[slim] Noise on webradio with following reboot of SB3+Boom
Since a few weeks one of my favourite radio channels occaisonally starts to sound like terrible noise in 2-3 seconds and then the Squeezebox reboots by itself. Same thing happens on both the SB3 and Boom. This can happen after a few minutes up to one hour. Other radio stations plays fine and no problems with (FLAC/MP3) music from my server. The radio adress is: http://ogg2.as34763.net/vc160.ogg - Absolute Radio Classic Rock I yesterday upgraded the server from 7.5.x to 7.6.0 but with the same result. I don't understand what information in the readio stream that can cause the Squeezeboxes, both the Boom and SB3, to reboot. Both are connected through WLAN. Win XP server. I don't have a 100% correlation, but most of the time it happens in the end of a song, which could (?) indicate that there is a problem when the tag information is updated with a new song title. Any ideas what can casue this or anything I can do to isolate the error? -- gonk Does this unit has a bad motivator? gonk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1271 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=89635 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] DVD-Audio 5.1 on Touch
Best solution today is probably a Dune player for lossless multi-channel FLAC through HDMI. -- gonk Does this unit has a bad motivator? gonk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1271 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88778 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] DVD-Audio 5.1 on Touch
Good question! I did some research and it seems not to be capable of gapless mch FLAC. -- gonk Does this unit has a bad motivator? gonk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1271 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=88778 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Gapless playback with FLAC
My guess is that there are some transcoding done by the server. Are you sure this is not the case? I have found that transcoding can get short gaps. Check the convert.conf file and check what the SB says under more info under now playing regarding the bitrate and file type. Also try to play the FLAC:s in Winamp, they should come out gapless. If you have gaps there, the error is in your FLACs already... (ie. re-rip) -- gonk Does this unit has a bad motivator? gonk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1271 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=77561 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sound Effects - Gotta ask why and for what?
My daughter age 12, has the rain and thunder effect running every night on her SB. Every night since I showed her this feature, more than 1 year ago... -- gonk Does this unit has a bad motivator? gonk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1271 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57054 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Server delay when browsing folders
Thank you for your response Erland. Todays result in my debugging: 1. I removed the TrackStats plugin in the SS plug-in setup and the problem did disappear after SS restart! So TrackStats definitley involved in my problems. 2. I am about to try your recipe, but can you tell me where I find the SQL Cache directory? I found three directories named Cache in the Squeezecenter folder, but they all contains pearl code only. I have not done any ratings, and I can live with a reset in the statistics, but I have TrackStats backup files created once every 24h which are in the 6MB range. 3. I found a small bug when I now tried to install the Trackstat-2.5.zip file. In the HTML/Nokia770 folder there is a file called plugins and one folder called plugins, so the built-in unzipper in Windows Explorer cannot, by obvious reasons not unzip these files... (But I doesnt use the N800 as a controller anymore) -- gonk Does this unit has a bad motivator? gonk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1271 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55413 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Server delay when browsing folders
I currently have 4 Squeezeboxes since I started with my first SB2 many years ago. However since I updated to version 7 of SS I have noticed a very annoying delay in the responsivness. I normally use browse folders when searching for my music, now the server takes a break of about 8-10 seconds for some, not all directories. The delay is always there or completely missing. This delay is regardless of the number of tracks or dirctories in this directory. Same delay can happen for only 1 entry as well as 200. Top-level folder with 297 objects always works fast. Browsing by Genre, Artist,... is fast. I know that SS will scan each directory always when browsing folders, but I dont understand the delay for very small folders. Some very large folders does not have any delay. I currently use SS 7.2.1 but had the same issues on 7.1. Same delay when using Duet, IR-remote, Softsqueeze and Web-interface. I checked the Activities on the server and during the 8-10 second pause: 1. The mysqld.exe process has 20% CPU 2. The harddrive makes reading noise, as it is trying to read a lot of info. XP pro, 3.2GHz, 2GB RAM. 18,000 songs maybe 60% FLACs in total. Any ideas what and how to make further investigations? -- gonk Does this unit has a bad motivator? gonk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1271 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=55413 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SS 6.5.1 = new music folder order
With SlimServer 6.5.1 the Browse Music Folder order algorithm has been changed so that my system will not work... Intital Underscores in the folder names is now neglected. --- I have the majority of my music sorted as: Artist/Year Album/Track Title.flac But for some music types, not accessed frequently, like compilations or special genres, such as Childrens music, Classical, Musicals and Jazz I have added an extra level in parallel of the Artist level: _Genre/Artist/Year Album/Track Title.flac As you see, to separate the Artist from the Genres, I have added a underscore as a first character, this way I will get all those folders in the top or end of the list when browsing music folders. Otherwise I would have needed one more folder level. This is working very good. I always use the Browse Music Folder when selecting music, I even assigned the Search remote button for this task - very handy! Now for my problem: After installing SS 6.5.1 (Earlier version was before 6.5, dont remember the exact version, probably 6.3.x) the folder order algorithm has been changed so that the underscores is neglected, placing my Jazz music in between of Iron Maiden and Jean-Michel Jarre, not the best place to search for Jazz... I even tried to replace the Underscore with a Hyphen, but it did not make any change. Anyone that can help me to solve this? Suggestion for another intial character or any flag to set the way the order algorithm works? -- gonk Does this unit has a bad motivator? gonk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1271 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=30701 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Use SB3 to switch a relais?
I think most solutions, simple, and not simple, for this have been covered in these threads: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17974 http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=15796 If you find an internal signal to hook up a driver to a relay to, please let me know. The problem is that nothing is turned off internally when the SB is powered down. All outputs remains active. Or vote for this bug that might help you: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1397 -- gonk Does this unit have a bad motivator? gonk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1271 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20465 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Filtering files by file type
I have the same question posted in this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20347 -- gonk Does this unit have a bad motivator? gonk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1271 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20343 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Options for remote power on of non ir amp
I have earlier looked for a remote power off to my hidden amplifier. I think the simplest solution would be to turn off the digital outputs when SB is turned off. It is a very simple task to build a circuit that detects when the digital outputs are disabled. My recomendation is to vote for this bug: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1397 -- gonk Does this unit have a bad motivator? gonk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1271 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17974 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Mount SB2 upside down - rotate display text
m1abrams: I have a pair of Sonance Virtuoso 830DR in-ceiling speakers mounted in the ceiling (where otherwise?) just above the kitchen table. And of course you have right regarding my decision of turning the SB2 uside-down. I can also add that in the unlikely event that I would use my SB2 somewhere else, in a more normal way, I will not have two large holes on the top... I would suggest that Slimdevices add keyholes in a similar way I have done them and include a rotate display function in the software. -- gonk Does this unit have a bad motivator? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Mount SB2 upside down - rotate display text
Thank you for all comments. The SB2 is now on place in the kitchen, see the attached pictures. I did two keyholes to mount the SB2 upside down - the display was turned 180-degrees. With a hidden power amplifier and in-ceiling speakers - the kitchen has never been a better place to enjoy the music. +---+ |Filename: kitchen3.JPG | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=313| +---+ -- gonk Does this unit have a bad motivator? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Switching off digital output when in standby.
This would be a nice feature to implement (time for a bug report?) that also could be used in a (rather) simple way to a remote power control of an amplifier. -- gonk Does this unit have a bad motivator? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Remote trigger to power amplifier
Is there a way of getting a remote power turn-on trigger signal from the SB2 to power up an amplifier? Maybe there is an internal supply voltage that is in standby when turned off? Can anyone tell me where to find a suitable voltage? I will then place a buffer (if needed), connectors and a switching relay in my Rotel power amplifier. The SB2 will be the only audio source and the amplifier will be hidden, so it needs no power when the SB2 is turned off. -- gonk Does this unit have a bad motivator? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Mount SB2 upside down - rotate display text
OT answer: No. (Seems that someone stole my nickname - or the other way round...) -- gonk ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Mount SB2 upside down - rotate display text
So I have now opened the SB2 and yes, you can rotate the display and the cable is just long enough. I had to cut two small supporting tabs as some leads on the PCB to the display got in the way. But there are still several support to the display so it is still in place. Thank you all! -- gonk ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Mount SB2 upside down - rotate display text
I would like to mount the SB2 upside down under a shelf in the kitchen. This gives me two problems: 1. How to fasten the device mechanically. This can be solved in several ways. This is not a big issue, but it would have helped with some keyhole mountings or similar. 2. The text must be rotated on the display. Anyone know how to change this in the Slimserver code? Is it possible at all? Ideas, anyone? -- gonk ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
