Re: [slim] Testers wanted

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Has it hung on Something About You, Level 42 ?
18:03 Australian eastern time, GMT +10.



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Re: [slim] Testers wanted

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Works fine down here in Oztraya. Streaming flac.

Have you been able to analyze the ip addresses of people streaming ? I
have noticed replies from the US, Nova Scotia and of course the UK. 

Be interested to try the plugin to get artwork.



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Re: [slim] Keep running LMS and PLEX from PC or change to RPi and/or NAS

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OK, I'll chime in.
I run a reasonably powerful Win 10 box as my main computer, use it for
ripping DVDs and CDs etc, MusicIP analysis and tagging. Then I use
FreeFileSync to copy it to a Vortexbox (VB) for streaming by LMS and
Plex.
Two advantages in this method - backup of all media and low power
consumption of the streaming server, plus I have another VB at my Sydney
house, so I take the library there on a backup disk and update it for
'off site' backup.
So, my advice is to investigate building a small VB for streaming and
keep your big box for day to day stuff.

Happy to talk further by PM.

One of my VBs is in a Silverstone SG05 lite case, uses an Asrock B150M
mini itx mobo and a pentium CPU 4GB RAM, 8TB disk. System on a cheap
120GB SSD.



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Re: [slim] Replaygain vs EBU R128

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slartibartfast wrote: 
> I am still considering doing this. Did you choose -18 as the target
> level for EBU R128? 

Yes, default setting in dbPoweramp.

DrMatt, I have my "master" music library on a windows box where I rip,
tag etc, and use Vortexboxes as servers for pCp payers. (I have 2 SB3
and 2 Touches in the cupboard). I use BulkFileChanger to add 5 seconds
to the Modified time so that FreeFileSync and rsync will recognize
changed files for syncing while preserving the LMS new music order.



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Re: [slim] Replaygain vs EBU R128

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Interesting thread. First I have heard of EBU R128. A quick google
brings up the details, so I thought I would compare calculated Replay
Gain (RPG) from some music ripped in 2009 with dbPoweramp 13.2
(presumably using Peak algorithm) and RPG re calculated using dbPoweramp
15.3 which uses the new EBU R128. I chose Beethoven's 9th Symphony,
Atlanta Symphony.
There is quite a difference in the track RPG while only a small
difference in the album RPG.

As I don't know when dbPoweramp changed to EBU R128 replay gain I have
chosen to re-calculate RPG for my whole library, and for DrMatt I use
BulkFileChanger to manipulate the file Modified Time to preserve the New
Music order.


+---+
|Filename: RPG.jpg  |
|Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=24870|
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Re: [slim] LMS must haves

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And Bookmarks so a playlist will start from where you were up to rather
than the beginning.
And Full Text Search.

I use these so much I don't think of them as optional add ins.



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Re: [slim] LMS must haves

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Server Power Control to turn it all off at end of day
MusicIP to provide the occasional mix and feed Spicfly SugarCube
Spicefly SugarCube to keep the music going
What Was That Tune so I can easily find a track that was played earlier
without going through playlists
Music and Artist Information to view scanned artwork and sometimes
lyrics.

I do not use streaming services as when I started with Squeezebox we
were on dial up Internet so all my music is local on my server.



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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] VortexBox 2.4 released

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Adrian, I suggest you go and ask over here
https://www.vortexbox.org/forum/main-forum/42-future-of-vortexbox-software.

I upgraded all my Vortexboxes to 2.4 but I am an admitted techo.



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Re: [slim] Vortexbox forums & VB Wiki domains dead?

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Fredo, I would go back and start again with the instructions in this
post: 
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?106668-Vortexbox-forums-amp-VB-Wiki-domains-dead=876596=1#post876596

noting the following-
Step 4. From http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/?ver=7.9 , find
the Logitech Media Server: RedHat (RPM) Installer Package and right
mouse click on the link and select "copy link location". Then in your
Putty session - type  dnf install and right mouse click to paste the
link location, then enter to execute the command.

Step 7. this is where I have had to systemctl enable
squeezeboxserver.service before it will start.



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Re: [slim] Vortexbox forums & VB Wiki domains dead?

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You may have to enable the service.
systemctl enable squeezeboxserver.service

then systemctl start squeezeboxserver

(https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/15/html/Deployment_Guide/ch-Services_and_Daemons.html)



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Re: [slim] Vortexbox forums & VB Wiki domains dead?

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To upgrade Plex media server on Vortexbox, go to
https://www.plex.tv/downloads/, select Linux, 
then click the download button and right click Fedora 64-bit (RPM for
Fedora 14 or newer) and click copy link location.

Then in Putty on your Vortexbox, type dnf install and right click, to
get 

dnf install
https://downloads.plex.tv/plex-media-server/1.4.3.3433-03e4cfa35/plexmediaserver-1.4.3.3433-03e4cfa35.x86_64.rpm

Finally, reboot and the new Plex will be available.



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Re: [slim] How to view embedded artwork if more than 1 image embedded?

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The Music & Artist Information plugin was developed to display other
image files that are in the same folder as the music tracks, so the only
way you are going to display more than the first embedded artwork image
is to extract the images to files.

http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?99537-Announce-Music-amp-Artist-Information-plugin=757041=1#post757041



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Re: [slim] "New Music" - is it possible to edit?

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This is an old one. J.J.Jolz explained it all years ago.

I use MP3Tag to update tags and have MP3Tag Options / Tags - Preserve
file modification time when saving tags - ticked.

Then I use BulkFileChanger to add 5 seconds to the File Modification
Time, that way a scan picks up the change.


Now, to edit the "New Music" order, I open the folder for the out of
order album and check the file modification dates, usually the cover.jpg
should give you a good clue as to when the music was added, so I just
use BulkFileChanger to reset the modification date.



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Re: [slim] Vortexbox forums & VB Wiki domains dead?

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Once you have completed the procedure jfo detailed, further upgrades are
:

dnf clean all; dnf --exclude=logitechmediaserver* update
dnf install
http://downloads.slimdevices.com/nightly/7.9/sc/6b4ee63/logitechmediaserver-7.9.0-0.1.1487249278.noarch.rpm

I just updated from Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.0 - 1484464959 @
Wed Jan 18 to Logitech Media Server Version: 7.9.0 - 1487249278 @ Sat
Feb 18 and the dnf clean all... brought a Plex update.



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Re: [slim] Vortexbox forums & VB Wiki domains dead?

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paltomare wrote: 
> While we wait for the VB forums to come back, would anyone here know
> what service might be disabled in my Vortexbox 2.4 that is preventing
> LMS and Subsonic from running?
> Whatever it is, it's preventing me from accessing the appliance via
> pUTTY too. All other services are working such as the Home screen,
> Bliss, CD ripping, Mp3 mirroring, cover art creation, network access to
> music files, etc. I've attached a monitor and keyboard and all looks
> kosher.
> 
> I'm at a loss.

Are you sure the network is running ?

Type ifconfig at a command prompt, you should get something like :
[root@coolvbox ~]# ifconfig
eth0: flags=4163  mtu 1500
inet 192.168.2.26  netmask 255.255.255.0  broadcast
192.168.2.255
inet6 fe80::76d4:35ff:feef:7d06  prefixlen 64  scopeid
0x20
ether 74:d4:35:ef:7d:06  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
RX packets 422803  bytes 32924107 (31.3 MiB)
RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
TX packets 529628  bytes 645064605 (615.1 MiB)
TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0
device interrupt 20  memory 0xf7c0-f7c2

lo: flags=73  mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1  netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1  prefixlen 128  scopeid 0x10
loop  txqueuelen 1  (Local Loopback)
RX packets 14480  bytes 4181283 (3.9 MiB)
RX errors 0  dropped 0  overruns 0  frame 0
TX packets 14480  bytes 4181283 (3.9 MiB)
TX errors 0  dropped 0 overruns 0  carrier 0  collisions 0

[root@coolvbox ~]#



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Re: [slim] Wireless Headphone recommendations ?

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I looked into this a while ago and one of my requirements for the
wireless cans was to be able to watch TV as well as listen to music.
Bluetoof cans are crap to watch TV as the digital delay of a second or
so makes the sound lag the video.
I ended up getting Sennheiser RS165 that have both a toslink input and
an analog pair of RCA sockets. An rPi with a HiFiBerry  Digi+ provides
music and the RCA plugs give me TV.



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Re: [slim] RPi Squeezelite player

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I set logging to debug and got:
/mnt/mmcblk0p2/tce/squeezelite-armv6hf -n pCp2-Mambo -o
hw:CARD=sndrpihifiberry -a 80:4::: -s 192.168.2.26 -d all=debug -f
/var/log/pcp_squeezelite.log -v -u E, -u E 
[16:28:44.878653] stream_init:294 init stream
[16:28:44.878926] stream_init:295 streambuf size: 2097152
[16:28:44.885817] output_init_alsa:865 init output
[16:28:44.885935] output_init_alsa:895 requested alsa_buffer: 80
alsa_period: 4 format: any mmap: 1
[16:28:44.886024] output_init_common:347 outputbuf size: 28224000
[16:28:44.886225] output_init_common:371 idle timeout: 0
[16:28:44.893803] output_init_common:411 supported rates: 192000 176400
96000 88200 48000 44100 32000 16000 11025 8000 

OK, then the first stream :
[16:28:45.089667] sendRESP:213 RESP
[16:28:45.337954] mad_decode:231 mad_frame_decode error: bad
main_data_begin pointer<--<<<  OOPS
[16:28:45.338784] mad_decode:243 setting track_start
[16:28:45.338830] resample_newstream:232 disable resampling - rates
match

Used dbPoweramp to tell me the sample rate and bit rate and re-converted
to the same sample and bit rate and everything now plays as it should.



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Re: [slim] RPi Squeezelite player

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I tried playing some audio books to try out the new plugin for audio
books that bookmarks where you have read to and restarts where you
stopped to play music. 

The mp3 books were encoded at either 22 or 32 instead of 44.1, so they
played fine on my boom but were like chipmunks on the Raspberry pi
players. I solved the problem by re-encoding to 44.1 . I reported my
problem in the thread.
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?102859-New-plugin-for-audio-bookmarks

Ralphy replied -
ralphy wrote: 
> Try adding -u E to the squeezelite command line options.  Squeezelite
> then resamples streams only when your DAC doesn't support the sample
> rate natively.

I restored the original audio books to my library and added -u E as a
command on the pCP Squeezelite Settings tab in the Various input box,
saved and restarted then test played the books and they played perfectly
on the pCP with an Allo Piano DAC with a PCM5122.

However, the ES9023 DACs - MamboBerry LS and a Chinese version of the
audiophonics - and the HiFi Berry Digi +, still played like the
chipmonks were reading.
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Re: [slim] Headphones and Raspberry Pi

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This device http://www.allo.com/sparky/piano-dac.html has has a DAC and
a headphone amp, I have one but it only arrived last week so I have not
tried it yet.

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Re: [slim] Make my system load the LMS faster please!

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Are Library statistics disabled?   Settings / Advanced / Performance -
Library Statistics.



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Re: [slim] Chromecast Audio ideal for Squeezebox replacement hardware?

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Interesting article in Ars -
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/04/sonos-on-the-cheap-how-chromecast-audio-breathes-new-life-into-old-speakers/



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Re: [slim] Wrong artwork for some artists

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pkfox wrote: 
> Hi all, I'm currently extending my LMSDocumenter application to include
> artwork for albums and I've noticed that some of mine are incorrect ,
> for instance I have a Katy Perry cover for the REM album UP, how can I
> correct this ? I've downloaded the correct jpg and named it cover.jpg (
> in the correct folder ) but I still see the incorrect image on the web
> interface. I'm assuming artwork is cached somewhere and needs clearing.

A clear & rescan should fix it.



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Re: [slim] Preparing for my players demise

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Some more reading -
https://volumio.org/raspberry-pi-i2s-dac-sounds-so-good/

I just ordered one of these -
http://www.ebay.com/itm/I2S-HiFi-DAC-ES9023-Expansion-Board-Decode-Board-Encoder-for-Raspberry-pi-B/181694631154?_trksid=p2046732.c100040.m2060&_trkparms=aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20140107095009%26meid%3D8afc1dc2c47042e8b80cf71687e2354b%26pid%3D100040%26rk%3D4%26rkt%3D4%26sd%3D271956150960
as the postage to Australia for the original -
http://www.audiophonics.fr/fr/dac-diy/audiophonics-i-sabre-dac-es9023-raspberry-pi-a-b-20-i2s-p-9341.html
- doubled the price.

Also, thank you for the LMSDocumenter.



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Re: [slim] Click at end of ripped track or long silences at end of tracks FIX

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As a wearisome Australian, I had the same problem years ago, as far as I
remember it was caused by a fault in an early version of MusicIP
archiving analysis to tags that resulted in the last piece of a flac
file being a few samples short. I found that dbPoweramp could fix the
problem by converting the file from flac to flac. I used the opportunity
to go to flac(8) and save a bit of disc space. I suspect that using
Foobar to convert flac to flac would also be worth trying if you haven't
got dbPoweramp.
If you saved some tracks with the clicks I would be interested in
hearing if a flac to flac conversion eliminates the click.



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[slim] Is this the Boom Mk2 that Logitech should have made ?

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http://www.zettaly.com/avy/

Load Orange Squeeze, Squeeze Ctrl or Squeeze Commander as a controller,
SB Player or SqueezePlayer as a player and away you go for around $220.

This device was first noticed and discussed over here
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?102903-Interesting-potential-replacement-for-Squeezebox-radio
. As it appears to be shipping in the US it should get a bit more
notice.



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Re: [slim] 10 year anniversary

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Pascal Hibon wrote: 
 I have to wait one more year. 
 Bought my first SB3 in 2006...

Same here, they didn't arrive in Australia 'till December 2005, bought
mine (a white SB3) in Jan 2006 after reading this post
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Re: [slim] loss of playlist

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MeSue wrote: 
 Do you have any sync'd players? My playlists are never saved properly
 for a sync group when the server restarts... been that way a long
 time.

Aaaa, that explains it. I had not made the connection between a sync
group and an unsynced player, all I observed is that occasionally a
player will restart exactly where it left off, but most of the time
(because my boom in the office is synced with the two touches elsewhere
in the  house) the playlist is lost and the restart playlist goes back
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Re: [slim] Cover notes - some questions

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Andy, as Michael said, check out the Music and Artist info plugin -
start here on the thread for the Local Artwork development,
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?99537-Announce-Music-amp-Artist-Information-pluginp=757041viewfull=1#post757041.

Then here for further development -
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?99537-Announce-Music-amp-Artist-Information-pluginp=791116viewfull=1#post791116

I put the .jpg or .pdf in the same folder as the album tracks, then the
.jpg's are easily displayed in the web gui or on a tablet (I use
OrangeSqueeze).

I suggest that you install the plugin, move some album notes .jpg's in
with the album's tracks and try it out.



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Re: [slim] Tidal / Ickstream sound quality

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http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?103453-Tidal-launch-review
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Re: [slim] Ruark R4i Audio Music System with LMS/Squeezebox?

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I would feed it's rear panel audio sockets from a RaspberryPi with an
inbuilt DAC such as the IQ Audio (http://iqaudio.com/), control the RPi
from OrangeSqueeze.



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Re: [slim] SB Player for Windows?

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https://code.google.com/p/squeezelite/



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Re: [slim] Been away from Squeezeboxes for about 5 years, what have I missed?

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What have you missed ?
1. The server software, currently called Logitech Media Server (LMS) has
been greatly enhanced, especially in version 7.9 (thanks to M. Herger)
2. Software controllers - wifi apps for iThingy and Android phones and
tablets to allow you to control your Squeezebox players.
3. Software players that run on the new System on a Chip devices like
RaspberryPi, Wandboard, Cubietruck and Android media players

1. LMS
handles large local libraries without slowing down on scans or lookups
( 100K tracks without problems) 
local art display of scans of booklets and album back covers (.jpg)
files in the same folder as cover.jpg allowing viewing from the web gui
or phone/tablet controllers
a few new plugins and some of the old ones have been constantly
enhanced - e.g. Erlands plugins, Server Power Control, Spicefly
SugarCube, Music  Artist Information
lots of streaming software for internet music (I don't use these but am
aware of them)
much better and quicker text searches - Google like in both speed and
usage, again available on the web gui or phone/tablet controllers
VortexBox have released excellent software to build a dedicated Fedora
LMS system (http://info.vortexbox.org/tiki-index.php?page=Howto).

2. Software Controllers - iPeng for iThingys , Orange Squeeze for
Android are examples.

3. Squeezelite for Linux based systems (RaspberryPi, Wandboard etc), SB
Player for Android, iPeng for iThingys. These allow small boxes (without
inbuilt displays) to be configured as a player and controlled via your
phone/Tablet. The RaspberryPi especially can be built as a single small
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Re: [slim] I want to build a Squeeze player

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Jim, 
I suggest that you start with a Raspberry Pi and HiFiBerry DAC- you end
up with a box the size of a cigarette packet that works. 
The only fly in the ointment is that the latest version was released in
August and the software hasn't caught up yet -
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?97803-piCoPlayer-Squeezelite-on-Microcore-linux-An-embedded-OS-in-RAM-with-Squeezelitep=789299viewfull=1#post789299.
However, I suspect that the developers, Steen and Greg, will have it
sorted by the time you get the parts. 
Do a Google search for Raspberry Pi - from Australia I get
http://au.element14.com/jsp/bespoke/bespoke7.jsp?bespokepage=e14/common/promotions/rpi-accessories.jspCMP=KNC-GOO-COM-RPI
- you need a case, SD card and power supply. The Edimax EW-7811UN
150Mbps Wireless Nano USB wifi dongle seems to be the popular choice for
wifi.

The instructions are here -
https://sites.google.com/site/picoreplayer/home/how-to-1, and for the
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Re: [slim] 8 TB Storage and more...

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As DJanGo asks, SO which way you wanna die and what size of Money you
wanna spend? 

What works for me is a master / slave two server combination. Both
systems run Win 7/64
The master is an old Antec P182 case with a quad core Intel chip and a
bunch of 2GB drives, 2 for music, one for video and one for TV series.
All new music is ripped, tagged, processed by MusicIP etc and stored on
the master. New versions of LMS 7.8 are also run there. This system is
powered down when not in use.

The slave is a mini-ITX system with a low power AMD motherboard and 2
2TB drives. Power draw during a rescan is about 35 watts, normal LMS
playing power draw is well below that. This system starts with Wake on
Lan and is shut down by the Server Power Control plugin. It lives under
the 40 TV and plays Video and DVDs when needed.

The music library is kept in sync using Syncback -
http://www.2brightsparks.com/syncback/ . Backup is also done by Syncback
and Seagate USB 2TB Desktop Expansion Drives.

I suggest that a dedicated server will be better for you than utilising
a laptop that is surplus to requirements. You could keep using the
laptop as the Master like I do for processing new music and use the
dedicated server as the slave. I would replace the 2TB USB drives with
Seagate 4TB drives.

Now the reading list - This case looks good -
http://www.silentpcreview.com/Fractal_Design_Node_304, pick a
motherboard from -
http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/z87-motherboard-roundup,3656.html,
disks from -
http://www.storagereview.com/wd_black_4tb_desktop_hard_drive_review_wd4003fzex
.

All the decisions - Single system or Master / Slave, then Operating
system, CPU, motherboard (my next one will be a mini-ITX with an onboard
mSATA 120GB SSD for drive C), HDD size, HDD speed (and therefore power
draw) await you.

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Re: [slim] ANN: Orange Squeeze 1.3.0 released!

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Nonreality wrote: 
 What does the MusicArtistInformation plugin do? 

It displays info about the music and artist from the 'net and local
artwork (scans of the booklet, back of the cd etc) if you have jpg files
in the currently playing directory.
Needs a recent version of LMS 7.8 , then works really well on your Nexus
7 in Orange Squeeze.

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Re: [slim] MusicIP Mixer server status

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C. Parker has MusicIP (MIP) guides here
http://spicefly.com/section.php?section=overview - look at the drop down
menus.

I'm intrigued what you use the PUID for. 
As I understand it, Erland now uses Musicbrainz track ID to identify a
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Re: [slim] ANN: Orange Squeeze 1.3.0 released!

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slartibartfast wrote: 
 Orange Squeeze official version has just updated to 2.x and seems to
 work. Maybe that is why preview stopped working.
 
 Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk

Orange Squeeze now displays local artwork (other .mpg files in the album
folder) requires a recent version of LMS 7.8 and the Music  Artist
ifnormation plugin.
Works really well on my Nexus 7, supports pinch expand of the image so
its easy to read scanned booklets etc.



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Re: SqueezePlug on Pi�what am I doing wrong?

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http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?97803-piCoPlayer-Squeezelite-on-Microcore-linux-An-embedded-OS-in-RAM-with-Squeezelite



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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

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Kvaks wrote: 
 Sure, the UI of SqueezeCommander could benefit with an update, but it's
 holding up remarkably well I think. And the app is pretty much feature
 complete, so there's little to keep me from enjoying it in the
 foreseeable future.

Agree, at my house we have gone Android - Nexus 4s, a 7 and 10, no more
iThingys.

SqueezeCommander is the controller of choice as it can display Local
Artwork
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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] SqueezeCommander 0.9 for Android

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Just bought this to try out the new Musicinfo plugin and can now display
other jpg's (back cover, booklets etc) that are in the same folder as
the track. Needs the latest 7.8 -see
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Re: [slim] ANN: Orange Squeeze 1.3.0 released!

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slartibartfast wrote: 
 I'm sure they will but that tour was last year :-)

Oops!



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Re: [slim] ANN: Orange Squeeze 1.3.0 released!

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seren wrote: 
 Wondering whether we will see an update of this app, been quite a while.

It's July - in the bike world everything stops for le Tour !
(http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2013/us/)

In this case it is  Le Tour de West Wisconsin -
http://orangebikelabs.com/orange-bike-labs-is-going-on-tour/ - they'll
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Re: [slim] Back Cover Art

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I asked a similar question -
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?98196-Other-Album-images-back-booklets-etc-Any-way-of-displaying-these
- as I thought it would be a great enhancement to the software
controllers like iPeng and OrangeSqueeze to be able to display other
scanned images on the tablet, but that won't happen until there is a
server-side plugin that will read the images. Meanwhile, for the gui
there is extGUI4LMS and Erland's Custom Browse (details in the linked
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Re: [slim] Community Funded Squeezebox Replacement - Would you be interested?

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erland wrote: 
 
 The more I think about this, the more I think you should focus on making
 a player box rather than a player + server box. 
 You can prepare the hardware for future revisions by offering USB and
 internal SATA, but without a soft power off/eject button it's not going
 to be reliable for people to use a drive with it.
 
 However, don't get me wrong, there are a lot of people that would be
 interested in a combined player + server box, I'm just saying that it's
 more complex and it might be a good idea to start with the simpler
 player box and handle a player + server box in future generation if the
 player box becomes successful.

Agree 100%. Get a player out the door to fill the hole in the market
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Re: [slim] How do you want to create/manage playlists ?

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erland wrote: 
 To anyone that currently uses static playlists:
 1. How many static playlists do you have for your library ?
 2. Is a static playlist typically something you make, use for a single
 event/party and deletes afterwards ? 
 3. Is a static playlist typically something you make once and never
 change afterwards ?
 4. Can you give some examples of static playlists which you currently
 have and use continuously ? (name + when you use them)

1. 19, all generated by MIP based on specific 'seed tracks', lightly
edited by removing an occasional track, 50 tracks long.
2. No
3. Yes
4. Walking In The Air playlist, generated by MIP from Walking in the Air
from Forest CD by George Winston. My wife likes this as background music
for drawing. Other similarly used playlists are Faure - Pavane, Adagios
and Gwenlaise.

Like bakker_be says, bakker_be wrote: 
 I'm a very happy user of MusicIP through Spicefly Sugarcube, which
 perfectly covers normal listening  and bakker_be wrote: 
 When I'm doing serious listening, I always pick specific albums and
 the add to end-function, mainly using my tablet or the GUI. If I am in my 
 study (Boom) I usually have the GUI open on
the SugarCube Live View and occasionally add one or more tracks from the
list of MIP Track Recommendations. I very rarely listen to Internet
streams. Serious listening is in the lounge room (Touch, NAD amp and
K-Horns) and tablet as controller. My wife has a small amp and speakers
in her studio, connected to the Tape Out on the NAD amp.



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Re: [slim] Squeezebox Classic No Power to Screen/Toslink lit up -- what gives?

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I had the same trouble years ago
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?49785-SB3-appears-dead)

KarlK, When you measured the PSU did you measure it no load ?  With the
back off the SB3, connect the power supply and measure the volts at the
power input socket - in other words with load. As I recall, my old PSU
measured OK with no load and fell when loaded.



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Re: [slim] Squeezebox Classic No Power to Screen/Toslink lit up -- what gives?

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KarlK wrote: 
 No, I didn't do that, but will do so tomorrow.  When I measured the
 voltage, I took one of the volt 'pens', stuck it inside of the female
 PSU outlet and used the other pen on the outside.  
 
 How would one do that on the unit itself if it's plugged in?  
 
 Almost seems like one of the power regulator capacitors is bad on the
 motherboard but I know I couldn't fix it myself.  :(

I was able to measure the volts on the board mounted socket on the SB3
with the covers off.



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Re: [slim] Logitech SqueezeBox replacement for under $30

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agillis wrote: 
 The PogoPlug I'm using has a Marvell Kirkwood 1.2GHz (ARM) processor and
 256 GB memory. You could run LMS on it if you wanted. I'm using
 squeezeplug as a base OS so this would be very easy to do.
 
 I never recommend running LMS on a unit like this becasue of problems
 with rebuilding a your libary, WMA playback, Spotify etc. Your much
 better off haveing a VortexBox and use the VAMP as a player only.
 
 As for wifi this would be required to make this a true replacement for
 the SqueezeBox. This unit does not have wifi so you will need to use
 something like a HomePlug adapter for now. I consider HomePlug more
 reliable then wifi but that is a discussion for another thread! I have a
 small wifi dongle that cost $8. I will be writing more articles about
 the VAMP and I may write one on wifi enabling it.
 
 I'm sorry the pogo is not available in Europe. Maybe I'll find a cheap
 way to ship them there! I would love to base the VAMP off something that
 is more widely available worldwide. I looked at the Pi but you need a
 case for it. That can cost almost as much as the unit for a nice one.
 Also only one USB port. The Pogo has 4 usb ports and comes in a nice
 case already for under $20!

This is a bright start to the new year!
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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Orange Squeeze 1.0 for Android Released

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castalla wrote: 
 I'd like to see the icons BUT I can't - since updating the preview it
 has stopped working almost totally.  It won't connect to my server, nor
 mysqueezebox.com.  More often it just seems to lock up.
 
 Original Orange still works.

First time I tried the new preview it locked up on My Nexus 7, so I
power cycled the Nexus 7 (hadn't been powered down for a few days) and
Orange Preview worked fine.



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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Orange Squeeze 1.0 for Android Released

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slimhase wrote: 
 Hi;
 from the look  feel, I like this app better than squeezecommander -
 which was so far the best remote app around imo. 
 It's less cluttered and more intuitive.
 However: As long as it does not have a sleep button  (sleep after end of
 song / after 5, ... 45, 60,  minutes), it's not going to be my
 remote app for my SBes
 Also, I did not see buttons to like / unlike tracks i.e. in Last FM?
 - I returned the app for now and will re-purcase when sleep function is
 available. 
 Until then, Squeezecommander stays my fav. SB remote...
 
 All the best.
 Heiner

I just downloaded the preview to my Nexus 7 and on the opening blurb it
says that an enhancement of Sleep timer capability for players has
been added on 2012-11-02 .



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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Orange Squeeze 1.0 for Android Released

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db122 wrote: 
 Hmm, yes, but no button on now playing like he wanted -- still not
 exactly what I'd like it to be, but hey, it's a start!

Good start, and works too!


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Re: [slim] Squeezebox Classic power supply for use in Australia

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This one would do the trick -
http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=MP3480



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Re: [slim] Squeezebox Classic power supply for use in Australia

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snoogly wrote: 
 Looks good. Will the polarity of the jack be OK?

Yes, the polarity can be switched between centre + or centre -. On the
link there is a link to a pdf that shows different plug sizes, the two
silver prongs allow the selection of the polarity simply by plugging in
one way or the other. The centre polarity is marked on the barrel.
Instructions come with the gizmo. I have used one for a few years on an
SB3. (There is a thread back

Mnyb, the voltage down under is 250V 50Hz . 

I have used one of these power supplies for a while now
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Re: [slim] Squeezebox without Logitech

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The Nexus 7 Tablet in a dock certainly looks good.
There are a few Android mini PCs appearing -
http://liliputing.com/2012/08/this-is-what-those-new-rk3066-android-4-0-mini-pcs-look-like.html
- I suspect that at least one of these will be able to output digital
sound and/or good analog.

A DIY SqueezeBox Controller using the Nexus 7 with Orange Squeeze or
Squeeze Commander and SqueezePlayer on the Android mini PC is on the
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Re: [slim] How many of you have spare squeezeboxes?

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Boxed Touch, still sealed (but will unbox, set up and upgrade
firmware.)

Mothballed - White SlimDevices SB3, Black Logitech SB3

In Use - Server 1 - Touch, 2 Booms, iPeng; Server 2 Touch and 1 Boom,
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Re: [slim] NecroBox: What Next?

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!. Start our own forum/wiki somewhere? We need an indication from
Logitech as to how long they will keep this forum alive or risk
fragmenting the knowledgebase.

2. Fork LMS - probably a good move, but again we need some indication
from Logitech, better answered by you, Erland, Triode, CParker and other
active developers

3. SquozeBox (RPi+Squeezeslave?) - Yes to Come up with a bullet proof
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[slim] Wi-Fi Testing and Mapping Apps

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Just noticed this article
http://www.technibble.com/wi-fi-testing-and-mapping-apps-for-techs/ .
These will supplement InSSIDer for trying to work out why your Wi-Fi
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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Orange Squeeze 1.0 for Android Released

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db122 wrote: 
 
 The thing to look at is if the menu items come up on any of the Jive
 players like SqueezePlay (software) or the SB Touch. Menus that appear
 in the web interface are not necessarily visible or available in
 controller apps.

db122, thank you for that explanation, the menu items do not appear on
my Touch screen, so they obviously arn't jived yet.


gharris999 wrote: 
 Press  hold on/off button + down volume rocker switch.  The screen shot
 ends up in a PNG file in an album folder on the 7 named Screenshot
 which you can view via the Gallery app and xfer to your PC via a USB
 connection.  
 
 That's what I did: dragged the screen shots over to the PC, converted
 them to jpegs and massively reduced the jpeg image quality so the posts
 weren't huge.  I.e., the original pngs (and the 7 screen) looked better
 than my screenshots that I posted.  I was assuming that fairyliquidizer
 was primarily interested in layout issues.  But I should have mentioned
 the image degradation in my posts in case the jpeg image compression
 artifacts weren't obvious.

Gordon, thank you for those instructions, you obviously read the Nexus 7
Guidebook more carefully than I did. The images were excellent, I didn't
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Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Orange Squeeze 1.0 for Android Released

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db122 wrote: 
 Thanks for posting those screenshots Gordon. I think 7 tablets are the
 best size for Orange Squeeze.
 
 Just letting everyone know that it is our policy to offer unconditional
 refunds outside of the standard 15 minute window that Google allows,
 should anyone desire it. We don't have many takers on this, but we
 understand that it can take much longer to evaluate an app like this in
 a complicated ecosystem like the Squeezebox.
 
 Also, we have taken a summer hiatus but development will resume in
 earnest when the kids start heading back to school.
 
 Thanks!

Well the kids must be back at school !

After seeing Gordon's screen shots (how did he get them ?) I got myself
a Nexus 7 and Orange Squeeze. Wow, this is good.

One newby question, in My Music, the standard Artists, Albums, Genres
etc. show and Trackstat also appears but the two Spicefly menu items
(that appear in the LMS GUI) do not.
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Re: [slim] What is missing from your Squeezebox experience ?

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An updated version of Inguz EQ, maybe using SoX.

InguzEQ was (and still is for me) a great plugin but some users are
having trouble getting it to go.



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Re: [slim] Ground Loop?

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sgobowinski wrote: 
 
 SORRY. I realised this was ambiguous. What I meant was that I pulled
 apart the system and put it back together in exactly the same way. That
 is, I re-cabled the system, but I didn't change any components or
 cablingsorry for the confusion. 
 ...consists of a SBT--Coax--DAC--Preamp--Power amp.
 This is so strange - no, there is no video equipment connected.

If an RCA plug is not in properly (outer ground making contact) it can
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Re: [slim] MusicIP documentation?

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To add to aubuti's information, there is some good documentation on the
SugarCube Spicefly site - http://spicefly.com/

I suggest that to start off you let MusicIP analyze just a section of
your music - this will give you an idea of the total time needed to
analyze your whole library and also let you try out some mixes on the
analyzed songs.

Don't hesitate to post back with questions, as aubuti says I (and many
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Re: [slim] Syncronising multiple copies of my music

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I use SyncBack Freeware V3.2.26.0, available from
http://www.2brightsparks.com/downloads.html.

I rip using a quad core box and then use SyncBack to copy to the low
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Re: [slim] wireless vodoo

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Have you checked for other wireless networks in your area? I used to use
NetStumbler but InSSIDer is much better. See the second last post in
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Re: [slim] Is there a Windows application to control a Squeezebox?

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Bert003, Off topic, but have you tried Music IP yet?
I use it to create playlists and also with Spicefly SugarCube for
continuous play.
Some reading:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/Integrating_MusicIP_with_SqueezeCenter
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89962
http://spicefly.com/


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Re: [slim] 'Turn All Players Off' function

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I'm sure that the Server Power Control plugin could do this, you should
ask in this thread
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=48521.


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Re: [slim] Performance of SQLite and large databases

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Bronx, add another Gb of RAM, it's very cheap. Then set the the new
advanced performance option in 7.6.x to use extra memory.
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88904page=3 shows
scanning performance of one of my boxes, a mini-itx with a low power
dual core AMD X2 235E @ 2.7Ghz, 4Gb RAM and the library on Samsung
5400RPM Eco-Green HD204 2Tb drives, the system on a 500Gb WD Blue 2 1/2
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Re: [slim] The 7.6.0 is fine for me thread

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7.6.0 beta software worked for me on XP from the early releases on a
library of 100k+ flac, mp3 and some m4a. When scanner.exe broke I left
my production servers on a working version until scanner.exe was
fixed. Scans were significently faster than on 7.4x and I never felt
the need to roll back my production servers to 7.4x. 
Well before the final release the plugins I use (Server Power Control,
MIP, Spicefly Sugarcube, Trackstat, Weather Date  Time and Inguz Eq)
worked, while Lazy Search works in a limited fashion. The Touches,
Boomboxes and SB3s all worked. 
The pedantic scanner means that the gui displays of artists and albums
occasionly have duplicates, but I'm gradually correcting the tags -
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Re: [slim] 7.6 is totally broken

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You have to kill scanner.exe manually.

Set scan logging to Debug and check the log file.

To do this in the gui, go to Settings, the Advanced tab, then select
Logging in the drop down list. Then go down to (scan) - All Scan
Logging and set it to Debug. Now perform a clear and rescan and
check the log file when it starts on the art work and hangs. The last
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Re: [slim] 7.6: working with MusicIP? (no 'M' icon)

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If you are going to try 7.6, the following is good advice -
gharris999;615544 Wrote: 
 For my part, 7.6 is working very well, as is.  But I would suggest to
 folks kicking the tires on 7.6 that they don't try to upgrade.  Rather,
 I'd uninstall SBS 7.5.x first and make sure you delete all prefs files. 
 Let 7.6 start with an entirely clean slate.

then follow the instructions in this thread to get the scanner working
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Re: [slim] Support for Moodagent

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Moodagent has a desktop profiler -
http://www.moodagent.com/desktopprofiler - now a desktop Moodagent
application with an API is needed for a plugin to be written.
There is no info about the operation of the desktop profiler, whether
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Re: [slim] Looking for Good SqueezeBox Overview

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This post -
http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?s=showtopic=38242view=findpostp=337788
- set me on the Squeezebox path, though I have long since left iTunes
behind for FLAC (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55209)


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Re: [slim] Rearrange music on Squeezebox Server

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igeorge, on the web display, go to Settings, My Music, and check what is
selected for the Compilations options and the Group Discs.

I think the default changed between releases a while ago, so if things
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Re: [slim] IR port as a hardwire input?

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Never heard or read of the Headphone jack being used as an IR input,
only output.
I use one of these http://www.jaycar.com.au/productView.asp?ID=KC5432
to control my NAD amp in a vented cupboard, SB3 sits in the open on
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Re: [slim] Running SB with Foobar or Winamp

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There is a CD Player plugin -
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47288, and I think
Whitebear http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=80632 was made
to work with Foobar.
I vaguely recall that there was some discussion on someone building an
Audiolense plugin, or at least having a software equivalent of pre amp
out main amp in plug in the server software to allow easy addition of
DRC software.


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Re: [slim] Some Flac files play choppy / stop playing

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Wombat, you were spot on, the files in question were highly compressed,
I don't think dbPoweramp showed the compression level, but when I used
dbPoweramp to 'convert' the files to Flac -8 the resultant file size
was larger than the original files. It was some months ago and I cannot
recall the particular files. I will go through things tomorrow to see if
I can find them.
I noticed that you were a contributor to that thread and considered
sending a pm to you, but as soon as I had re-encoded the file and it
worked I moved on to other things.
Perhaps you could try encoding a track with Flacuda at the -11 level
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Re: [slim] Some Flac files play choppy / stop playing

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ScHenk, I had flac files of an album that I had acquired that
exhibited the problems you describe. My SB3 would stutter and then jump
to the next track. Fully reproducable. I could play the files perfectly
with the MusicIP player and Foobar. 
I checked the files with dbPoweramp and it showed that they had been
encoded with flacuda#91. A google search showed up a thread on
Hydrogenaudio discussing this encoder that described it as alpha
software. 
I recoded the files to FLAC -8 with dbPoweramp and the glitches went
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Re: [slim] No fear of TV devices eclipsing Squeezebox sales anytime soon...

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plympton;572360 Wrote: 
 Whoah.  Who approved this one?
 
 http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/26/logitechs-lonely-tv-revue-with-google-tv-ad-may-be-sending-th/

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Re: [slim] Quality loss with ReplayGain?

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lasker98;565973 Wrote: 
 Thanks Teus. I couldn't ask for a clearer response. I'm really surprised
 I haven't seen this discussed before. Everything I've read previously
 pointed to having Squeezebox volume left at 100%. I've set mine for 95%
 and will see how it goes. Thanks again.
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Re: [slim] How do I stop scanner.exe from running?

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Mike, you should give us a few more clues - what version of Squeeze
Server are you running ? Are you also using Music IP ?
Has this started happening after updating Squeeze Server ? Has Squeeze
Server worked fine for a while and just suddenly decided to start
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Re: [slim] Need to find a new remote

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sleepylight;551731 Wrote: 
 I have a harmony remote for my TV, which is really nice, but was still
 something like $75.

You can download a config for the Harmony -
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=67769. I use a Harmony
520 to control my Boom. Another option if you have an iPhone or iPod
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Re: [slim] How do I stop scanner.exe from running?

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Mike, the only thing I would point the bone at is the Rescan Timer that
you have already checked is off. I am not aware of anything else that
would kick off a scan.
You don't have some sort of garbage collect program that would clear SB
cache that runs auto magically? If the SB server loses it's data base it
will rebuild (kickoff a scan).
What type of scan is kicked off? The web control Server
Settings/Information tab should indicate whether it is a full scan or
just a look for new and changed music, but if it is just a look for new
and changed music it shouldn't take long.
All I can suggest is to email support or try 7.5.1 (or even 7.6.0) and
see if it goes away. Pretty lame advice, but I can't think of anything
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Re: [slim] A mystery for the smart people here.

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I had a remote for an old tv that used to occasionally play havoc as it
was possible to press a button and have it stick down. You then had to
cover the remote with a cushion and madly press all the buttons to try
and release the stuck one. While it was blasting none of the other
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Re: [slim] Does MusicIP still exist in latest 7.5 nightlies?

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mc and bobertuk, you can list tracks that don't have their analysis
archived by creating a new filter - in the MIP gui, right click in the
Filters/Playlist column, select New Filter, then in the box select
'Stored Analysis' from the first drop down list, select 'is missing'
from the second drop down list, click Add Condition, select 'Status'
then 'is' and enter Analyzed and click OK. This will list tracks that
are analyzed but not archived.
You can archive the analysis by selecting the tracks then right click
and select 'Archive Analysis (modifies files)'.

mc, the location of default.m3lib moved at some stage to enable
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Re: [slim] Does MusicIP still exist in latest 7.5 nightlies?

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MC, I suggest that you delete default.m3lib from C:\Documents and
Settings\Johno\Application Data\MusicIP\MusicIP Mixer or whatever your
username is. MIP will have to rebuild but it is pretty quick if the
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Re: [slim] Worth upgrading from 7.3.3 to 7.4.1? (Squeezebox 3)

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Have a read of this thread
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71342 for some opinions.


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Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?

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Here's another how to build using the Asrock Ion330 and XBMC
http://www.ausgamers.com/features/read/2810841


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Re: [slim] Scans seem slow? web, SBC ui slow? how to make them faster! vote for this bug!

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I have lived with a modded my.tt (see my posts earlier in this thread)
with set innodb_buffer_pool_size set to 500m for two weeks, monitoring
the memory usage via Windows Task Manager.
Unless I have performed a Clear  Rescan, mysqld.exe does not use more
than about 125M. Lazy searches are extra fast, with the number of
matches almost instant as I enter each character. The GUI is fast and as
I said earlier a pleasure to use (this is with a library of 97,759
tracks, 8,473 albums, most with cover.jpg - mostly FLAC, but some mp3
and m4a). 
Browsing by albums - Home  Albums - takes a few seconds going from one
letter to another, but is still acceptable. Clicking on the artwork
instantly brings up the album details.
Browsing by artists - Home  Artists - also takes a a couple of seconds
between letters, but again clicking on an artist brings up an instant
display of the albums.
Search Music - Home  Search -is nearly instant in displaying search
results.
This mod is certainly worthwhile in Windows and Squeezecenter 7.3.4


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Re: [slim] Scans seem slow? web, SBC ui slow? how to make them faster! vote for this bug!

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More experimantation, different server Q9450, music on 5400rpm WD Green
Power 1Tb and Samsung 1.5Tb EcoGreen HD154UI, 4GbRAM. XP Pro SP3 
Version: 7.3.4 - 28402 @ Sun Sep 13 03:01:44 PDT 2009
Standard my.tt
Directory Scan   (97147  of  97147)   Complete  01:12:22
MusicIP Import   (97146  of  97146)   Complete  00:46:40
Playlist Scan   (21  of  21)   Complete  00:00:14
Merge Various Artists   (7730  of  7730)   Complete  00:01:31
Artwork Scan   (8431  of  8431)   Complete  00:29:25
Database Optimize   (0  of  )   Complete  00:02:39

SqueezeCenter has finished scanning your music collection.
Total Time: 02:32:51 (Saturday, October 31, 2009 / 9:04 PM)

Installed Moonbase's my.tt and set innodb_buffer_pool_size = 500M.
Music Scan Details
Directory Scan   (97147  of  97147)   Complete  01:03:50
MusicIP Import   (97146  of  97146)   Complete  00:21:12
Playlist Scan   (21  of  21)   Complete  00:00:06
Merge Various Artists   (7730  of  7730)   Complete  00:01:27
Artwork Scan   (8431  of  8431)   Complete  00:28:43
Database Optimize   (0  of  )   Complete  00:00:31

SqueezeCenter has finished scanning your music collection.
Total Time: 01:55:49 (Sunday, November 1, 2009 / 12:17 AM)

During both scans I monitored memory usage of mysqld.exe with Windows
Task Manager, standard my.tt used 18,242K, modified my.tt built up to a
peak of about 580,000K after scanning about 60,000 tracks. I also
monitored disk i/o using Windows Process Monitor; with the standard
my.tt mysqld.exe dominated the disk i/o, with the modified my.tt
scanner.exe was the major disk i/o until 60,000 tracks then mysqld.exe
occasionally did some disk i/o but only 3 or 4 Mb in a burst.

The web UI is now a pleasure to use. I had stopped using it since I
bought iPeng as the ui was so slow and even caused re-buffering in the
music, but it is now very fast for searches and to display album art.

After the scan, mysqld.exe was still using 580M of RAM, so I re-booted
the server to see if it would release some RAM, which it does. It has
now been running for an hour, I have done some music searches, browse
albums and artists an the mysqld.exe is using only 146,808K, less than
the 170,304K that SQUEEZ~1.EXE is using.

Conclusion - if you have plenty of RAM in your server, give the
innodb_buffer_pool_size as much ram as you can, up to the size of
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\SqueezeCenter\Cache\MySQL. mysqld.exe will use all it can on a
clear and rescan but after a scan will only use what it needs.


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Re: [slim] Scans seem slow? web, SBC ui slow? how to make them faster! vote for this bug!

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Standard my.tt , system is XP SP3, Q9300, 4Gb RAM, music on 1Tb WD Green
Power and 1.5Tb Samsung EcoGreen 154UI, both low performance 5400rpm
disks.

Version: 7.3.4 - 28402 @ Sun Sep 13 03:01:44 PDT 2009
Operating system: Windows XP - EN - cp1252
Platform Architecture: 586
Perl Version: 5.8.8 - MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
MySQL Version: 5.0.22-community-nt
Total Players Recognized: 0

Music Scan Details
Directory Scan   (97147  of  97147)   Complete  01:29:11
MusicIP Import   (97146  of  97146)   Complete  01:01:52
Playlist Scan   (21  of  21)   Complete  00:00:19
Merge Various Artists   (7417  of  7417)   Complete  00:01:30
Artwork Scan   (8107  of  8107)   Complete  00:29:07
Database Optimize   (0  of  )   Complete  00:04:05

SqueezeCenter has finished scanning your music collection.
Total Time: 03:06:04 (Friday, October 30, 2009 / 1:50 PM)

Moonbase's modified my.tt
Music Scan Details
Directory Scan   (97147  of  97147)   Complete  01:14:23
MusicIP Import   (97146  of  97146)   Complete  00:30:50
Playlist Scan   (21  of  21)   Complete  00:00:13
Merge Various Artists   (7417  of  7417)   Complete  00:01:33
Artwork Scan   (8108  of  8108)   Complete  00:28:59
Database Optimize   (0  of  )   Complete  00:01:33

SqueezeCenter has finished scanning your music collection.
Total Time: 02:17:31 (Saturday, October 31, 2009 / 9:21 AM)

Significant speed up. I don't know why it found one more artwork,
nothing was changed.
A bit of Googling on optimizing Mysql led me to this
http://optimmysql.blogspot.com/2008/04/variable-day-out-4-innodbbufferpoolsize.html
which has some good links for those who want to experiment further.


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Re: [slim] About to add a Boom to a 7.3.3 SC network. Firmware problems with 7.4?

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 Is Boom capable of keeping the clock screensaver on even when the
server goes down?


Yes.
I have a boom in my study connected to a 7.3.4 server which also serves
an SB3 Classic in the living room.
The server turns off with Server Power Control and the boom keeps
displaying the time. I didn't do anything to the config in the boom to
get the time to display, it did it itself.


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Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 innards question

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Have a look through this thread -
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49785highlight=SB3+Appears+dead
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Re: [slim] Man, I love my XP machine with RAMDISK...

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Alright, I'll bite.
Tell us how you did it, 'cause the last post that I recall was
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=423180postcount=59.


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Re: [slim] Is the latest 7.4 beta close enough?

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pippin;462198 Wrote: 
 yep.
 1.1.2 is not perfect for 7.4, but it work (actually that came as a
 surprise to me, it did not work for most of 7.4's beta phase).
 1.2, which is made for 7.4 is currently in Apple's approval process. I
 submitted it a week ago, let's see when it will show up

Pippin, does 1.2 need the new iPod Touch 3.1 operating system ?


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Re: [slim] User Interface via a PC?

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Ozz;443647 Wrote: 
  It is much nicer than passing around my Iphone when people want to look
 through the music and or control the Transporter. 
 
 Does anyone know if there is a better desktop app to control SC? 
 
 Thanks

Have a look at Muso
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57629)
Great application for looking through or showing off your music
collection using a PC, also includes the ability to play selected music
through SC.


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Re: [slim] How to make the Squeezebox 'forget' an old Server

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Kyruss;434738 Wrote: 
 Hello,
 
 I have one hopefully easy question.
 
 Can one of You may tell me how I get rid of an old server in my
 Squeezebox Config.
 
 I got my self an new HomeServer with Squeezeserver running on it.
 All my SB still 'know' the old one.
 I can't figure out, how to get rid of it.
 If the Server is down, they always try to connect to the old one.
 
 I am using SB Duet and Boom.
 
 Regards
 
 MAtthias

For the SB3, simply hold the left arrow on the remote for 5 seconds and
the Connect to: menu comes up and with the up arrow and down arrow you
can select SqueezeNetwork, server 1, Server 2 etc. The Boom and Duet
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Re: [slim] Looking for help with a noise problem

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So SB3 (Digital out)- DAC - PreAmp - Amp = no buzzing noise, 
but SB3 (Analog out)- PreAmp - Amp = Buzzing noise,
and SB3 (Analog out)- Amp = no buzzing noise, 

Correct ?

It's got me stumped.


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Re: [slim] Looking for help with a noise problem

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I still think it is some kind of earthing problem.
Have you tried different interconnect cables ?
Also have you tried plugging the SB3 into a different input ? 
For example, take the cables out of your CD player and plug them into
the SB3 and see if that makes a difference.


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Re: [slim] Looking for help with a noise problem

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By the look of the preamp
(http://www.anthemav.com/OldSitev1/pdf/pre1l.pdf) it is well shielded -
looks like a steel chassis weighing 20 pounds. However, from the picture
it appears that the RCA input plugs are mounted on a circuit board and
the ground hookup may be loose or a dry joint. The preamp must be at
least 10 years old
From this thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60122
it appears that the SB3 expects to be grounded through the interconnect
shield and if that was not grounded at the preamp then it could make the
noise you describe - like the noise you got when you plugged in a
magnetic P/U cartridge in a turntable and didn't have the RCA plug to
your preamp plugged in all the way.
Can you get hold of a multimeter to check if the outside of the RCA
input sockets on the preamp are grounded ? Or better still, take the SB3
and preamp to the amp builder and show him the problem.


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Re: [slim] I am leaving Logitech!

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Sean, Good luck in your new ventures and thank you for bringing us on
the Slim Devices ride.


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