[slim] Squezebox Repair (Classic, Boom) in Australia??
Over the years I have collected a large-ish amount of Squeezebox hardware - about 10 booms, 1 * SB2 (original device I started with - still going, albeit with the case being a bit sticky these days!), and about 10 SB3/SB Classics) Of these, I have about 4 or 5 SB3s that are not working, and couple booms. One definitely has a dead screen (was dropped, and I watched the screen fade away very soon after) - but the rest all just failed in non-specific ways (e.g. have dim red lights in the optical port). There was a bit of a rash of these recently. I suspect the capacitors are just dying of old age. I also have two dead booms. And another few booms could probably do with new screens. Probably half the booms could do with the speaker re-foaming too. So all in all, quite a lot of hardware well past its prime and looking for some love. If I lived anywhere in Europe, of course I'd send them all to Joe of the famous https://joes-tech-blog.blogspot.com/2018/11/logitech-slimdevices-squeezebox-classic.html etc. But realistically form Australia, I think the shipping will kill me - although I am still tempted. I don't suppose anyone knows of an Aus. resource anything like Joe - even if they are not SB experts, just very good general electronics repairers? As I continue to adore the ecosystem and resist alternatives, I'd be willing to spend several hundred on all the refurbishments (more if I get all the boom speakers fixed too)? (I have at least some skills, but soldering/electronics is not really amongst them, unfortunately. I'd certainly not trust any SB hardware to my dodgy soldering attempts...) bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=116965 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] ASUS ZenWifi AX (XT8) firmware upgrade disconnects my squeezeboxes
Unfortunately I think the issue is with this specific router (Zenwifi XT8) - as others with other models indeed seem not to have the issue. bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114743 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] ASUS ZenWifi AX (XT8) firmware upgrade disconnects my squeezeboxes
In the end I had to do the same thing (for two Booms) - but also for an old wireless scale as well - so the solution of a legacy AP (separate SSD, and mac limited to specific devices only) - was a good way to go. Still an irritant that it is needed so I look forward to your investigations! bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114743 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: ASUS RT-AX55 Mesh Router�s Compatibility with SB Radios
Using an AX88 + 1 node setup, on firmware 3.0.0.4.386_43181, I simply could not get (multiple) booms to connect to LMS at all - they'd get an IP from DHCP fine, and then consistently fail to connect to LMS - no matter what I tried. In the end, added back an old D-Link AP isolated to only offer wireless for the booms. No issues at all with that set up, instant connection. Very frustrating! bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114996 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] ASUS ZenWifi AX (XT8) firmware upgrade disconnects my squeezeboxes
Thanks - that is currently ON for all three bands? I did notice that Wifi Agile Mutliband was off - probably when I was trying to get the booms to connect. I presume that should normally be on? I've only had a couple days with them so far...so to be fair, bit early to be drawing conclusions generally, but the boom issue was definitely frustrating. Didn't even occur to me to look here since I've been using wireless faultlessly with SB stuff for 15+ years...sigh bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114743 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] ASUS ZenWifi AX (XT8) firmware upgrade disconnects my squeezeboxes
Just got an XT8 setup (2 nodes) and ran headlong into these issues. Could not get 3 * Booms to connect not matter what I tried. The would connect to wireless, get an IP (visible in the Asus Network Map) - but would _not_ connect to LMS itself. Eventually, I added back a legacy D-Link Access Point to the network, and made the booms connect to that. Instantly worked again. Pretty annoying really as the point was to bathe the whole house in one, single SSID, fast wireless solution...and to read that this is a problem introduced by recent firmwaresigh. A question: One thing I only notice later and did not actually try was the 'Roaming Block List' - given the players initially got an IP, I felt the issue might lie somewhere in the roaming part of things - but I presume you folks have tried block your SB equipment in there? I actually got these for free due to a credit thing, but rather regretting it all at this point. I even found last night that a tablet taken from one end of the house to the other had to be manually disconnected and re-connected to get good wifi...I thought the whole point was that sort of thing happened automatically?! bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=114743 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Is Olive One the answer?
See bottom of this page - http://www.myoliveone.com/Ones/roadmap ...although it's sloped so won't be quite like that unless they provide maybe some sort of mounting plate that flattens it? bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97539 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Olive One - any downsides?
You can have your library on one One (internal hd) and the others all pick it up across the wireles - indeed, it will also back up one One to another One if they both have HDs bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=97599 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] Squeezeslave: 1.2 released
You might want to try this also: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?p=1012231 (integrated basic controller/squeezeslave in XBMC) -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=93607 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Scanner crashes on SBS machine, not Win 7 machine (same library!)
I have exactly the same music library on two machines (synced nightly) - one at my work, on Small Business Server 2003 machine, and the other at home on a Win 7 ultimate machine. At home, on Win 7, this library scans perfectly. At work, on the SBS machine, the scanner terminates unexpectedly on directory scan. It does this in different spots (as far as I can tell from the log) - and there are no useful messages in either the scanner log or the main log. I have tried fully disabling anti-virus to see if that has an effect (the AV is the same on both machines anyway) - this does not solve the problem. Latest server (7.5.1) - any ideas on how I can track this problem down further, or what it might be?? -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81567 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Scanner crashes on SBS machine, not Win 7 machine (same library!)
Yes, same settings at either end and all the SS directories are exccluded as are *.MYD and *.MYI files. The scanner crashes when the AV is *completely* disabled. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81567 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Scanner crashes on SBS machine, not Win 7 machine (same library!)
Ok - Anti-Virus (Vipre) not running. Logs - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/108804/SBS%20Errrors.zip (server log going back months, and latest scanner log). The last time I ran a scan was 28/08/10 - and there's no errors in the logs I can see for those days On the Win 7 machine, no crash, I get: 1320 albums with 18052 songs by 667 artists. On the SBS machine: 1262 albums with 17279 songs by 1436 artists. The error report is: -Directory Scan (17403 of 18053) Complete 00:16:20 G:\Music Library\Various\2009 - Cafe Copacabana - The Essence of Latin Chill\10 - Purificar O Subae.mp3 Music scan terminated unexpectedly (Directory Scan) Total Time: 00:16:20 (Friday, August 27, 2010 / 10:49 PM)- Note, if I rescan, it will crash on a different track. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=81567 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Any video steaming servers with library capability, like SqueezeServer?
Ok the obvious solution to the is XBMC - excellent library system and will do exactly what the OP asked. www.xbmc.org Run it on an ASRock ION330 using the XBMCLive linux install - it's really easy to set up (guide here http://a8t8.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2518DD508BB713E8!804.entry) and it will auto-scrape all your movies and TV shows. Plays pretty much everything, ISOs, avis, and mkvs all no problem. You can manage the library in XBMC itself or use various tools (Media Companion, TVRename etc) to manage the library on the server. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71448 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] My SB3 display has died after 2 years.
I've had two SB3s come up with display issues that were solved with a new power supply...here in Aus the supplied PSUs drop like flies but once you replace them all is well. There's a thread on here about this - before you give up on it, try an alternate PSU! -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=71324 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Love My Squeezebox! What's The Equivalent For Video?
lrossouw;483993 Wrote: Ordering mine soon! Follow this guide, it's all you need and everything works perfectly out of the box http://a8t8.spaces.live.com/blog/cns!2518DD508BB713E8!804.entry -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40689 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] [ANNOUNCE] iPeng 1.1 now on the AppStore
pippin;415475 Wrote: No, currently iPeng (the App) does not act as a player. It's planne but not yet there. There's some kludge solution in the plugin version of iPeng that works for mp3 and aac files: http://penguinlovesmusic.de/ipeng-the-iphone-skin-for-squeezecenter/ http://penguinlovesmusic.de/2008/07/ Or you could just use Orb instead - I use this for local playback at the moment, and it will do until iPeng gets there. It will play anything, pretty much any format as it transcodes on the server and is trivially easy to set up. Of course you lose the groovy iPeng interface but for just playing an album or three on the iPod touch it works a treat. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=62245 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
: 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1685] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::handleVolUpDown (1204) *** IR-Blaster: up: 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1707] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::myMixerVolumeCommand (1047) *** IR-Blaster: ** [09-01-27 11:03:56.1710] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::handleVolUpDown (1187) *** IR-Blaster: new volume: 100 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1712] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::handleVolUpDown (1188) *** IR-Blaster: sign: 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1714] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::handleVolUpDown (1204) *** IR-Blaster: up: 1 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1734] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::myMixerVolumeCommand (1047) *** IR-Blaster: ** [09-01-27 11:03:56.1737] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::handleVolUpDown (1187) *** IR-Blaster: new volume: 84 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1739] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::handleVolUpDown (1188) *** IR-Blaster: sign: 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1741] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::handleVolUpDown (1204) *** IR-Blaster: up: 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1764] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (575) *** IR-Blaster: IRBlastSend - client:Slim::Player::Squeezebox2=ARRAY(0x775f1a4) [09-01-27 11:03:56.1767] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (576) *** IR-Blaster: IRBlastSend - remoteName:Cambridge_X40A_Amplifier [09-01-27 11:03:56.1769] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (577) *** IR-Blaster: IRBlastSend - button:Vol_Down [09-01-27 11:03:56.1772] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (629) IR-Blaster: min_repeat: 1, code: 0x0411 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1774] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (749) 1 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1776] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (756) 1 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1779] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (759) 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1781] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (767) 1 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1783] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (770) 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1786] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (770) 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1788] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (770) 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1790] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (770) 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1792] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (770) 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1795] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (767) 1 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1797] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (770) 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1799] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (770) 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1802] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (770) 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1804] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (767) 1 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1806] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (829) [09-01-27 11:03:56.1828] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (575) *** IR-Blaster: IRBlastSend - client:Slim::Player::Squeezebox2=ARRAY(0x775f1a4) [09-01-27 11:03:56.1830] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (576) *** IR-Blaster: IRBlastSend - remoteName:Cambridge_X40A_Amplifier [09-01-27 11:03:56.1832] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (577) *** IR-Blaster: IRBlastSend - button:Vol_Up [09-01-27 11:03:56.1835] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (629) IR-Blaster: min_repeat: 1, code: 0x0410 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1837] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (749) 1 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1840] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (756) 1 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1842] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (759) 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1845] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (767) 1 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1847] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (770) 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1849] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (770) 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1851] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (770) 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1854] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (770) 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1856] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (770) 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1858] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (767) 1 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1860] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (770) 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1862] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (770) 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1866] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (770) 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1868] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (770) 0 [09-01-27 11:03:56.1870] Plugins::IRBlaster::Plugin::IRBlastSend (829) -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
pippin;388405 Wrote: I understand but so far nobody has been able to tell me what I have to do to enable this. As of the explanations I got it should already work. Well can you deduce it from this: Volume ipeng skin - neither the bar nor the arrows work colume ipeng app - the slider will bring the volume down but not back up again Overall I do find IRBlaster unreliable - it seems to get out of sync with the player at times, requiring a server/client reboot to get it all in sync again. So I am not 100% sure of the above being true at all times but in my testing that's what happened, so perhaps there is a difference in how you send volume commands that can help you work it out? -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Art Aggregator - gone bye bye?
The URL you want is... http://sourceforge.net/projects/album-art Download 0.25 (it's the latest despite the silly numbering system) and away you go... The URL two posts above is for a completely different program. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33888 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Album Art Aggregator - gone bye bye?
The Album Art Downloader mentioned above is indeed very good - it kind of hides its functionality though. At first it looks like you have to do it one by one, but if you look in the menu it has a file browser section. You point this at your music folder and it scans everything you have in one go and shows which albums are missing artworkand then can send of mass searches for them. It does everything AAA does, and better, and is being actively developed, so I've switched. I found tonnes more with it than with AAA, some of the awkwardly named things it had no trouble with at all. So - AAD but make sure you dig up the file browser or it looke crappy... -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33888 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
Re: did I try the separate up and down volume buttons - yes I did. In fact I didn't try the slider at all, just the up and down buttons! They don't work unfortunately, they don't pass the signal to the amp via IRBlaster. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
Just following up - using the iPeng *skin* the volume control signals do not seem to be passed on to the amp at all. I presume this is because IRBlaster is not able to intercept and add to any IR signals. (I'd also vote for Album - Year - Artist if asked!) -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
1. Ok, not really a big deal just would be a bit quicker and more impressive in demos if it is instant! 2. Yep, I have IR Blaster doing the volume thing to the amp. My point is once this is set up, the vol control on iPeng is fixed at 100% and you can't control the volume via iPeng, so I need to keep the squeezebox or amp remote around. Would be nice if iPeng could cope with this, but probably hard to implement in a really 'neat' way. But super handy if you could as a lot of audio people (ie iPeng users, gadget fiends etc!) much prefer not to use the digital volume 3. Zapping (which you do by holding down the '+' (i.e. add) key for about 1 second) by default adds the currently playing song to the zapped songs list - it's basically like a quick collection in Lightroom if that means anything to you - and handy spot to store a list of things you can build on the fly. Because of this quick collection, you can do many things - in my case, Custom Skip will skip any tracks in that playlist if they are ever added, so it is very easy to eassentially remove a track from your library (without actually deleting anything). I know other people use it to mark tracks that have bad tags, as another example. Lots of things can be done with it, and it would be great to have a zap button somewhere (maybe around repeat/shuffle would work? A little lightning bolt maybe?) 4. You are welcome! -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
pippin;385231 Wrote: Yes, I remember the discussion. HOWEVER, my understanding at that time was, that IRBlaster would completely take over the volume control and doing volume changes through the slider would indeed be translated into Volume up/down commands. This is different from what is described here and then there's your issue using your SB's IR remote. Is there maybe a problem with IRBlaster and the current SC versions? Hmm. I have IRBlaster working fine with the standard squeezebox IR remote. When I push volume up/down on the remote, the SB volume stays fixed but the amp goes up and down in volume, as wised and expected. I don't need to use the web interface. It actually works a bit with iPeng too, but gets out of sync quickly and can easily get into a state where the amp is set to zero volume and no amount of playing with the slider will bring it back. But I think if you had basic up down buttons sending basic up/down signals, it would work! -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPeng Application 1.0 now on the App Store
1.0.5 - the a to z list is much easier to use and hit correctly now. A few suggestions/queries... 1. I use iPeng at work and home on an iPod touch. It seems to lose the cache for each server as I go back and forth. Any chance it could use a cache per server and not therefore need updating? Actually, this may be because of automatic overnight rescanning - does this cause a cache rebuild each time? 2. Volume control does not work for me. The slider isn't great (probably because it is near the edge), but at my work I use an amp to control the volume rather than digital volume control on the SB - and this doesn't work with the volume slider properly as SB's volume is fixed. Any chance of providing a volume change mechanism for people with amp volume control (mine works via an IR cable from the headphone socket to the amp). 3. Zapping songs is missing. I use zapping with custom songs to essentially remove bad tracks from the library. Would be great if there was soem sort of zap mechanism in iPeng as people use Zap for quite a few things... 4. Just wanted to say overall it's an excellent app and easily worth the dollars! -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55514 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Adding a Popcorn Hour to my Squeeze system
For those having stuttering issues with 1080p (or even 720), it may come down to how you are streaming your content. If you stream over http rather than smb (using the free my ihome server), you get almost doule the bandwidth of smb streaming. This makes 1080p no problem, 720 no problem, and much improves FF/RW performance. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57710 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] IR Emitter Question
Just a quick note of appreciation - I have just used the plugin/wiki to set up direct control of my Camrbdige Audio 640 amp via my SB3's remote, using one very inexpesive 3.5mm to 3.5mm cable. Slick! Thanks! -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29929 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Dutch e-mail from Logitech
I think it is more 'let us hear something from you' survey perhaps?? -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=52005 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Audioengine A2 or A5?
Have you tried them further away? I noticed a substantial difference moving them to about a foot away - the bass port is at the rear and I really think they want a bit of room. That said they were close to a wall AND on the floor so I don't know whether it was the height or the wall distance that made the really big difference! -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Audioengine A2 or A5?
I have a similar sizes room with an Sb3 and A5s and it is an awesome combination. You'd think it would cost considerably more...both products are really excellent and they work very well together. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49257 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] New SB3 Display Corruption
I just got my third SB3. This one is a bit funny though - when I first plugeed it in I I got the Logitech logo and then strange square blocks on screen, and I couldn't get a response from it to configure it. So I pulled the power cord out, got the logo again and while that was on screen hit the power button or an arrow, can't remember, and got the usual config screen...but it seems like the firmware is a bit corrupt. I tried the re-program Xlinix thingy and that did not work. It seems to be working fine but it isn't ideal...any ideas? -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=49216 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] AAC not working - Small Business Server?
I've got two SqueezeInstalls going on - one at home that is based on 6.5.2 currently and everything works on. I've just set up a new install od SqueezeCenter seven on my work server that is running Small Business Server 2003 on it. It mostly works, but it won't play (non copy protected) AAC files that play fine on my home install. As I understand it these are played by calling mov123 and piping the output to flac - is it possible that one/both of these is not friendly with SBS? It's no major drama - I can always manually convert a few files from m4a to flac if need be, just thought I'd see if anyone knew of a solution before I head down that path... -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47665 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] AAC not working - Small Business Server?
Yep that's the problem - thanks. I've just popped Quicktime Lite on and it's working. Never realised it was needed for this and am keeping installs to a minimum on the server. Be nice if the Slimsever installer checked for these things and at least informed you of what extras would be useful (like Zoomplayer for instance). Or gave some sort of error message to the user at leastrather than just not playing anything. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47665 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Australians being screwed on price??
Cut mvalera some slack - they're about to launch a major new product and likely they're all a bit tired and on edge. Sure he could have phrased it better but ultimately he's right and you all know it. Pricing will *always* be set by what the market can bear and if you think otherwise you just don't understand the world you're living in. As an Aussie, it's worth pointing out I paid $248 Aus dollars (delivered and inclusive of GST) for my last SB3. That's a reasonable price in any market and even at the standard price here (around $310) the device in incredible value. Likely the duet will very quickly be discounted similarly. If you pay full retail for electronics in Australia you're monumentally lacking in the brain department. Have you never written a forum post you didn't phrase the best? Cast the first stone and all that. (I also query the Sonos is selling wonderfully in AU thing. It's a whole different price league and I've seen online stores claiming to have 100 squeezeboxes in stock at particular times, so I'm guessing they're moving quite nicely). -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43128 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] mildly annoying
I concur - I'd love to be able to get $500 off a transporter but it's a long and expensive flight from Melbourne, Australia... Perhaps there's a clever solution that can be foundespecially for supporters and advocates from afar... -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41020 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Video streamers??
I have a Zensonic Z500 video streamer. The company is now called Ziova - http://www.ziova.com The device is not nearly in the same league as the squeezebox (in terms of reliability, build quality, or slickness), and it's taken many firmware upgrades to get to this point, but overall it is now a decent video player for both optical media and streaming media. It now very rarely crashes or hangs, maintains sync almost all the time, to be honest has few practical problems. I only use it for video playback, have completely ignored its other features. Annoying lag the first time you fast forward a file, and a bit slow to boot, but the video quality is excellent on our 42 plasma and overall the device works well for downloaded telly etc. I have one server that serves both the music and the video, it's quite beefy which I think helps, there's never any lag due to the server. Until recently (Frimware 1.6.1) I would not have recommended it overall, but now I would. Although it's picture displaying abilities (ie slideshows) are still rubbish, which is the one other thing I would like to use it for. But for video, it's really pretty good now, we use it nearly every day with success. If you want to know anything about it, just ask. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34370 ___ discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Check out the new Slim Boombox!
Thank god, that thing is Fugly. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32825 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Ideas for Squeezebox 4
Media servers with thin clients are the way of the future, discs are dying, hopefully soon to be dead. While having some sort of mode to play local media might be useful to a few, it goes against the whole ethos of the slim design and to my mind would be too big a shift. Why not let the billions of NAS device makers come up with something that does this over ethernet (and is a little more powerful than current options) - leave it to them - this is their area of expertise. With one of those and a basic network, you've essentially got what you want, no? I'd *much* rather see a bigger, better screen, a better DAC and general audio improvements, and maybe a TV/VGA out for album artwork/lyrics/visualisation (not as something required, just optional, and still streaming from a server). Having an optional TV/VGA out keeps the basic screen available for browsing etc (and complete operation WITHOUT a TV, very important), but the TV out DOES open a world of possibilities for visualisation and general prettiness not currently available, and probably not available without making the device itself much more expensive IF you go for a much better screen in the device itself. Even if people do NOT want a TV where there music is, they can choose to pop a small LCD into their stero area for visualisations instead, or live without. Ethernet in every room is the future. It's so flexible - we've just added a streaming video player and while it's not without bugs it too is a major step forward. It ties into everything - basically, all our media comes from various sources (video cam, downloads, online stores, etc) - it's centralised and processed/cleaned up. And then it's available to everyone all over the house through thin clients, 24 hours a day, based off of one relatively powerful (but quiet) server. Not a NAS because I can't find one powerful enough to keep things super zippy. This is a FANTASTIC way to live and make your media available - very very flexible, and you find yourself using things in all sorts of new ways - and you don't need a big, expensive, noisy PC in each room. Just the appropriate low power, quiet, clients ou want in that room. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30399 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Confused about Zap
Doesn't really answer the questions though - just repeats how you do it with the remote. Or is that it, you can only do it through the remote, and it then appears in that playlist and ... that's it. If so that's not that exciting really! -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29833 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Confused about Zap
Ok, I'm a bit confused about the 'Zap' functionality, and I can't find much about it in the docs/faqs/wiki. I can't actually find anywhere that says what exactly happens to zapped tracks. Am I right in thinking that if you Zap a song, it will then not be played again under any circumstances - i.e. it will appear in the playlist if added but be skipped when it comes up? Or does that require the skipped zap songs plugin? Does this survive a database wipe/re-scan? I generally control slimserver using the default web interface in our office, rather than the remote. Is there any way to zap songs using the default web interface? Could this be added with a simple change somewhere? Ideally, I'd like to be able to add all tracks by an artist to a playlist, and as it plays, knock off any tracks I don't like - leaving me with the ability to play all the tracks by an artist without the ones I don't like appearing...and do all this, preferably without a playlist, as others don't tend to navigate to the playlists. Cheers JD -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29833 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Missing info in now playing web interface
Hi Folks Minor glitch in my system here I can't puzzle out - I have the 'format string' set to : TRACKNUM. TITLE (from ALBUM by ARTIST) in both server settings/formatting and player settings/title format Now, this appears to work correctly on the squeezebox itself, but most of the time I control the music from a PC (the squeezebox is upstairs, I'm downstairs in the office). On the web interface, I am missing info on the right hand side, the now playing side. I get: Small (from What Sound) Not: Small (from What Sound by Lamb) The data is in the database correctly, the tags are correct and in the file as Id3 v2.4 and ApeV2. Any ideas?? -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29538 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Nothing works as it should.....
I haven't tried it since 6.3 but I'm in Australia and have had no problem playing pandora etc or via squeeenetwork for a whole day. (Telstra cable internet) -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29540 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7
Anpther vote for smart playlists - can't believe this isn't here yet, it's such an obviously cool feature that people love on other platforms... Also, ability on the Squeezebox to nominate, with order of preference, which slimserver install to connect to depending on which are available - allowing for a NAS + computer when it's on auto switching tasty experience! -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26874 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: 6.5 Slim
In all cases where duplicates have occurred I've found the problem was ultimately with tags. It's taken a LONG time to get them all 100% ok. It's tiresome, and sometimes they change the way tags are read so certain things are made obvious that weren't before, but with proper tags I don't think there is a duplicates bug as such...not one I was unable to solve by using either ID3 v2.4, Apev2 or Flac tags correctly (this includes using compilation=1 tags on compilations). As for quoting some fantasy Aussie law, let me give you the example of the Aussie company Zensonic - they're media players have heaps of bugs. But nobody is holding them accountable - yes, you can get a refund if you can convince your retailer yours is not fit for purpose and given their extravagant claims, that isn't so hard, but most people who've bought one recognise this stuff is (relatively speaking) cutting edge and going to come with some problems. In fact, Aussie consumer law is highly variable across states and geared quite definitely towards the retailers. You should try being constructive and working with people to solve the problem, you'll get a lot further ... -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26826 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Hmmm....2nd thoughts on buying SB3
I'm an Sb2 owner, I've used it both wired an unwired. Basically, I'd throw out any router if it was causing problems wit my SB - it's that good. We use it all day everyday of the week, CDs are gone baby gone and I'll never look back. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25733 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Specific tag problems with 3.6 on ReadyNAS
I've just upgraded to 6.3 and re-scanned, this has resulted in a few duplicates and a whole lot of question marks: Apologies To The Queen Mary? by Wolf Parade?PlayAdd to playlist Colours? by Adam F? PlayAdd to playlist Without Feathers by The Stills PlayAdd to playlist You Could Have It So Much Better? by Franz Ferdinand? PlayAdd to playlist Wolf Parade EP2? by Wolf Parade?PlayAdd to playlist XY? by Coldplay? PlayAdd to playlist White Stripes? by The White Stripes?PlayAdd to playlist White Blood Cells? by The White Stripes?PlayAdd to playlist Warren Zevon tribute album? by The Pixies? PlayAdd to playlist Weeds OST? by The Mountain Goats?, The New Pornographers?, Martin Creed?, Melvina Reynolds?, Nellie McKay?, Peggy Lee?, The Be Good Tanyas?, Michael Franti Spearhead?, NRBQ?, Sons Daughters?, Sufjan Stevens?, Marion Black? Now - I'm really not sure where these are coming from, I'm 99% sure the tags are all correct and I'm just wondering why these questions marks are appearing all of a sudden - I though after 6.2.2 I'd really cleaned up my tags and was hoping to not have to do it again... Being a NAS I can't jsut change versions so easily so I'd prefer to solve it by getting my tags right, if they're not! Any ideas?? -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25447 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Specific tag problems with 3.6 on ReadyNAS
Some more info might help: Collection is Mp3s and FLACS All FLACS have FLAC tags. All MP3s have ID3v2.3 (seems to be where the problem lies) or ID3v2.4 tags (seem ok) as well as ApeV2 tags. It would seem reading of ID3v2.3 is broken... -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25447 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Specific tag problems with 3.6 on ReadyNAS
Nothing like fixing it yourself... I converted all tags to ID3v2.4 tags using Mp3Tag and all is well again. Shouldn't have had to do it though! -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=25447 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox and Infrant ReadyNAS NV
Just wanted to say I have this combination (actually the older X6) and it's a superb solution. I think both products are excellent. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24523 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 feedback
I'm extremely happy with my Infrant readyNAS with slim - it works an absolute treat, has done for ages now. Just another option. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24498 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Any word on smart playlists?
Just wondering if there's any update on smarter playlists (ie rule based playlists). I think the timeline is 6.5 for this but I haven't spotted any action at all on it yetso I'm worried it's going to be v7 before they arrive...seems like a long way off! -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24503 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Any word on smart playlists?
Unfortunately because I'm running on a NAS I don't have the option of using any ol' plugin. Does look like it would be good though. It really should be part of the main distribution though. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24503 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Firefox rendering problem...
I've tried it now, and although the server isn't actually on localhost but another machine, adding an exception for that machine as per the above (i.e. @@http://server1) has worked a treat. Thanks again Marc. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24298 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Firefox rendering problem...
On my laptop, I browse Slimerver (with the default skin, 6.2.2) in firefox 1.5.0.3 and certain buttons are missing - most notably the playlist buttons (save, clear etc). Also, when browsing through the music library, if I click on an artist or album or whatever, the right hand pane disappears. Everything is fine in IE, and on two other computers with firefox installed. I don't have many plugins, and none on the laptop that aren't on the other machines. Any ideas? -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24298 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Firefox rendering problem...
Mark, thanks, that looks like it will be the problem - there must be a difference in adblock filters between the machines. It did not occur to me that adblock would block anything on the local machine. Safe mode confirms the problem is an extension. Sorry for the dupe! -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24298 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Second disc not coming up in New Music
Ok, I recently added classic German speed metal albums 'Keeper of the Seven Keys' parts 1 and 2 by Helloween to my music folder (on an infrant ReadyNAS, 6.2.2) (As MP3s, tagged with ID3v2 and APEv2). No multi-disc tags set or whatever. They're done as separate discs (they were separate releases after all) - All is working well in Browse artists - both entries appear as separate albums. However - only the part one comes up in the New Music list after a (complete) re-scan. It's a very minor issue, but I'd say its a buglet. Anyone know why this might be, or have a similar experience? -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24161 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Second disc not coming up in New Music
Even though the music has been there for several days, it has this morning magically appeared for the first time in the new music list (about 4 albums above the part 1 entry, added at the same time, and above music added later). I forced a tag re-write in MP3Tag and this seems to have done the trick. I had the re-scan plugin set to on..but its been doing this every night. Must have been some sort of tag issuebut both albums were done the same way so it's a strange one. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24161 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Black Magic Firmware: firmware 37
Does this mean maybe we're finally going to see a 6.2.2 official release??! Here's hoping! -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22774 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up
Any chance the icon pause setting could be remembered across sessions? I keep forgetting to turn it on, so it doesn't work, so my music is still blasting out when the I go to answer the phone... -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21676 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox plugin for Foobar2000?
Definitely interested, in either version. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=11287 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up
As usual, it's definitely moving in the right direction - the UI side of it is way, way improved over a couple of months ago. The two biggest problems are lack of support for Various Artists, and the fact it regularly crashes slimserver if one loads up a REALLY big playlist (eg. I have one I made for New Years, it spans 25 pages on the slimerserver web interface - if I start Moose while this is loaded up, the music stutters and then soon after the server crashes). It may be this would work fine on a really responsive server rather than my readyNAS. I'm really looking forward to a bugfix release of slimserver, and then the mySQL version after that, will be interesting to see how that affects performance on the NAS. Thanks as ever for your fine work Cheers JD -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21676 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: Moose 0.21
Have been using 0.24 for many hours now and it is all going very smoothly, no major problems to speak of except not being able to add various artist CDs easily. Any chance you could add an album browsing view to it? That would solve all my problems and I could quit bugging you!! :) -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20141 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: Moose 0.21
Hey Doc I can't definitively narrow down the slow down issues - it seems to happen on a regular basis though, say avery few mins, perhaps when you are polling the server? The minimise to tray icon definitely has some bugs in that it sometimes disappears, flickers regularly etc, so I'd look there too. One question - often when adding albums (but not always) the tracks all get added, but in the wrong order - any idea why that could be?? Cheers, JD -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20141 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Slimserver on ReadyNas
I completely concur - a very easy, hassle free combo, great performance for a NAS solution, and when used with Moose great performance for ANY type of solution. All good. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20480 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: Moose 0.21
One thing I have noticed is the minimise to tray button is one of the worst things for flickering and occasionally disappears - it seems a bit flakey somehow. Don't know if that is ONLY it, but I'd have a looksee there as a possible culprit. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20141 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: Moose 0.21
Hey Doc No, the flickery loop occurs when playing just a single album...not too often but definitely conisistently. I'll see if I can narrow down what triggers it but it ges very slow, sluggish and re-draws multiple times. It definitely seems very slow when getting the multiple albums - it doesn't seem to be getting the album art for the off-screen albums, just the same general slow re-draw problem. Unfortunately I don't have access to the sqllite db as the server is on a NAS in a custom install package. It's not a big deal, usually it works fine second scan - it was not happening until 0.21 or thereabouts, though. There are definitely still times when Moose grabs the system and causes general slowness/flickering - it does seem to get into some sort of aggresive (but slow) re-draw mode. BUT - it's great overall and none of the issues are by any stretch show stoppers!! -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20141 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: Moose 0.21
Hi Doc Ok, after extended use, this one is defintiely much improved in terms of performance, although it still occasionally causes some general sluggishness (mainly with the library window open) and sometimes the 'Now Playing' window gets itself into a flickery loop. After a re-scan it seems to be in a state of getting ALL album art for all files as no artist is selected, think this isn't a great idea. I am also getting regular 'db is locked' messages the first time I try and scan, then it goes through fine. And I still get the odd slimserver crash for inexplicable and not consistently repeatable reasons when using moose (usually just after a re-scan). But overall it is working very well - multi selection in the play list window will be great, good luck with getting that going properly, I remember well when I used to be a programmer that could be tricky. Cheers JD -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20141 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: Moose 0.21
There's no installer, I just drop it over the old one, deleter everything in my thumbs directory, re-scan the db (just in case) and away it goes. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20141 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: Moose 0.21
Ok, I re-enabled browse for artwork in slimserver and that is now working as expected. I like all the new features, *especially* the single click pause, very handy thankyou - makes it very handy for controlling the system when I'm downstairs in the office. I too am having problems with the CPU being pegged, mainly with the library window open, but not exclusively. Just little pauses as I drag the mouse around, a lack of responsiveness. I have set the background to flat but that doesn't solve the issue. As always fine progress and many thanks, JD -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20141 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Announce: Moose 0.21
Hey Doc Good work as always - the minimise to tray is handy (although its the only app I have in there that needs only one click to maximise again - maybe you want to change that to the classic double click?). Hmmm - Would be great to have one click access to a pause feature (while minimised) as an option (for answering the phone!). Now, about cover art - how does this actually work? I had it working fine when I was scanning the files, but now I am scanning the db and it has stopped working. I do not have slimserver scan for artwork as I'm running it on a NAS, but I can change that if necessary, however I didn't think Moose needed that? I presumed it went and got the thumbnails directly. Anyway, thanks as always for your work, I seem to be able to play everything now that is using IDs, not more crashing slimserver due to dodgy filename issues, which is great. Cheers JD -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20141 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Volume goes up skipping forward in Moose
I guess it helps if it is a big that is recognised and going to be fixed! I suppose this bug is a reference to the same thing: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2289 -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19548 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Volume goes up skipping forward in Moose
Using Replaygain (on track gain setting at least), whenever I skip forward in a track (using moose's very handy song bar), the volume suddenly shoots up as if replaygain is being ignored. Using an SB2, feeding of an infrant readyNAS running 6.2.1 I had not noticed this until recently, I am no sure if it is a problem with the latest version of moose, slim 6.2.1, or somehow particular to my setup. Can anyone else reproduce? Cheers JD -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19548 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Is there an idiots guide to NAS Servers ?
I'd go the first option of those two, the linksys thing is jsut a bit too weenie. The infrant readyNAS works very well with slim though and might be an option but it certainly is a bit more $$$ -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18976 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New build of Moose (windows front end) now up
Totally irrelevant but:- Go the Betties! -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18850 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New build of Moose (windows front end) now up
Ok, have been playing some more with Moose. Here follows a long list of thoughts and suggestions, which you are free to take on board or not as you see fit, I am very impressed with the work so far in any case, these are just a few things that might improve the experience a bit. I am browsing by files, not sql at this stage, as I can't get access to the SQL file on the readyNAS side of things (have requested over there that they offer that and they seem to be amenable to the idea). First found a bug - I can't add a José González album via the moose interface but can via the slim web interface squeezebox. However once I do so, it then appears fine on the Moose interface. I suspect this is a funny chars in file names issue, let me know what I can do to help you solve it. I definitely think a tray interface would be great - pause, volume, skip would be essentials I think, plus a mouse over current track or a fading pop up thingy when the track changes. A display somewhere of the current replaygain value would be great too, help diagnose those tracks missing info issues that crop up occasionally. I really miss the New Music display from slimserver. I do think a combined library/now playing list single screen approach might work, or at least separate task bar entries for each window would really aid swapping between them. Right click functionalities would be great where appropriate. The control icons in the bottom right of Now Playing could be bigger. I don't get the thumbs in the album list either but then I generally only have cover.jpg in there, not thumbs. Maybe somethign that scales the cover.jpg if thumb.jpg is missing would be good? Some streamlining in the way the playlist is sent back to the server to reduce a bit of lag and flicker might not go astray if possible. Again, thanks for your work and these are just ideas/suggestions! JD -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18850 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New build of Moose (windows front end) now up
Ok - new music sorting by date - was not working for me because I just moved the whoel collection from a local server to the NAS hence the change in tiem stamps. That will work fine in future though I am sure. I am not using 6.5, 6.2.1 is what they are up to over in readyNAS land. My folder structure is: M:\Music\José González\2005 - Veneer\Tracks.mp3 (...) M:\Music\José González\2005 - Veneer\cover.jpg I haven't used the CLI myself so I am not sure about the ReplayGain info being available, would be very handy though! Thanks again, I'm really enjoying using Moose, JD -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18850 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Squeezebox3 - Complete FREAKOUT stereo damage warning
I had an LG DVD player blow the tweeters out of my $1800 speakers. These things can happen. None of these things are perfect. LG didn't even bother to respond to our contact about the issue. At least Slim Devices have been responsive. Hell, you didn't actually lose anything anyway - only 'almost' - count your blessings! -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18818 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: New build of Moose (windows front end) now up
Hi Just wanted to say - excellent piece of work. I run my system on a readyNAS system, which gives an excellent responsive experience from the squeezebox but lacks a little speed when using the web browser end of things. With Moose I have super speedy control on both the PC and direct to the NAS, which is just great. I reckon you should make the core controls (play stop etc a bit bigger, and embeddable on to the Taskbar one day would be awesome!) I'm sure you have billions of ideas and plans and don't need anymore, but just wanted to thank you for a very nice piece of work. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18850 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Best NAS Network Attached Storage for SqueezeBox 3?
Just wanted to re-visit this issue. As I said somewhere, the experience from the squeezebox is very zippy with 'disable statistics' turned on. The web gui can be used (at the same time even) and is quite acceptable in its performance, if not great, however if you've got a Windows PC the way to go is to use Moose - this means you have very fast desktop control AND very fast control on the squeezebox. It's all working so well now I find it pretty much perfect for my needs, I'm very very impressed. (moose can be found at http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove/) -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18527 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Best NAS Network Attached Storage for SqueezeBox 3?
I have no problems playing music and using the webgui at the same time on the readyNAS. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18527 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Best NAS Network Attached Storage for SqueezeBox 3?
Server Settings - Performance - Disable Library Statistics is the one I am talking about. On the ReadyNAS, I also have the RAM thingy Database Cache Size Tuning (SQLite) set to 2 It's way more zippy like that! -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18527 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Best NAS Network Attached Storage for SqueezeBox 3?
Sorry, Dan, are you sayng that is only run if you go into 'information'? Which information? I find now I no longer get the message about 'your library contains x tracks by y artists from z albums' but really I don't care anyway, and that the whole web browsing and squeezbox experience, on the NAS in any case, is MUCH faster. I did also change the SQLite thingy to 2 at the same time, so one of those two things has substantially improved the server performace, at least on the readyNAS. I didn't mean to criticise, I was just surprised at how speedy it all became. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18527 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Best NAS Network Attached Storage for SqueezeBox 3?
Sure. I don't think they've installed anything but I no longer run slimserver on any pc so I can't check (although I'd love to have the option of having multiple slimservers, with a ranking, and have the squeezbox automatically choose the best as and when they are available). +---+ |Filename: CacheSize.jpg| |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=514| +---+ -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18527 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Best NAS Network Attached Storage for SqueezeBox 3?
There's two screenshots there - the first one is the library stats thing - is that what you wanted? -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18527 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Best NAS Network Attached Storage for SqueezeBox 3?
I vaguely remember there was something about it on their forums but I can't find it now. Really does make a big differnce and anyone with a readyNAS should give it a whirl. I'm sure they'd tell you if you asked them - they seem pretty helpful! -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18527 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Best NAS Network Attached Storage for SqueezeBox 3?
I was having a play last night - the difference between having 'Library Statistics' on and off is enourmous. With it off there is barely any pause at all, like 0.5 second at any time. I can't imagine anyone having a problem with it! Seems like the implementation of library statistics is quite dumb and invloves significant work for every page. Why they don't jsut store the data in the db afetr every re-scan and then just read it out for each page I don't know. Speeds up both the web browser and squeezebox. To be honest, it is barely distinguishable from a dedicated server now, even when doing demanding things like serving album artwork. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18527 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Best NAS Network Attached Storage for SqueezeBox 3?
I have a similar sized library and am running 6.2.1 on the readyNAS itself - I don't find it too slow (no RAM upgrade either). There are certainly pauses when you do certain things but they are generally 2 seconds and I can't say they really bother me. I guess it depends how you listen to music - I either just random play songs, or I tend to listen to all music by a particular artist. Works well enoiugh for me. Oh, I also use the New Music thing a lot and that also works well. If I were zipping around looking for lots of different tracks it might well bother me (but I would jsut do that on a PC or using moose). It would be easy enough to run slimserver on a connected PC and then I'm pretyy sure there would be no slowness at all. But I like having the NAS, means I can listen to music without going down to the office in the morning and booting a PC, and it uses WAY less power than my PCs as well. An ideal situation would be the squeezebox preferentially selecting from a list of available slimservers so it would choose the PC if that was running, otherwise go to the NAS slimserver if not. Hmmm, might start a thread about that. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18527 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Easy Squeezebox option to choose between multiple slimservers?
Is there a way (eg a plugin) to have the squeezebox automatically choose between running slimservers? I.e. I want to run and use a slimserver instance on an actual PC should that be on, but also another slimserver on a NAS for when the PC isn't on. The squeezebox would poll say every 30 seconds while idle and you would be able to rank the slimservers in order of preference. Would give the best of both worlds - very repsonsive slimserver on a PC if that happens to be on, but still access to slimserver even if it isn't. They would both actually look at the same music library stored on the NAS. Is there any way to achieve this currently?Would it be useful to others? Cheers JD -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18600 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Best NAS Network Attached Storage for SqueezeBox 3?
See I guess it depends on what you think is unbearable...I find it thoroughly bearable. Basically, as you right arrow into each section involving some list being loaded from the server (eg Browse Artists -) there is a pause of betweeen 0.2 and 2 seconds (at the absolute most). This I don't find too bad really! I've used 6.1.1 and 6.2.1 so I don't know about other versions. I have also told slimserver to use more RAM than the default. I don't know about other versions. I think I'm up to about 12000 tracks. I turned OFF the statistics in the slimserver prefs as this made a BIG difference in resposnsiveness (both with the NAS and a dedicated PC). -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18527 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Easy Squeezebox option to choose between multiple slimservers?
I think ranking them would be very useful, especially for the common situation I desrcibed slimserver both on a PC and a NAS, it could periodically search for the PC to appear again and then auto-reconnect to the PC once available. That way it has some concept of the 'best' slimserver to use at any time. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18600 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Best NAS Network Attached Storage for SqueezeBox 3?
From eagis - about a grand as I recall, including shipping. Works very well so far, only minor niggle is a slightly noisy fan...should take about two minutes to fix. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18527 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Best NAS Network Attached Storage for SqueezeBox 3?
I'm in Australia (Melbourne) and got myself an infrant readyNAS shipped from the states. It handles slimserver very well - a tad slower than a dedicated server but nothing to worry about. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18527 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Transitions/Crossfade
Since you guys incorporated the code for transitions.pm into the main servre to do the 'smart replaygain' thing, I was wondering if you could do the same for crossfade (for which the code was originally designed) - i.e. a smart crossfade setting that turns on for shuffle and off for album play. I'd use the plugin but I run slimserver on my ReadyNAS and therefore can't install plugins at will. Given the code is there anyway I thought it would be a minor, and pretty useful, change. Of course I realise you have a million things to do that may be mroe important! Cheers JD -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18506 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SB2 wireless getting bizarre IP address
I have run into the same issue, but with an SB2. I could only get a conenction by disabling the turbo mode. This is what D-Link support staff advised me to do, saying they are havign many instances of the problem. Since the Sb2 and occasionally a laptop are the only things that use wireless in my house, this doesn't bother me very much. Personally, I blame the D-Link router (DI-784 one of the higher end models) - it is flakey in many ways. If my cable internet connection goes down, then the D-Link router drops all its wireless clients (the only clients it has as the others are on a wired switch). This is even without Turbo-G turned on. Even with turbo-G on, I never actually experienced a sustained increase in throughput, even with the laptop and router 1 meter apart. It is, I think, a pile of poo. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16648 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Network Storage: NAS or SAN
Try the infrant readyNAS - Ive got slimserver running on it with about 400 gig of music and it works a treat. Slightly slower than a dedicated server I was running before but way cooler as I can just leave it running 24 hours a day as it uses less than 100W of power. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18311 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Coming off pause...
My SB2 exhibits some off behaviour when coming off from being paused. If I pause and unpause within a few seconds, everything is fine. However, if I pause then unpause 20 or more seconds later, the music will resume, play to the end of the track, and not play further tracks on the playlist. Slimserver 6.1.1 running on ReadyNAS (have the same problem with slim 6.2 on a dedicated XP server). Any ideas? Is this expected behaviour? Its one of those niggles that can get *really* annoying after a while! -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18162 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Coming off pause...
Cool - I'll have to wait until it makes it into the update for the ReadyNAS, usually a few days after the final major point release. But knowing it is coming is good enough for me. -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18162 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Need Australian female voice talent
Sean I'm friends with a voice over artist here in Aus - I've sent you both an email. She'd be perfect and has done quite a bit of voice/radio work. Cheers JD -- bossanova808 bossanova808's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=619 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18104 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] slime.exe ok, but not slimtray
Hi Just updated to 6.2 (and did a full re-scan), from a 6.2beta of a couple weeks ago when replaygain first appeared, and things are working fine if I double click slim.exe...but not when slim starts up from the slimtray application. There is nothing in the event log. All I get is the tray tool saying 'slimserver starting...' but it never goes away and slimserver never starts. Any ideas? -- bossanova808 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: slime.exe ok, but not slimtray
Yep that did it, cheers. (I did search the forum briefly for startup issues, didn't find this answer though) -- bossanova808 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
