[slim] Step by step install guide for MusicIP on ReadyNAS x86?
I'm relatively proficient with Windows but have recently ditched my Small Business Server and replaced it with a ReadyNAS PRO 6.(6x2Gb discs runnining in XRaid 2, backing up daily to an old Iomega NAS, and now have MacBook Pros, iPads and iPhones for 3 users ((down from 5). It is so much easier to manage - I have Time Machine running on all Macs to a share on the ReadyNAS, and wireless backups running from the iOS devices to each MAC I'm a complete Linux novice and am struggling to find a step by step guide as to installing headless MusicIP on the ReadyNAS. Is there one?i do mean complete novice - I'll need my hand holding through each step. Tim timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=98802 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience
In my system the problem is limited to the Boom. I can play music for days on the SB3 without it rebuffering connected to the same access point. When the Boom eventually goes to rebuffering failed and locks up. Then the signal strength drops from 98% to 12% on the server information page. The SB3 maintains an average strength of 71%. I set up a test playlist with 1600 tracks in it and it failed at the 243rd track. I uninstalled 7.4, deleted the cache log and prefs files from the folder tree for both the 7.4 and 7.3.x versions of the server (they use different folder paths), and reinstalled, and was able to repeat the same issue. I'll repeat the same experiment with 7.2.1 and see if it is an issue with the Boom or the server. I'm a semi-professional beta tester, since a Motorcycle accident stopped me from working, current projects include CalMAN ISF calibration beta since version 2.1 (software and hardware) iPeng iPhone Squeezecentre controller application since the first version Radiance XD video processor since the first manufacturing batch Content delivery application on iPhone for UK mobile phone service provider (carrier). I'm well versed in isolating and reproducing bugs and there does appear to be an issue. In my case it might be the Boom in which case I'll be on to Logitech support, but I suspect it is a firmware/software issue. I use several other wireless devices, including streaming of video over WiFi none of which have been affected, and as mentioned earlier in this thread my property was built in 2002. Due to UK building regulations the insulation is foil backed and I get NO mobile phone signal inside the building, and my cordless and wireless devices get no signal outside. I am fairly confident that there have been no environmental changes. Just because you don't suffer from the issue doesn't mean it isn't there. I'll do my best to isolate it, and when I do, I'll provide Logitech with as much information as I'm able. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65719 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience
I've added my vote. Anyone else? -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65719 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience
I now firmly expect it to be a firmware bug, as my initial thoughts about 7.3.4 fixing it proved wrong. I'll try 7.4 to see if that helps and report back, but leave the testing a little longer this time. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65719 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience
The problem appeared to have been with the boom, but it is 8 feet from the WAP. The SB3 is about 20 feet from the same WAP, and suffers no issues. The SBR has no issues either, I had them all running over the weekend with the volume muted. Only the Boom lost contact, which does lend some credence to your theory. I run an iPhone, an SBC, a desktop, laptop and two Squeezeboxes in my house, and all worked well until upgrading to 3.3.3 There's no issue with interference - we live on a 2.5 acre plot and all the insulation is foil backed so RF doesn't enter or leave the building. I do have 3WAPs but they are evenly spread along the available spectrum and well spread through the building. I did upgrade to 3.3.4 last night and I haven't had a recurrence of the problem, so there does appear to be an issue with 3.3.3 and streaming performance. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65719 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Rebuffering is ruining the Squeezebox experience
I have three players currently active: SB3 SBR Boom I've increased the server priority to -21. As a test I've been running random song mixes on all 3 players. SBR is connected to one access point - strength 81. SB3 and Boom are connected to another access point signal strengths 71 and 99 respectively. Boom is the only player that I have a problem with. In less than 24 hours it looses connection rebuffering failed and shows less than 20% signal strength in the information pane. I've reinstalled SC and deleted settings and performed a factory reset on the Boom. Something is wrong. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=65719 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Jive has stopped working
Just fixed the same problem myself. It is a preferences issue. In Vista delete the following folder: C:\Users\username\AppData\Roaming\SqueezePlay In XP (from memory) the equivalent location is: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\SqueezePlay Hope this helps someone - it's been driving me mad for weeks! Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=54282 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Which iPhone app?
Sorry if this has been asked before but has anyone done a competitive review of the three iphone controller apps listed here: http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_third_party.html? Is the original (iPeng) still the best, and is there any lag compared to the squeezebox controller. I've got a Nokia N800 and it works well but there's always a bit of delay while waiting for pages to load. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60061 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Which iPhone app?
Does iPeng have any features that the competition doesn't? It's a shame with the iTunes store that you can't try software out for a limited time FOC like with shareware. I know it is only 6 quid, but it would be nice to be able to try each application for look and feel first. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=60061 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Supported tags
I've searched the forums and the wiki but can't find a definitive list of supported tags. Is there one? Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57515 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Supported tags
Thanks, I found it between my post and yours. I generally rip to FLAC and then convert to compressed bitrates for various versions of iPod. I'm just trying to set up my actions in MP3TAG so that they set the correct tags for use with slimserver and itunes (artistsort/performersortorder) in one go. I'm setting up a couple of servers for friends of mine and want to make the ripping, encoding and tagging as easy for them to sort out as possible. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=57515 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Quick and easy demo setup needed
I'm off to see a pain specialist on Wednesday and he's really interested in looking at the Duet. His clinic is really busy though and I'll literally have 5 minutes to show him a demo. Is there a way of setting up the server software and softsqueeze on my notebook and setup a peer-peer network between the notebook and the controller? I basically want softsqueeze to emulate the receiver and due to time and space constraints I'm not going to be able to take an access point with me. I'll copy a couple of dozen albums off my server onto the notebook's HD - any ideas gratefully received - he'll be looking to setup 4 zones in total probably each with a dedicated controller - I just want to give him 5 minutes of hands on with the controller. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47568 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it bklaas;281410 Wrote: Tim-- I've determined your browser isn't being recognized incorrectly, but this is a heretofore unseen CSS bug. If you edit the slimserver.css file in the nokia770 folder of your SC installation, find the area for the 'pagecontainer' layout and change width from 100% to 96%. You'll see the horizontal scrollbar disappear, however you'll also see other pages (home, e.g.) not layout as nice. I'm not happy with that as a solution, but if the horiz scrollbar is annoying you, that's one way to workaround it. cheers, #!/ben Ben, Thanks for fixing the sort by bug in the list view dropdown. Could you let me know which files you changed? I use a seperate folder that has some modifided files in it. The scroll bar doesn't bother me that much. Is it registered as a bug? Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How does the volume control work?
While I appreciate the need to cut down on duplicate threads I'd appreciate a link to at least one of the threads you referred to. I did search befor posting. I've just searched again and can't find them. I moderate another board and am always telling ppeople to use the search function, but do generally include a couple of links that might help them on their way. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45693 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it bklaas;286455 Wrote: 770 owners will be pleased to know that I procured a 770 on eBay last week and I'm now waiting for it to arrive. That should help the issue with supporting the 770 platform immensely. cheers, #!/ben Fantastic news that you are continuing to move forward. While I love the new controller it would just cost too much to have one per zone. I'll continue to leave the N800s in each zone, and perhaps get one more controller to be used as a roaming device for the less frequently used zones. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How does the volume control work?
Both when applied to the digital output and the analogue output. I know the internal it depth is greater than 16 so there should be some headroom without starting to chop bits. This is purely for my own interest. I use fixed digital out and IRBlaster to control my volume via the pre-amp. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45693 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it Ben, I'll keep an eye on bugzilla and upgrade to the relevant nightly as and when. Can you point me in the direction of a web-site that will present my browser type and version info? I referred to it in my post a couple of days ago that since I upgraded to the latest OS2008 image (2.2007.51-3) I get a horizontal scroll bar on most screens. I'm wondering whether it's loading the Touch template rather than the N770 one. What is most annoying is that here in the UK the ship date of the controller is put back by two days, every two days! Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it I upgraded to the latest version of OS2008 last night. I'm not sure if the server is recognising that the browser is on an N800. In list mode I get a horizontal scroll bar, I think the screen is one or two pixels too wide. Please post here when the fix makes it into a nightly and I'll check it out. It looks like my controller will arrive in two days, but other members of the household won't fogive me if I ignore N800 support. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it Ben, I waited for the release version. All the drop down boxes work with OS2008 as far as I can tell. The ONLY one that doesn't seem to fire off the on-change action is the sort box in albums list view (it works fine in album art view). I don't have a bugzilla login and password, can I leave it to you to submit the bug? I've pre-ordered a controller but I'm still going to be using the N800. (I've got four of them which will remain dedicated to zones, with the logitech remote roaming) Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it One problem I've noticed with OS2008 Ben, is that you can change the sort order from within albums when in cover art view, but the drop down box is ineffective when in list mode. Is this a known bug? Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How do you print a list all music?
I've got my music arranged as follosw: F:\My Music\Artist Name\Album Name Is there an easy way of printing a list of all music? I've got MP3Tag if that helps. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=40911 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it Ben, I've spent ages going through all the SqueezeCenter pages with the new microB browaer. The only two issues are: Sort order select works in artwork, but not list view. The progress bar doesn't go all the way across the screen in now playing. It seems to think that 100% is roughly in line with the mute button. Hope this is useful. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it Ben, It appears that my 800 is using the MicroB browser as it now launches the touch version of your skin (I can tell because the home page isn't the customised one I have in my N800 html folder.) It has the side benefit that the onchange controls that were broken in V7.0 of Slimserver are now fixed. So things might not be as bad as they first appeared. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it The only bug I see is the drop-down box that selects search order works in artwork mode, but not in list view. Is this something that can be easily addressed? Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it Perhaps I haven't installed it properly but I followed the instructions to install MicroB on the maemo web-site and I don't get the set engine menu option when I launch the browser. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it bklaas;236359 Wrote: (I am quite excited about the device though, even withstanding the aggravating switch to a single mini-SD expansion slot) I really don't understand why they did that. I'm sure it can't be for space reasons. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it Let's hope the Mozilla based borwser coming in OS2008 solves lots of problems rather than creating a whole bunch of new ones! Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux armv6l; en-GB; rv:1.9a6pre) Gecko/20070810 Firefox/3.0a1 Tablet browser 0.1.16 RX-34_2007SE_4.2007.38-2 Note it ISN´T loading Touch as I first thought and all of the v7 pages I've loaded so far have rendered perfectly Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it Siduhe;236354 Wrote: Tim, are you thinking about the MicroB browser or something different? If so, it's been available (for testing and development) for a few months. Some of the features (non-SB related admittedly) look pretty good, especially the improved RSS handling. http://browser.garage.maemo.org/ http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS8360022837.html All it says on the OS2008 splash page is: Web Browsing Browser based on Mozilla technology State-of-the-art web standard support including JavaScript 1.7, AJAX, Mouse-Over events, DOM Level 3 Adobe® Flash® 9 plug-in, including video and audio streaming support Page navigation with scrolling, panning or dedicated hardware buttons Zooming in and out of web sites Browser easily extendable through standard interfaces Bookmark management Desktop applet for quick internet searching -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it bklaas;236350 Wrote: Mozilla-based? Crud. Not that I don't like Mozilla browsers, but this is going to be a thorn in my side, as it seems no browser handles CSS and Javascript quite the same way. Expect some hiccups as I try to accomodate both Mozilla and Opera. #!/ben I'm sure you've already seen it: http://europe.nokia.com/A4579470 Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it Sorry, to quote one of the characters out of Little Britain, (I don't know if that has crossed the Atlantic yet) I got myself into a bit of a kerfuffle! I have two links - one on the desktop which loads the skin I've edited (only minor, but it means they don't get overwritten on a point release without me realising it), and another one in the favorites menu to load the unmolested skin. I was looking at the browser loaded from favorites and not the desktop. It has fixed those onchange issues you have open in bugzilla for the N800 though... I couldn't vind a way to look at the headers, do tell. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it bklaas;236400 Wrote: okay, that's great news. If all else runs fine, I may end up making a fix for the player chooser list bug by telling N800 users to upgrade to OS2008. could you check this bug as well and see if it now works? http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5295 the only thing I don't know about is if these bugs are occuring in OS2006 (i.e., the OS for the 770). I don't have a 770, so I'd need someone with a 770, multiple players, and running the latest SC7.0 to test for me. That's probably asking too much... #!/ben I don't know how far OS2008 is, but the browser install is fairly painless. The only thing that is not on the menu is to switch back to opera rendering. I was initially confused by this article: http://linuxdevices.com/news/NS8360022837.html I'll try to break it over the next couple of days and post any discoveries back here. I'm a happy camper as I was about to downgrade back to 6.5, and now it appears I don't have to. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it I'm sure it is somewhere in this thread but can't find it. There is a user modified gif that looks like a calendar to use as a year icon. Anyone? Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it That was swift! Thanks. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question: Do you have a 770? - Got it - Want it - Need it - Forget it Thanks, I've just turned it into a read only text field for now. Each of the players have a dedicated N800 anyway - I'm the only person who switches between players so I've set up 3 extra bookmarks on my device. Is the search function broken too? Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Playing music but keeping it out of the main database
My nephew wants to play his music through the Squeezeboxes. It is typical teenage kid stuff, Music badly organised, lots of it downloaded at 128k (I use FLAC), loads of files in his root folder, album art missing. He wants to play his music through the Squeezebox but I don't want it to come up when the rest of us are using the network and nor does anyone else. Is there a way of him gaining access? I did think of setting up a second server on a different PC and switching between them but the Squeezeboxes are all hidden in a multimedia rack and controlled soley by TCP/IP so I don't think that will fly. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38764 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Playing music but keeping it out of the main database
Thanks, Looks perfect. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38764 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How do you get to Squeezenetwork in Fishbone
Am I to take it that the Nokia770 skin will need fixing seperately? My Squeezeboxes are all hidden away and I use Nokia web-tablets to control them. While I don't have a problem switching over to the default skin other users do! Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36100 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia N800
OK, Now I've had a chance to use our installation in anger one thing which is driving me mad is the fact that if you hit the playlist icon to pull up the current playlist and hit the play icon beside one of the tracks it takes 5-6 seconds for anything to happen. The CPU/memory load/screenshot app shows the CPU is 100% loaded druing this time, and while it happens almost instantly on a windows PC it does show that iexplore uses CPU more heavily during this process. I've checked and there's nothing wrong with my installation - I did a clean install of the shipping 6.5.2 and all of the N800s (except mine) have clean ROMS with no patches. Is there a way of speeding this up? Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31398 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Hardware problems - any ideas
I've got three Squeezeboxes plugged in to a hidden equipment rack. One of them worked fine for about 24 hours, and then I couldn't contact it via the network. I managed to get it down yesterday and the display was only showing about 10% of the pixels on startup. Using a 5V 2.5A supply increased that to about 30%. Before I send it back to the retailer is there anything I can try to bring it back to life? The only slight problem I have is that I'm just outside the 30 day limit (in the UK) to get an immediate refund and I know the retailer is out of stock as I cleared him out. They sat on my floor for 3 weeks while I waited for a home cinema installer to plug them into my QED MusiQ amps (being a wheelchair user makes it difficult to reach things, and I had no idea how the MusiQs were originally set up). Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35398 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Hardware problems - any ideas
I have done, I've also emailed the retailer, I was just clutching at straws that there might be a magic wand I could wave... Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=35398 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia N800
Ben, In order to clean things up I re-installed a clean copy of the html and made a copy the Nokia770 folder - called spookily N800! The only alteration I made is to re order the icons on the home page. I also re-flashed to a clean copy of the 2007 image, patched the kernel to support SDHC cards and set up dual boot onto a brand new Adata 8Gb card. Everything seems to be behaving now. I've looked through all of the html in the folder and I can't for the life of me work out how the music-magic plugin is being picked up, and why it appears on the now-playing list of fishbone but not on the Nokia skin. In fact it seems that the ONLY pages of the Nokia skin that don't display the music magic icons are the status and current playlist pages. While with the unit connected to my main HiFi I can use the IR remote, I can't with the 3 Squeezeboxes I'm installing next week for whole house audio as they are going to be hidden in a media rack and controlled soley over WLAN using N800s. Could someone who understands how the html fits together better than me and can install MusicMagic see if the code can be patched? I'm at a loss I'm afraid. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31398 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia N800
Thanks Ben. I gathered that you wouldn't be able to help which is why I thought I'd try to cast the net wider. Now I have about 14Gig of multimedia to transfer. My next Nokia toy is going to be an N95. Yummy! Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31398 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia N800
I don't know what is going on with the memory leak either. It appears to be almost random in the way it appears. One thing for certain is if I take the SD card out the N800 will run for days, if I put it in eventually the browser starts gobbling up memory. If I ever get to track it down further I'll let you know. I don't have two identical SD cards so I can't leave two running side by side. As to MusicIP. If you list albums/artists or tracks you get a MusicIP icon to make a mix. There isn't one on the status page (and I'm not sure that there should be), but I would expect to see a icon on each of the items in the current playlist. While that feature is in Fishbone, it isn't there on the default skin. The only way to get there at the moment is to drill down via artist and or album and then find the track or to search for the track... I did have a quick look at the html but I'm afraid it is beyond me. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31398 ___ discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia N800
Ben, I'm finiding it very difficult to track it down but one thing will guarantee it won't happen and that is to remove the Sandisk SD Card - why that manifests itself in a browser memory leak I don't know. I'll see what happens with the SDHC cards. Just in case it is a hardware fault I'll open up another one of the N800s I have and try the Sandisk card in it. I've also re installed the Nokia 770 skin from scratch and copied it to a new (N800) folder prior to editing. All I've done so far is re-arrange the home page. Something completely different. I installed MusicMagic and it takes a handful of clicks to base a new MM playlist based on the currently playing track. On the Fishbone skin for example each item in the current playlist has an MM icon. How difficult would it be to add the same to the N770 skin? Great work BTW. I ordered three Squeezeboxes today and tend to implement the 3 additional zones next week. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31398 ___ discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia N800
There's definitely something going on with the browser - it is consuming huge amounts of memory but only in certain obscure circumstances. I'll try to put together a step by step guide to reproducing the problem in the meantime I've just increased the swap to 128Mb... Are you still updating the skin in the nightlies Ben, or is 6.5.x pretty much fixed with all development work focussed on 7? Great skin btw. I was able to get 4 N800s FOC (Nokia is my brother's ad agency's biggest client), and I've got Squeezeboxes sitting in Node 0 (next to the home cinema stack). They replaced a QED MusiQ and an old Imerge Soundserver. The cabling for high level audio is already in place, but the N800 in conjunction with Slimserver is just so much better. The soundserver was controlled by Philips Prontos and every time I added a new album I had to edit the remote control. I've been asked to write it up for the UK Home Automation website - http://www.automatedhome.co.uk/. The webmaster has a Sonos system, but most of the site members are DIY tinkerers, loads of them run Linux so slimserver is right up their street. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31398 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia N800
I've got the latest flash and since increasing the swap space to 128Meg the problem seems to have gone away. I dual boot from an SD card, and I'm about to patch the kernel and buy an 8Gig SDHC card so I'll hardly be short of space. Here's me a Linux virgin until 10 days ago and I'm already patching things! Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31398 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia N800
Now that I've worked out how to monitor resource usage I can't reproduce the problem. At one stage the browser was consuming about 40Mb... I'll keep an eye on it and if it happens again I'll report back. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31398 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Nokia N800
Has anyone noticed an issue with a memory leak with the N800 and the N770 skin? I'm using a nightly and seem to be getting a massive increase in memory usage (as reported by top) I *think* it is only happening when I use the skin to control an mp3 stream which is played back on the N800 itself. Running nightly 2007-03-14. Minor modification to convert the drop-down box to display only. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31398 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Squeezebox vs Sonos
I'm in the process of setting up an N800 as a dedicated Squeezebox remote. When (If!) I can get it working in kiosk mode to make it easier for other family membersto pickup it will be perfect. It is pretty easy as it is as I've downloaded the SB3 + remote icon from the products homepage and all you have to do is click on the icon to load the webpage and then press one button to make the page fullscreen. I've also done a tiny bit of editing on the server side to turn the drop down player select box into a display field and will eventually set up a dedicated remote for each player by using /index.html?player=name at the end of the squeezebox url. While it does start to get a touch expensive buying one remote for each zone the slimdevices solution is so much more configurable than the Sonus plus I'm putting the players in place of a centrally wired Soundserver and QED MusiQ system. The SB3s will sit hidden out of place in a home cinema rack with the N800s as a discrete touchscreen remote next to the speakers in each zone. I'm also thinking about installing a TCP/IP to IR interface. Instead of just a zone controller it could form the basis of a Smarthome control hub. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33224 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer 6.5.1 won't release its mySQL instance upon closure
Thanks, I can now upgrade Slimserver without restarting the server. I'm sure that when it is installed on Windows Server it is most likely, like mine, used in a SoHo environment. I have to do all my maintenance between 1 and 7am as it is in use all day and every evening as email, media and document server... I even have to backup my media files seperately as being uncompressible rather than the rated 2.0x compression on the tapes I only achieve 1.01x Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28832 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer 6.5.1 won't release its mySQL instance upon closure
Personally it would make life slightly easier for me and others to be able to remotely administer slimserver services but it would only save me a few mouse clicks. I can log on to the server via terminal services (remote desktop) from both the local network and the internet. I suppose it depends on how much coding is involved. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28832 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SlimServer 6.5.1 won't release its mySQL instance upon closure
I'm suffering the same problem on Win2003 SBS. It is driving me mad. I'm now trying with the latest nightly and the problem still isn't fixed. I'll email support. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28832 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How to Bookmark a Specific Player?
Is there anyway to stop the dropdown box appearing so that the browser is locked in to a particular player by url? My brother does a lot of work for Nokia so can get hold of one 770 for each of the 4 Squeezeboxes we have. The last thing I want is for the remotes to get cross-linked and for the less tech-savvy in the household to get confused! Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18118 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Streaming
Does the Squeezebox stream files in the format they are stored (either FLAC, MP3 or AAC in my case) and then convert them internally, or does Slimserver covert them into WAV and then transmit them? Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27461 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Streaming
Thanks. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27461 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: IE7 and Fishbone
Fishbone works with 6.5 on IE7, but the last time I tried it didn't work with 6.2.2 Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23338 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: IE7 and Fishbone
Doesn't work for me either. I'm running 6.2.2. I'll try installing IE7 on a different PC and see if it works. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23338 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Okay, maybe it's time to call it a day...
Bennett, Gavin (LDN Int) Wrote: Windows has some major bad points but if done carefuly can very succesful. My next project is too add Exchange Server, Outlook Web Access and a HTTPS web site to the slimp3 server - it has plenty of capacity to run these as well. I've got an Athlon XP3200+ with 2 Gig of RAM - 4x 120Gig drives arranged in software raid 0 just for user data (including music) and it easily copes with running Small Business Server 2003, which includes Exchange, OWA etc, plus Network Associates centrally managed Anti-Virus software, Windows Software Update Services, Diskeeper, Veritas Backup and Slimserver. It supports 10 PC clients (all wireless with a network of 3 Access Points) and 3 Squeezebox 3s. Slimserver adds virtually no load at all to the server. Having said that if I try running any of the nightlies with the latest firmware all 3 stop playing at seemingly random points. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=16523 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problem With Checked Songs
I'll agree with you that the slimserver software isn't an out of the box solution - bear in mind that it isn't really a web based application but the easiest way to give all users on a network full control is to use a web front end. It has taken me about a month to get it working as I want it (I use the BBC plug in, I'm about to use IR passthrough to control a scaler which won't fit on my equipment rack, and I'm going to edit remote control maps to add in a few commands that will make life easier). The latest excercise was adding a tag to all my albums so they are sorted by artists' family name and not first name. It does need a bit of tweaking, but once you get there it is awesome. My server is reasonably heavily loaded - it is only an XP3200 and has Exchange Server, all the Small Busines Server websites plus a couple of my own, MASSIVE users shared folders (two kids use it and they're always downloading crap, SQL server, IAS - I'm constantly getting warnings about processor utilisation being too high, but it still copes with Slimserver. I've got no experience of ITunes (other than installing it on my nephew's PC, and he's not impressed with ITunes under windows). I'd suggest dumping it altogether and replacing it with EAC but that might be too big a step for you... Have you tried just disabling the iTunes plug-in on the plug-ins page and just setting Slimserver up to scan your music folder? It does sub-folders by default, and if you have multiple folders all you have to do is create shortcusts and place them in the main folder. I know that isn't an ideal long term solution, but it might get you up and running in the short term. Fire off an email to tech support, it will take a few days but you never know they may come up with a really easy solution. I do understand your frustration - I tried using a 6.2.2 nightly and music would just stop playing at random intervals, so I'm back to released software. This community is a friendly one, and you'll find that a lot of the posts aren't bugs per-se but people trying to find a better way of doing something. It is EXTREMELY powerful, I've been watching this market for about 5 years since it was in the realm of the Home Automation hobbyist, but it wasn't until I'd spent a couple of weeks playing with Slimserver on my PC that I decided to buy a Squeezebox. Stick with it, it might be frustrating but you'll get there. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22627 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How does everyone tag artist names?
OK, I'm struggling. It's been almost twenty years since I've used grep on unix. 1. Are there any primers on how to use the expressions to do some clever string searching. 2. How do you then use parametric options to perform the editing you want. First off a primer would be great. Just to get me started what expressions would you use to create an action that takes the artist names and adds an artistsort tag in the following manner K.T. Tunstall - Tunstall, K.T. James Blunt - Blunt, James Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22633 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How does everyone tag artist names?
If only your post had arrived yesterday Geoff, I've done them all now. I must make a donation, MP3tag is really well written software, far superior to othe products which cost $30 to register. I must also send that postcard in for EAC. Mareo needs a bit of work I must get around to documenting bugs I've come across. I'm not going to bother with the mp3s as I personally only use them in my BMW (it plays CDs with mp3s burned on them and displays the track and album title on the on-board monitor, but nothing else) My niece and nephew who use a Creative and an iPod respectively couldn't care less. Someone was moaning about poorly implemented software the other day. According to my nephew iTunes is just horrible on the PC compared with WMP. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22633 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How does everyone tag artist names?
I sent him a book from his Amazon wishlist... Well worth it. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22633 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: SlimServer does not start
It could be that you have another application running on port 9000. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22669 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: songs stop playing
I had exactly the same problem and downgrading to 6.2.1 and FW28 solved it. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22624 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] How does everyone tag artist names?
I've got a relatively small collection (300 CDs), but as it grows it is going to become increasingly difficult to browse. How do those of you wit large collections tag Artist names? Surname, Forname, or the way it comes down from freedb Forname Surname Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22633 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Problem With Checked Songs
KevinW Wrote: I want to show all songs regardless if they are chekced or not. I change this setting but it keeps on changing back and as a result I only see nine albums out of the 324 albums that I have. Any suggestions - other than checking all songs? (Running 6.2.1 5194 on XP) I don't know what you mean by checked. If you mean scanned by Slimserver then there is a plug in which allows you to scan once every 24 hours. If you keep loosing albums it could be because your ripping software isn;t tagging the files properly. KevinW Wrote: The SlimServer, on the other hand, seems to be trash. Very unreliable, finicky and slow. Like most poorly written software, it does far more than the average user wants but can't do the basic things well. This is to bad because the strength of this kind of set up will never be the audio quality, but the ability to get instant and organized access to 100s of CDs. The crapy SS software fustrates this goal. SD would better serve their customers if they hired some competent programmers and wrote a robuts and responsive application, perferably a WinForm App as the primary. They need something that is going to do the basic work of display and play, reliably, 99.999% of the time. KW Trash and crappy aren't words I'd use. I do have an issue with the fact that some of the advanced features are poorly documented, but the software works perfectly for me. I just rip using EAC and encode using FLAC in one pass directly onto a Windows Small Business Server which has around 8 clients accessing it during the course of the day and it runs 4 Squeezeboxes perfectly. Audio quality may not be a priority for you, but it certainly is for me. Perhaps if you changed the tone of your post, explained your problem in detail someone might dive in and help you. What ripping software do you use? How are you encoding your files - and what format? How is your music organised? I've been waiting for years for networked mp3 players to come of age and Slimserver together with the Squeezebox 3 does everything I want to and because of the nature of the Open Source software it will continue to evolve as users require and add more features. -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22627 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: How does everyone tag artist names?
I rip once but encode twice (using EAC and MAREO) - FLAC for use with the Squeezebox (and archiving) and MP3 for use in portable players and the car, so yes it does help. It means going through 300 albums with MP3tag and adding an extra tag but I'm quite anal about keeping things neat. Unless of course you know of a better freeware tagging program. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=22633 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: More slimserver connection problems? NetTest help!
I had a problem with the connection dropping out after around 35 minutes play when using 6.2.2 and FW 35 with a Linksys WAP54G with WPA. Downgrading to 6.2.1 and FW28 solved the problem for me. I thought it might be a dodgy installation but the symptoms are consistently repeatable. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21966 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: More slimserver connection problems? NetTest help!
The WRT54 can be a nightmare - I know people from Cisco who won't use them, the wireless side of things can be very temperamental. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21966 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What debug boxes to tick
As per the attached I get a BIG increase in SNR 10dB is huge as it's a logarithmic scale. Latest daily build doesn't help, which means: 1. I've got an obscure hardware or software configuration which is allowing a bug to manifest, or 2. I've got a faulty player I suppose the easy way to check is to install the server on another PC. I'll try later. If that is the case I will need some help tracking down what is going on. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21947 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What debug boxes to tick
The 3% where nearly empty is a function of the Squeezebox 3 - it empties the buffer when you get to the end of a track. The only other thing I can think of is altering the FLAC encoding scheme I'm using. I've uninstalled the server software re-booted and removed any vestigial files and I'm about to re-install. It worked when I first used it so there must be something different. Re-flashing the firmware has allowed me to correct a problem in another area of the house - a PC with a high gain antenna was struggling to connect at 11Mbits. I use 3 WAP 54s all with High gain antennae to cover a house which is 55m from one end to the other. Net-stumbler shows a decent increase in SNR - and rather than just ramping it up to 84mW the power output is selectable. I've emailed a mate at Cisco to see if the limit is purely regulartory or if there's a danger of causing harm! Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21947 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What debug boxes to tick
It appears that your first thoughts were correct - un-installing and re-installing the server software with 6.2.1 (which automatically downgraded the firmware in the player to 28 appears to have solved the problem. I'm a great believer in self help - is there a document somewhere that lists what each of the debug options refers to? I've said it before - while the software is fantastic the documentation is poor. Someone from Slimdevices needs to sit down and provide a full set of end-user documentation. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21947 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What debug boxes to tick
No excessive heat generation - it isn't noticeably any warmer than standard. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21947 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Wireless network fails after half hour playing FLACs
FLAC shouldn't put your router under particular strain - I'm listening to the excellent new David Gilmour album which I FLAC encoded last night (in fact I used EAC Mareo to encode it using FLAC and the highest bitrate CBR and VBR options for comparison purposes) No-one else is streaming anything of any consequence off my server (where all the shared music files reside) and the network connection (100Mbps it goes up into a switch in the loft which feeds 3 access points, we have a big house) is showing less than 1% utilisation, so with WPA and TCP/IP overhead taken into account worst case you are only looking at using 5% of the Access Point's capacity. I use Linksys WAP54s (I use Linksys wireless kit exclusively with a Thomson multimedia router, as I wouldn't touch a WAG54 in the UK where we use PPPoA, even the Cisco guys won't buy them through the staff shop as they are so bad!) It is worth replacing the stock antennae with the High gain replacements (HGA7T from memory). I'm not a Squeezebox expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I've been playing with wireless networks since the days when PCI cards cost 100 quid a piece! Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21866 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What debug boxes to tick
Log output on fail: 2006-03-10 09:36:35.5306 Backtrace: frame 0: Slim::Player::Squeezebox2::directHeaders (/PerlApp/Slim/Networking/Slimproto.pm line 413) frame 1: Slim::Networking::Slimproto::process_slimproto_frame (/PerlApp/Slim/Networking/Slimproto.pm line 244) frame 2: Slim::Networking::Slimproto::client_readable (/PerlApp/Slim/Networking/Select.pm line 111) frame 3: Slim::Networking::Select::select (slimserver.pl line 634) frame 4: main::idle (slimserver.pl line 38) frame 5: PerlSvc::Startup (perlsvc.pl line 1481) frame 6: PerlSvc::_startup (slimserver.pl line 0) frame 7: (eval) (slimserver.pl line 0) 2006-03-10 09:36:45.8248 00:04:20:06:36:ce: Decoder underrun while this mode: play 2006-03-10 09:36:45.8255 Got a track starting event 2006-03-10 09:36:45.8256 Song 1 had already started, so it's not longer in the queue 2006-03-10 09:36:45.8258 Song 2 has now started playing 2006-03-10 09:36:45.8261 Song queue is now 2 2006-03-10 09:36:48.6720 00:04:20:06:36:ce: Underrun while this mode: play What does underrun mean? Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21947 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What debug boxes to tick
2006-03-10 10:30:31.6751 00:04:20:06:36:ce: Decoder underrun while this mode: play 2006-03-10 10:30:41.7124 00:04:20:06:36:ce: Underrun while this mode: play -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21947 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What debug boxes to tick
I've deliberately used the the box that is in a position to deliver the files quickest as the server as it is hard wired into the switch. I'm trying to listen to FLAC encoded files over the network. The problem doesn't seem to happen if I close down any web browsers pointing at the slim server. Buffer fill isn't an issue, I'll enable d_source, should I turn anything else on while I'm at it? Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21947 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What debug boxes to tick
I'll see what it turns up, the error is a bit unpredictable. Is the log visible in the browser the whole thing, and where is it? Stupid question I know but a search for log.txt doesn't turn up much! I've turned off virus scanning on read to see if that has an impact, but it doesn't seem to. The main culprit appears to be the slim-server web browser. I'm having fun on my desktop PC ripping CDs using Mareo and 4 different levels of compression ready for some blind testing over the weekend. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21947 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What debug boxes to tick
I got that far I just thought there might actually be a text based log file somewhere. I have no idea what is causing it. It has nothing to do with loading on the server as I had the task manager open when it crapped out this time, and it was pretty much idle. I've copied more than is needed into a proper text file. Tim +---+ |Filename: log.txt | |Download: http://forums.slimdevices.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1006| +---+ -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21947 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What debug boxes to tick
It isn't the file I get the same error randomly whatever I'm playing. I have moved the access point to a higher shelf though so the signal strength is around 65-70% now. What sort of signal strength is required for reliable operation? I was hoping to install these in the house next door which has more than the odd weak spot, certainly weaker than 50% on the Squeezebox display... Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21947 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What debug boxes to tick
I'm up to the high 60s for signal strength - the signal strength meter on my pocket PC shows 75% at the same location. My desktop PC, notebook, PocketPC and printer all connect without problems, and I can stream 1.5Mbit videos from the internet over the wireless connection I have to be careful that I don't overlap as we use 3 access points in total (big house) but I'll try changing the channel. Maybe I've just got a duff unit. In order to determine whether or not it is signal strength that is causing the problem I have two avenues I can persue: 1. Use an external adapter 2. Use a long piece of CAT 5 to wire directly into the socket via a 4 port switch - I've got lots of bits of kit lying around. Is there any particular software build/firmware combo you'd recommend? Oh, and thanks for all your help. I've asked Kevin Pearsall at Slimdevices to look in to see if he can shed some light. There is a third option. Leave it and play with the Meridian G68 I have on loan. It's a great piece of kit - so good I've already decided to buy one! Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21947 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What debug boxes to tick
Our posts crossed, I've installed the Net-test plugin - I can run at 2k showing 100% all the time, and at 3k at around the mid 90s. Which debug parameter shows buffer use? Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21947 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What debug boxes to tick
(1) is an installable plug-in (just a single file) and I've been using (2) since the start which to my mind errs on the pessimistic side (though not I suppose if you want FLAC without timing errors (jitter). I hope I'm not putting a curse on this but I changed the channel from 6 to 1 and it appears to be OK it has just played an entire FLAC encoded CD for the first time (David Gilmour - On An Island, out this week, if you liked Pink Floyd it's a must buy) Given that is does seem to need a clean signal I think I'm going to have to put another Access Point in the loft as they want three Squeezeboxes next door. Let's hope I continue to make progress. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21947 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What debug boxes to tick
I'm not sure whether wireless is the issue - I get 100% at 2k and well over 95 at 3k - the access point is less than 20 feet from the Squeezebox and is fitted with 7dBi high gain antennae. I already have a PocketPC together with Pocket WinC to check for Wireless dead spots, and the IR on phones and pocketPCs isn't powerful enough for my needs. I already have a BW Pronto that I've custom programmed, I just thought it might be nice to inject some colour. The next thing I'm going to try is flashing the Access Point with hacked firmware (which will probably microwave my balls) - if the problem persists then the wireless network isn't the problem. Any other ideas? Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21947 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What debug boxes to tick
I've now increased the output power from 22mW to 84mw - combined with the high gain antennae I'm now transmitting well beyond the EC conformity regs, BUT I have a modern building with foil backed insulation so it isn't going to escape. The Squeezebox now reports an 84% signal strength. I'll do some tests tomorrow - if it continues to fail it is something else that is causing the dropouts. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21947 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: What debug boxes to tick
in seconds. If any timer task takes more than 0.5 seconds this is likely to impact the user interface. 0.002 : 6358 : 80% 0.005 : 1569 : 20% # 0.01 :4 : 0% 0.015 :1 : 0% 0.025 :6 : 0% 0.05 :0 : 0% 0.1 :4 : 0% 0.5 :0 : 0% 1 :0 : 0% 5 :0 : 0% =5 :0 : 0% max : 0.054021 min : -0.015232 avg : 0.001009 It is still stopping half way through a track, and I think my room would be a radiation hazard if I pumped the power up any higher. I'll upgrade to the latest daily build and see if that helps. -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21947 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] What debug boxes to tick
I'm finding more and more often that my Squeezebox just stops playing halfway through a track for no apparent reason. I was running 6.2.2, I've now downgraded to 6.2.1. What debug boxes should I select in order to find out what is causing the problem? Signal strength is only showing between 50 and 60% which I find surprising as the PCs in the room show between very good and excellent. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21947 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Discrete Codes
Can anyone point me in the direction of a Pronto CCF which uses the JVC codes. The Slimserver remote codes work fine when transmitted by IR, but I have a ceiling mounted RF-IR converter so that I don't have to point my remote at the equipment stack (it also allows me to control lights and change satellite channels from any room in the house), and when I do certain commands don't work properly. I'm happy to create my own map, but as I understand it the Squeezebox won't work with RC5 codes. What about RC6? While I'm at it is there a list of commands that the Squeezebox responds to so that perhaps I can add a few discretes of my own? Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21523 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Discrete Codes
Yet again I've managed to find the solution. The latest version of ProntoEdit NG has a duration option per button press. By setting that to .2 secs it stops it sending two keypresses instead of one when going through the RF-IR converter. Much easier than editing the raw IR codes as I've done in the past (I was an early adopter - pre ordered my original TS-1000 from Jack Schulz and managed to get the first one to hit UK shores) I'll find the optimum setting (using Newton's method) and then edit the entire file and upload it somewhere. My graphics aren't particularly clever - I use the default set from the RC-5200, adopted from Daniel Tonks's first custom buttons for the original TS-1000 but the IR codes are stored on seperate buttons adapted from Jonathan Schalliol's TS-2000 CCF. One great thing about the NG prontos is that the extra hard buttons generally mean you can cut the number of panels in half. One of these days I'll get around to using the native graphics of the 950! I'm really enjoying playing with the Squeezebox and becoming part of the community. Do a search on my posts and you'll find that I appear to have discovered a number of problems and solutions since last Thursday when I first loaded the software. What a fantastic bit of kit! Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21523 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Discrete Codes
Yes I have searched! Squeezebox 3 with Slimserver 6.2.2. Is there anything I have to do to get discrete codes working? I've put together a pcf for my RU-950 based on a few I've downloaded from the plug-ins page but the Squeezebox doesn't respond to any of the discrete codes. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21523 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Discrete Codes
Found the answer! I'm surprised that the default .ir file doesn't have the discrete codes included - I can't imagine many people not using a system remote with the Squeezebox. While it is fantastic out of the box and I'm really enjoying tweaking it, it isn't a product for the faint hearted. I can't imagine many of my non-computer literate friends being able to cope with even adding the BBC plug-in. Even the tech guys at my local home cinema installers would struggle. In the last couple of days I've sold this to three people - I guess I'm going to have to be doing the setting up for them! Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21523 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Re: Discrete Codes
Kevin O. Lepard Wrote: Where are they? Kevin -- Kevin O. Lepard Happiness is being 100% Microsoft free. The remote configuration files are in the plug-in area. Some of them have a .ir file included - the simplest way to do it is to find a replacement Slim_Devices_Remote.ir and overwrite the existing file in C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\IR (Bruce Hartley's config (BH_9200) has the .ir file and a spreadsheet listing the custom IR functions for the Pronto family of remotes). Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21523 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
