1 - In 6.3, I'm sure I turned off the album artwork - it's not
something I want in my web interface. But I can't find a way/remember
how to do it in 6.5
Consider the option gone.
2 - to my mind, the default web interface in 6.5 is a lot uglier than
it was in 6.3 (sorry!).
What's uglier than
Transactions not supported by database at /usr/lib/perl5/DBI.pm line
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Does your MySQL installation support the InnoDB backend?
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It should, but maybe the package is horribly broken - how can I check?
Don't know for sure. Check /etc/my.cnf - if there's a line
skip-innodb
...then it's no good :-). If there are a few lines like
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innodb_data_home_dir = /var/lib/mysql/
innodb_data_file_path =
2006-08-21 13:21:18.7398 Use of uninitialized value in concatenation
(.) or string at /opt/slimserver/Slim/Display/Lib/Fonts.pm line 355.
You'd best start a new thread for this one.
Transactions not supported by database at /opt/slimserver/scanner.pl
line 128.
Transactions not supported by
For a while now some of my albums have this on a black background, and
some on white (default skin).
Is there some reason behind this?
Internet Explorer not able displaying PNG files with transparency, I
guess...
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luck. I noticed that the MySQL my.tt configuration file includes the
my.tt is only the template for creating Cache/my.cnf. You'll have to
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We've added a new plugin to the 6.5 beta. RadioTime's RadioGuide is a
huge directory of radio stations, indexed by genre and location. You
can also create an account at www.radiotime.com to bookmark your
favorite stations which will then appear under My Radio.
WOW! Very cool, indeed. And it
The following files were removed from the plugins folder:
C:\Documents and Settings\Owner\Desktop\New Folder\AlbumReview
Oh, that's one of mine :-) Just be sure you update all plugins to the
latest version, compatible with 6.5 (not only true for my plugins).
C:\Documents and
Steve,
thanks for showing up here!
We were sending a Real stream for KQED. That's patched up, shoudl fix
other station issues.
What's the policy concerning formats? I've noticed that most of the swiss
stations I tried were using Real streams, though they offer WMA as well. I
would
Are the skins that come with 6.5 supposed to work under Internet
Explorer? Some of them look really good and much better than the
default skin, however the fonts are all over the place and graphics are
sometimes to large.
Please empty your browser's cache and do a full refresh of the page.
This is based on the Touch skin at resolution 1280x1024
Now that's a special case... you asked me _not_ to recommend other
browsers. But Touch is inherited from Nokia770 which has been designed for
that device. It features an Opera browser. And its author once mentioned
not even to bother
at the end of the day the ease of
use is what I need and I've never had a problem with it, the family can
pick it up and just use it.
Just because you're used to using product A doesn't mean it is easier to
use than product B. Give B a chance and you would not want to have to use
A any
frame 0: Slim::Web::HTTP::unescape
(/Users/oscarj/Library/SlimDevices/Plugins/Execute.pm line 271)
[... lots more of the above snipped]
You should update your Execute plugin - not related to the real issue,
though.
*Can't call method isMusicLibraryFileChanged without a package or
object
Yes, I'm using iTunes. It's happening when I start the server. The
previous build I was using 2006-08-07, by the way.
Ok, now it crashed. I expected it to crash during the scan, but it didn't.
I then restarted slimserver to reload a plugin, and boom. I opened bug
4050
Firmware version 61 makes my Squeezebox2 very slow and unresponsive.
I often had to do a factory reset after firmware upgrades to have it work
smoothly again. Unplug the device, press and hold the ADD button while
plugging it in again. You'll have to reconfigure the network.
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Win XP SP2 fully patched, Ethernet to SB1, Wireless to SP2, Running
Music IP in headless mode with no path set in Server Settings for Music
Library (scan has picked up all tracks). No iTunes, no playlists.
All MP3? SB1 doesn't support some of the formats SB2 does support. So be
sure you check
No, all flac. Ah - I changed some settings yesterday to stream flac
only as flac - think i need to have another little play - thanks.
Yep: SB1 doesn't play flac natively. Slimserver will have to stream WAV
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Then you have to set it :-) Are you using iTunes or MusicMagic or
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I'm sure flipflip is already working on an updated SSODS. But he might
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Yep ... that's what I did too. Hopefully they'll get that sorted out
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The latest nightly tarball
(http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/SlimServer_6_5_x_v2006-09-08/SlimServer_6.5_v2006-09-08.no-cpan-arch.tar.gz)
contains a server subfolder under which the actual server files are
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A little of both.. I'm reworking our build scripts.
Will there eventually be that server folder or just the
SlimServer_v2006xxx/ as install root? SlimCD's upgrade script isn't
intelligent enough...
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I would like to get it back to the way it was.
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When you go into the new Server Settings/Basic Settings, you no longer
get any slimserver version information.
Fixed in 9585. Thanks.
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I'm using the 6.31 in synology DS101-G+, can I just extract the 6.5b2
and overwritten all files in slimserver for the upgrade?
No, you'll need some updates to the perl modules as well. If you're
familiar with compiling stuff and installing modules from some repository
on the DS, go ahead
And by that i mean, the text that is currently on the display is
cleared all at once, then folder contents scrolls in.
You may consider yourself a lucky man, then: there's now that screen with
the turning progress indicator between the two modes. This was introduced
as browsing music
I vote for an option in player config to disable this feature.
Feel free to open a feature request on http://bugs.slimdevices.com
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I continued in the Predixis forum before I notices it was you too over
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About 10% (6,000 tracks or so) of my library would get imported as no
artist and no album. There didn't seem to be a common thread to why
this would happen with some albums...whether they be flac, mp3, aac, in
the Itunes library, not in the Itunes library, whether or not I have
Slimserver set to
Yes, anyone would think this question had been asked before, or
something ... ;)
Well, it was in the German forums, but only about 3h ago :-)
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The latest version of the plugins. It took me a while to understand that
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That's the only way we can fix these issues. I can get this in for 6.5.1
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You can always download the latest slimserver tar ball and extract the
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Do you have a transporter?!? It should have shipped last week, but I
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Someone's got one (two actually) there are photos in the audiophile
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Oh, of course... I'm in the wrong forums for that kind of device :-)
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What's so bad about NET::FTP, or was that before you'd noticed the
threads?
As SlimServer is still single threaded (the scanner is running as a
separate _process_) Net::FTP and LWP::Simple Co. will block execution of
the server until they've finished their job. This can lead to
screenshots attached for new 1-by-1 features
Looking good! As does Nokia770 on that device - last night I saw them for
the first time together.
But: could you please add the text labels to strings.txt instead of hard
coding them in the templates? I'd really _love_ to translate them :-)
Michael-- I'm assuming you mean for the OSD messages? Yes, I can do
What's the OSD? On Screen Display? On the screenshot I noticed the
shrink/??? links.
that, and my apologies-- I frequently forget locale when I'm developing
Just get used to not using anything in quotes :-)
new things.
I'll keep you informed via this thread.
Don't worry: I'm subscribed to the checkins list and rarely miss a change
to strings.txt ;-)
Entschuldigung. Or Mi scuzi, or excusez-moi, depending where you
are in die Schwiez.
Kein Problem.
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looking through Tortoise SVN Switch To Branch/Tag, I can see a 6.5
branch, and a 6.5.1 tag. Does the 6.5 branch actually include 6.5.1, or
should I use the tag?
Yes, it does. It's imho just a tag to mark a point in time in the 6.5
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It can be done if you run your own installation of MySQL server. Then
you edit each prefs file to point to a different MySQL database. But
I think this is exactly the way to do it: for the second instance consider
the first instance's MySQL the external server. Configure the second as
if
posted in the discuss group, but I've also just noticed that I have a
few errors reported in my log file.
I have seen similar messages with my test server as well. I'm using
subversion to get the latest changes. I don't know what exactly was
causing the problem, but after a new checkout
Is there a way to add some registry entries to get the --upnp enabled
in the slimsrv service that was created by the installer instead?
The way to add registry entries is regedit :-). You know, this is
dangerous, don't do this at home, kids, blah, blah. Open
See my edited reply, above.
Please don't edit postings with substantial changes. Makes it hard to
follow up with. Especially if you're subscribed to the mailing list - I
only get the original version.
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This is probably obvious, but where do I find the Plugin settings on
the 7.0 nightly?
It doesn't exist yet. The plugin interface is undergoing major changes.
Consider 7.0 non existent and the trunk version under heavy development -
to be broken at any time.
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Smae is my question too...
Then the same answer applies. Or did I not understand your question?
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I see that for every file: Slimserver, for some reason, is actually
opening all the files on the song-data import list for some reason,
even though it scanned them in already.
AFAIK you can use MusicMagic as the only source for the file list. You
don't need to set a file path. While importing
Um... don't buy -Up- by Shania Twain?
BTW: did you know that although both Shania Twain's and REM's albums came
out before PG's UP album, the latter was announced long before them? He's
kind of a slow breeder...
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BTW: did you know that although both Shania Twain's and REM's albums
came out before PG's UP album, the latter was announced long before
them? He's kind of a slow breeder...
Oh, I was wrong: Shania twain's album came out a few months after PG's :-)
Starting SlimServer failed. Please see the Event Viewer contact
support.
And please tell us: what did the event log say?
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No, Norton.
Doesn't matter. Can you make sure it's not scanning *.myi and *.myd files?
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Here's the log of a rescan (with scan debugging set to debug via the
web interface and without a server restart after the setting change -
not sure if it worked or not):
Please set the scan debugging option to Debug as well. There have been
changes to the SQL schema which require a full
Any suggestions? What have I done wrong?
MySQL does not start or does not listen on port 9092.
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Except for using exception handling for errors, which scares me.
Isn't it in this case about actually handling exceptions instead of just
crashing the server? Today if a plugin is behaving badly, the server just
goes away. In 7.0 exceptions in plugins are caught, SlimServer will
continue
with no devices active Slim.exe is using upto 50% of the CPU all the
time!!!
Is it probably still scanning?
Also there is no menu on right click of the icon in the system tray.
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So, if the server is automaticly scan, how do I disable scan? I never
do a re-scan
You can't. It will automatically scan as soon as you install it and define
a music path. Depending on the size of your collection and the performance
of your machine this can take a few minutes/hours (on
Location: \\192.168.1.44\all\SS Music (Download)
As SlimServer is running as a service it may by default _not_ access
network shares. You'll have to make it run using your credentials (or some
other user with the appropriate permissions). Please see the FAQ on how to
achieve this.
Michael
Any chance this could be merged into SlimServer 6? From what I can
tell, this didn't require some fundamental architecture change - it's
mostly user interface - so I would think it's doable without tipping
the boat too much.
It's a complete rewrite. The 6.x favorites don't support
Just a different data storage format, isn't it? How much does that
influence how difficult it would be to get it into SlimServer 6?
Very easy. Download that MyPicks plugin and be happy.
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Is this a Linux only thing? If so, are there obstacles that prevent
the same from being done on Windows systems?
The main obstacle is that Windows doesn't know log rotation. On most
Linux/Unix system it's a standard service. You'd have to install it on
Windows yourself (I'm sure there are
I'm still having a hard time fathoming that the effort we're seeing,
mostly from a handful of volunteers and a couple contractors, is all
the effort a corporation like Logitech is willing to put into
SlimServer. If SlimServer is really to play much of a part in their
future software strategy
I thought at first this was probably due to trying to open the WebUI too
soon after restarting SlimServer, but that isn't the case.
Why not? It's exactly what I would have said :-). Why do you think this is
not the case? Is it every first time, no matter how long SlimServer has
been
You can see where in his screenshot - look at the 'favicon' in the tab
header...
Done - should be in tomorrow's nightly build (trunk only).
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By default I.E will look for favicon.ico at the root of the web site
you're browsing.
I don't know why slimserver is handling it this way, but if you request
favicon.ico, it will take mypage.ico. The client (browser) doesn't know about
this. SS is handling it.
Michael
I haven't had a chance to upgrade to 6.5.5, but noticed at the weekend
that a very recent 6.5.4 nightly would not allow me to navigate any
context links
Hmm... does work for me (latest 6.5.5 nightly). You might need to rescan your
collection?
Michael
I'm getting stuttering, dropouts, and then continuous reboots of my
SB2. Plays ok for 15-20 minutes, then the wheels come off completely.
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Thanks for your feedback. I'll to regroup your impressions:
- A lot of wasted space.
- Huge page margin - looks like at least 20 pixels.
- 50 pixel album thumbnails by default are really, really small.
- I'm not partial to the list view in gallery mode, but I suppose
without the ability to
Pity Slimserver 7 isn't available for demoing remotely.
I'd like to see what the UI looks like but don't fancy screwing around
with a working 6.5 system.
VMware is your friend :-). What OS are you using?
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On the Home page when you move the cursor down the left hand menu the
cursor will get to the button below but the option above will still be
highlighted.
That's an issue with IE I still have to track down. I thought the problem was
it only triggered at the top, but nowhere else. Interestingly
don't worry about it. I already have a fix. :) Just a couple of minor
things to tweak
Great, thanks! I'm only catching up with all the weekend's mails...
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It's actually extremely easy to reproduce - only the first search
works.
Now that one took me too long to figure out, and it's rather stupid: while you
try to do a second search, FF is still waiting for the add and play buttons to
load. As they're hardcoded GIF and I'm using PNG, they don't
I've just noticed that it wouldn't scan any folder shortcuts in my
[..]
Incidently, I'm not sure if you were aware of the problem alot of
Transporter users have been experinencing regarding the use of the
Please open new threads/bugs for these issues. They are absolutely
unrelated with the
Mike
I'm not sure I'm doing something wrong, but I can't reproduce this:
- music folder is M:
- put a shortcut to d:\Eigene Musik in M:
- go to My Music/Music Folder/Eigene Musik
- I see the song in there, can add it, play it
- I can as well add/play All Songs from that folder
What am I doing
I agree on the wasted space thing.. My laptop is only 1024x768, and
only a 12 screen. I'll have to take a look at the CSS and maybe
send some patches. :)
1024x768 really is the minimum... But we're taking your feedback serious. The
topic is being discussed.
Michael
Hi Mike
If it's easy enough I will try installing one of the
browsers you are using to see if that changes anything when I finish
work.
Firefox is absolutely painless to install (and worth the effort anyway ;-)).
Don't get me wrong, this is not a problem for me (I can move the FLACs
folder
But, how about also only displaying album art in
the playlist if there is ablum art, a la the left pane? (I.e. don't
Sometimes I forget the obvious :-). Thanks for the pointer. Will see what
I can do.
Also also also, any chance we'll see an update to SlimNAS so we can run
version 7 on it?
With firebug open when I click on an album (one of the ones that I have
been having trouble with) to play it, firebug says:
missing ) after argument list
browsetree.html(line 1)
Utils.processPlaylistCommand('p0=playlistpl=playp2=file%3A%2F%2F%2FH%3A%2FHWMA'...
Ok, I have an idea. Could you
I can confirm that the problem is only folder or sub-directories that
that have a ' in the name, hence why my whole WMA's folder doesn't work
along with Alexenader O'Neal.
In the case of the WMAs the solution could be removing the quote. If it's
for the plural of WMA, then it's wrong anyway
Hi Erland
The problem I'm having in 6.5 is in the Custom Browse plugin where I
want a Sort by droplist and I want the Gallery button. But I want
to the contents of the drop list and the url that is executed when a
drop list item is selected to be totally different.
It then would probably
The advantage with using the pageheader.html is that I don't have to
write code in my plugin for every skin. If I implemented my own
pageheader.html I would pretty much have to make one for each skin
available on SlimServer.
I didn't mean to write your own pageheader.html but to pass some
I'm a newbie trying SS on ClarkConnect. 6.5 works fine. When I install
nightlies the install reports as OK but I can't connect using SB or to
the admin screen.
What exact 6.5.x build are you using? And which nightly (7 or 6.5.x)
doesn't work? Are you using .rpm, .tar.gz, .deb? In trunk
Ok, yet another approach. Please follow it carefully:
- open Firefox
- open http://192.168.0.3:9000/home.html
- browse to the folder where you encounter this problem (80's and Disco)
- instead of clicking the Play button (or whatever used to crash
slimserver), _right_ click it, select Inspect
Kevin,
Is the 7 beta at a fairly reliable stage?
When it comes to core functionality, I'd say yes. There's still some work in
progress, though, which may touch you or not: plugin API (if you want to run
3rd party plugins), the new skin (you can always use the now Classic skin),
SQN
Hi Mike
Michael, sorry for my ignorance but I have no idea what JavaScript is
let alone what it looks like.
Oops, sorry... JavaScript is a programming language used mainly in web pages.
It allows for controlling dynamic stuff in your browser.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript
We rely
..but I imagine you have other, bigger fish to fry.
Yes, that's probably true :-). I'll still note it on my todo list.
It's fun and
exciting to see all your tweaks and improvements come in on a daily
basis.
Thanks for the feedback!
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What's in a name? That which we call a rose
By any other name would smell as sweet.
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Sorry, wasn't yet sure what detail is relevant. 6.5.4 was fine, failure
was with any 7.0 nightly. I was using the .rpm file, which is the only
one I know how to install.
Hmm... didn't you get a warning about missing modules?
What does slimserver.log say?
Michael
Were these changes implemented in the build dated 31st?
I just downloaded the Windows build and it was there.
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- this is a huge improvement and in the right direction but still needs
a lot of design fine tuning (which you've already stated)
Thanks for the thumbs up!
- add to favorites and add to playlist both have the same symbol (a
plus sign). they must be different
Correct. Lack of artwork (not
Sebastian,
first of all: in general the new skin looks really promising!
Thanks!
I experienced a strange behaviour when I browse the albums in gallery
view. When I move the mouse over the covers after some seconds some the
rows are shifted so that they overlay each other. This always
Sorry, newbie here. I don't see a directory called /prefs. Is that the
full file path?
No, it's a sub folder SlimServer creates. I'm not sure about CC, but I guess
it's in /etc/slimserver/prefs
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OK, should not be an issue as this is happening since I first used the
new skin (which also was with the nightly build of 2007-09-02. I just
checked again and cleared the browser cache but it's immediately
re-appearing.
Could you please install Firebug and see what such an item's properties
- When I try to hit the 'Save Setting' button, it is below the bottom
of my screen. If I maximize the window, then I can just see a few
pixels of the top edge of the button. Once I press the button, then
everything resizes and I see the entire button. (Using IE7)
The settings screens are
Apologies for posting then going on holidays. I'm running WinXP and can
install VirtualPC and run a Linux SlimCd or use VMWare player.
I'm sorry, SlimCD isn't ready yet (but I've started working on it)...
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However, in IE7 when I'm on the My Music page
the scroll bar moves the highlight (not the page as it should) in the
wrong direction (ie pull scroll bar down and the highlight moves up the
page).
The scroll bar won't move the highlighter at all, but the list. The
highlighted element
Sebastian,
OK, Michael, I did not work with Firebug before so I was not aware of
the options. Anyway, here is what it lists for an element that's
shifted:
Great, thanks!
img, object[type^=image/] {binding.css (line 29)
I just sent that zipped email.
Thanks. Interestingly my first ZIP tool didn't unzip the WMA's folder... The
second did. But I still can't reproduce the issue. I tested on Mac and Windows,
again, but the quote is always correctly encoded. What FF version are you
running? I'm on 2.0.0.6
I like the treatment of the pagebar, except for a couple things:
I tweaked it a bit to cover the issues you've pointed out. Thanks for the
feedback!
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