaneously (hence visualisations 'behind' the text). You can't do that on a SB(G). Stuart ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Re: Itunes / FLAC Strategy anyone?
Peter wrote: This is another cool sounding option for Linux users: http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/09/29/1525201 A userspace filesystem that transparently transcodes FLAC files to mp3. I've no idea how it performs in practice since my mp3 player just plays FLAC. This is MP3FS, which is what my script uses to do some of the work. The difference is that I create an actual copy of the transcoded files to avoid the processing overhead of transcoding to MP3 every time the file is read - it's a tradeoff between speed and disk space and whether that's better for anyone depends on their system and needs. Stuar ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SoftSqueeze quirk when pausing near the end of tracks
On the subject of SoftSqueeze behaviour... I use it very successfully to listen remotely through an SSH tunnel, with music transcoded from FLAC down to 320kbps MP3s (oh the joy of DSL Max). I'm not sure whether it's anything particular about this configuration but I've noticed a small problem with it for quite some time (at least 2.0 onwards, I think, and it's still the case with 2.6). Normally, tracks transition from one to the next with no problems, but if I pause SoftSqueeze towards the end of a track, when I resume it one of two things will happen in a repeatable way (not sure what makes it choose one of these two behaviours, but I always seem to get one or the other): 1. Play will resume until the end of the track and then the sound stops - the player will continue to report playing, but the track won't advanced and the time stops advancing. 2. Play will resume and progress to the next track but the player continues to show the previous track name. From this point onwards the track display is one track old. I'm quite happy with SoftSqueeze and like it very much (it's far more convenient than listening to the stream.mp3 ever was), but I was wondering whether it was just me? My server is 6.5 (pre-split-scanner) running on Gentoo Linux, but it's been this way for as long as I can remember. I'm happy to transfer this to a Bugzilla report if that's more convenient - it's pretty low priority but something I've been meaning to mention for a while. Stuart ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: Extrnal USB drive fast enough?
I have an old laptop and use external USB disks. My laptop didn't have USB 2 so I bought a USB 2 PCMCIA card, which also had the advantage of having two ports (the laptop only had one). The card cost me about £15, from memory, and was supported under Linux just fine. With USB 2 external disks on that old laptop (~450MHz), I get perfectly acceptable performance - and my library is nearly all FLAC. Stuart -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dwc Sent: 13 November 2005 3:00 AM To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] Re: Extrnal USB drive fast enough? Thanks gents, looks like a go. I just hope that my old laptop has usb 2... -Dan -- dwc dwc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18108 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] any messages for auntie (BBC)?
No real formats of course! As they don't use DRM I can't see any good argument for forcing their users into a commercial and closed format. Of course, I'm sure they've been told that a thousand times. Stuart -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bglad Sent: 11 November 2005 3:19 PM To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] any messages for auntie (BBC)? i'm going to a research session for the BBC's audio downloads next week - what feedback should i give them? e.g. what would make the live radio and listen-again feeds more slim-friendly? we are currently inviting people who have been trialing the BBC's download and podcast service to join us for a 90 minute discussion about their experiences and perceptions of the BBC service, and of podcasting and audio downloading services in general. -ben -- bglad bglad's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1052 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18096 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] Re: any messages for auntie (BBC)?
MP3 would be much better than Real, but still isn't really 'free'. People who care about such things (like the Slashdot crowd) demand Ogg, but that's not nearly as widely supported (especially by portable players). MP3 would be the best compromise, I feel. Stuart -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of bglad Sent: 11 November 2005 4:05 PM To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] Re: any messages for auntie (BBC)? @stuart - what format should we ask for? i've felt the pain of mplayer real, but how should they be streaming? does mp3 work for this? @radish - so we need a single xml feed listing all podcasts ( 'listen again' shows) ? -- bglad bglad's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1052 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18096 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
RE: [slim] rescan time
The lazy search does not get involved at any point *during* the scan (and it's not showing the messages you see there - all its messages are prefixed with LazySearch2), but it does process the database contents when the full scan has finished. If you're seeing the scan in progress in the web UI then it's definitely just the normal core SlimServer scan that's taking the time as the lazy database work only starts when that message disappears. Stuart -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steven Moore Sent: 10 November 2005 5:32 PM To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] rescan time I know this is the $64,000 question but how long should a rescan take? I am using ss 6.2 on an imac 800 mhz with around 13,000 tracks on a fw hd and using itunes. I just added a new album and did a rescan looking for new music. The rescan is taking hours. with d_info set I am seeing this sort of output to the console: 2005-11-10 16:08:32.6720 _checkValidity: Checking to see if file:///Volumes/media/itunes/Archies/Lince%20Dance%20cd/Sugar%20Sugar.mp3 has changed. 2005-11-10 16:08:32.6744 _hasChanged: Checking for [/Volumes/media/itunes/Archies/Lince Dance cd/Sugar Sugar.mp3] - size timestamp. I have the lazy search plug-in and superdatetime plugin as well. Could it be the lazy search plugin or would it be anything else? -- Steven Moore Steven Moore's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=104 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18072 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss This e-mail and any attachment is for authorised use by the intended recipient(s) only. It may contain proprietary material, confidential information and/or be subject to legal privilege. It should not be copied, disclosed to, retained or used by, any other party. If you are not an intended recipient then please promptly delete this e-mail and any attachment and all copies and inform the sender. Thank you. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
