Re: [slim] which version of server 6?

2005-03-25 Thread JJ
But keep your eyes peeled for 6.0.1. :-) - Original Message - From: "Vidur Apparao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Slim Devices Discussion" Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 6:31 PM Subject: Re: [slim] which version of server 6? Phillip, The final version of SlimServer 6.0.0 will be available by

RE: [slim] Why is the SB case so underwhwelming designwise?

2005-03-25 Thread Jason
Maybe Slim could hold a design contest for conceptual artist views of a new SB case design? > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim McCall > Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 7:12 PM > To: Slim Devices > Subject: Re: [slim] Why is the SB cas

RE: [slim] How do slimserver clients sync to same stream ?

2005-03-25 Thread Chris Saunders
Richard, Does this mean that you couldn't do the following? 1 Machine with 2 Sound Cards (WinXP, Java 1.5, MP3 Pugin) Run 2 versions of Softsqueeze (modifying MACs in prefs) Send out each Soundcard and have them sync (with Slimp3 also)? Thanks. ChriS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PRO

[slim] Squeezebox 2

2005-03-25 Thread Gregory Gilbert
I just wanted to take this opportunity to have my 15 mins. of fame.  I am the proud owner of one of the new Squeezbox2 which just shipped today.  So far I have definately noticed it has great sound quality and higher output - meaning I had to turn down the volume.  Also the screen is crisper and cl

[slim] RE: Browse Music Folder not working - related to Shortcuts?

2005-03-25 Thread Cade Roux
I tried the b3 download and the latest nightly as suggested - I now get this (instead of "Empty"): "You need to specify a path to your directory containing your music files. Click here to go to the server settings and do this now." The SliMP3 interface behaves funny when I go "right" to follow

Re: [slim] Why is the SB case so underwhwelming designwise?

2005-03-25 Thread Jim McCall
Hey, I'm glad SOMEBODY agrees with me! Seriously, I completely agree with some of these sentiments that its simplicity is appropriate and refreshing. But nonetheless, the shape is rather timid as a design. A little bit too much like a soap dish from the 70's. It still could do both: be understated

Re: [slim] which version of server 6?

2005-03-25 Thread Vidur Apparao
Phillip, The final version of SlimServer 6.0.0 will be available by Monday morning. We strongly recommend that you use that version for Squeezebox2. --Vidur Phillip Kerman wrote: My SB2 is coming any day now so I figure I'll install the required server. Anyone have a recommendation for a relati

[slim] which version of server 6?

2005-03-25 Thread Phillip Kerman
My SB2 is coming any day now so I figure I'll install the required server. Anyone have a recommendation for a relatively stable version to use? Thanks, Phillip ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/l

Re: [slim] Browse Music Folder not working - related to Shortcuts?

2005-03-25 Thread Vidur Apparao
Cade Roux wrote: Recently upgraded my SlimServer to "SlimServer Version: 6.0b1" (on Windows Server 2003) from whatever I was running before (maybe 5) after a long time of not having my SliMP3s installed in the house for a while. I'm using _only_ shortcuts in my C:\Music\MP3\ folder. I have shortcu

[slim] Browse Music Folder not working - related to Shortcuts?

2005-03-25 Thread Cade Roux
Recently upgraded my SlimServer to "SlimServer Version: 6.0b1" (on Windows Server 2003) from whatever I was running before (maybe 5) after a long time of not having my SliMP3s installed in the house for a while. I'm using _only_ shortcuts in my C:\Music\MP3\ folder. I have shortcuts there to musi

Re: [slim] Can wireless-SB2 transmitter be powered completely down?

2005-03-25 Thread Daryle A. Tilroe
You could also just take the wireless card out and save if for when you might need it; if you don't need it that is. -- Daryle A. Tilroe ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] 3/24 nightly downsampling to 96kbps problem

2005-03-25 Thread Avi Schwartz
Richard Titmuss wrote: Avi Schwartz wrote: I am streaming my music to work and listen to it using softsqueeze. Because of limited bandwidth I used to down sample my music to 96kbps and all worked fine. With the 3/24 release, 96kbps doesn't play anymore, it seems to go through the motions as I ca

[slim] Re: Special character problem in 6.0 (latest nightly)

2005-03-25 Thread Dan Sully
* Peter shaped the electrons to say... When I scan and read all my music-files and everything is perfect, but when I add (or include) with this content: D:\Music\Magi I Luften - 1985\2\14 - Lis SÃrensen - Mine Ãjne De Skal Se.mp3 It results in this result when I browse it from the web-interface: 14

[slim] Special character problem in 6.0 (latest nightly)

2005-03-25 Thread Peter
Hi,   When I scan and read all my music-files and everything is perfect, but when I add (or include) with this content:   D:\Music\Magi I Luften - 1985\2\14 - Lis Sørensen - Mine Øjne De Skal Se.mp3   It results in this result when I browse it from the web-interface:   14. Lis S?en - Mine ?

Re: [slim] Can wireless-SB2 transmitter be powered completely down?

2005-03-25 Thread Sean Adams
When a wireless Squeezebox (1 or 2) is configured for Ethernet, the wireless card is held in hardware reset, and is not initialized at all. I don't know to what extent the wireless chipset electrically powers itself down internally, but I'm certain that the radio is inactive and it is neither t

Re: [slim] Softsqueeze Screensaver problem

2005-03-25 Thread John Hernandez
Richard Titmuss wrote: John Hernandez wrote: When I "Power off" softsqueeze, I get a completely blank (black) screen, rather than the time (for which I have it configured). Softsqueeze 2.6a16 Linux Slimserver 6.0b3 Linux Server: Time Format - hh:mm pm (12h) Player: Screensaver to use when powered

Re: [slim] Softsqueeze Screensaver problem

2005-03-25 Thread Richard Titmuss
John Hernandez wrote: When I "Power off" softsqueeze, I get a completely blank (black) screen, rather than the time (for which I have it configured). Softsqueeze 2.6a16 Linux Slimserver 6.0b3 Linux Server: Time Format - hh:mm pm (12h) Player: Screensaver to use when powered off - Datetime Screens

Re: [slim] Skin for slow link

2005-03-25 Thread John Hernandez
kdf wrote: Quoting Patrick Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Try http://server:9000/EN/ ;-) I think there's a bug in the html code. no bug, just silly munging to a nice name. Alrighty- If my bookmark stops working in future versions, I'll try the non-silly munge. Thanks for helping out. ___

[slim] Softsqueeze Screensaver problem

2005-03-25 Thread John Hernandez
When I "Power off" softsqueeze, I get a completely blank (black) screen, rather than the time (for which I have it configured). Softsqueeze 2.6a16 Linux Slimserver 6.0b3 Linux Server: Time Format - hh:mm pm (12h) Player: Screensaver to use when powered off - Datetime Screensaver I have not tested

[slim] Can wireless-SB2 transmitter be powered completely down?

2005-03-25 Thread Jeff Moore
Just wondering. Let's assume, just for argument, that someone -- say, me -- is an obsessive freak who tries to optimize whatever can be optimized with respect to the ol' stereo. With the SB1, I encountered occasional hiccups when streaming uncompressed 44.1K PCM which disappeared when I hard-wire

Re: [slim] How do slimserver clients sync to same stream ?

2005-03-25 Thread Richard Titmuss
Thomas Egrelius wrote: Hmm... this is interesting (in combination with the reply from Richard) as I have never been able to sync my squeezebox and softsqueeze (on the same LAN) with eachother properly. The softsqueeze is always a beat or two behind, and it doesn't change between songs. Assuming

Re: [slim] 3/24 nightly downsampling to 96kbps problem

2005-03-25 Thread Richard Titmuss
Avi Schwartz wrote: I am streaming my music to work and listen to it using softsqueeze. Because of limited bandwidth I used to down sample my music to 96kbps and all worked fine. With the 3/24 release, 96kbps doesn't play anymore, it seems to go through the motions as I can see the following pro

Re: [slim] Start moxilla with no toolbars, status bar etc

2005-03-25 Thread Gregory Hamilton
Patrick This isn't easy in mozilla, but I found this site which has a method. http://tln.lib.mi.us/~amutch/pro/mozilla/kioskmode.htm On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 19:43:15 -, Patrick Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can anyone tell me how I can start mozilla to bring up slimserver in a > defined

Re: [slim] Re: SlimServer and Live365

2005-03-25 Thread kdf
Quoting Roy Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > No, > The service just stops and the SB reports that it lost contact with the SS. look in the event viewer, or use command line. the service is useless for reporting why it died. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list D

RE: [slim] Skin for slow link

2005-03-25 Thread kdf
Quoting Patrick Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > Try http://server:9000/EN/ ;-) > > I think there's a bug in the html code. no bug, just silly munging to a nice name. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/

Re: [slim] Re: SlimServer and Live365

2005-03-25 Thread Roy Owen
No, The service just stops and the SB reports that it lost contact with the SS. On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 11:52:40 -0800, kdf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Quoting Roy Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I'm currently running the 3/25 nightly, Live365 streams cause the > > service to stop so do ShoutCast

Re: [slim] Re: SlimServer and Live365

2005-03-25 Thread kdf
Quoting Roy Owen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > I'm currently running the 3/25 nightly, Live365 streams cause the > service to stop so do ShoutCast streams. I've tried uninstalling and > going back to the SS 6.0 B3 base line but to no avail. My laptop is > running the 3/24 nightly and it exibhits the s

[slim] Start moxilla with no toolbars, status bar etc

2005-03-25 Thread Patrick Dixon
Can anyone tell me how I can start mozilla to bring up slimserver in a defined size window, pointing to http:/server:9000/skin/ , with toolbars and status line off (but without affecting other browser instances)? (Preferably on Windows.) There must be a way, but I can't find it - and if it can be

RE: [slim] Skin for slow link

2005-03-25 Thread Patrick Dixon
Try http://server:9000/EN/ ;-) I think there's a bug in the html code. Patrick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John Hernandez Sent: 25 March 2005 19:09 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] Skin for slow link Jack Coates wrote: >

Re: [slim] Using linux to generate a FLAC file of a complete CD

2005-03-25 Thread Bill Moseley
On Fri, Mar 25, 2005 at 05:49:55PM +, Andy Hawkins wrote: > cdrdao read-cd --device ATAPI:0,0,0 --driver generic-mmc --with-cddb \ > --datafile album.bin album.toc > cueconvert -f album.toc -f album.cue I've seen two methods posted lately. One used cdrdao to just grab the toc file (read

Re: [slim] Skin for slow link

2005-03-25 Thread John Hernandez
Jack Coates wrote: Which web interface skin is recommended for quickest loading over a low-bandwidth ssh tunnel? Light. It's, well... not heavy. Excellent. However, I'm having difficulty calling it up as http://server:9000/light/ or http://server:9000/Light/ 6.0b nightly 3/24 under Linux. Any id

Re: [slim] Skin for slow link

2005-03-25 Thread Jack Coates
> Which web interface skin is recommended for quickest loading over a > low-bandwidth ssh tunnel? > Light. It's, well... not heavy. -- Jack At Monkeynoodle.Org: It's A Scientific Venture... "Believe what you're told; there'd be chaos if everyone thought for themselves." -- Top Dog hotdog stand

[slim] Skin for slow link

2005-03-25 Thread John Hernandez
Which web interface skin is recommended for quickest loading over a low-bandwidth ssh tunnel? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] 3/24 nightly downsampling to 96kbps problem

2005-03-25 Thread Avi Schwartz
I am streaming my music to work and listen to it using softsqueeze. Because of limited bandwidth I used to down sample my music to 96kbps and all worked fine. With the 3/24 release, 96kbps doesn't play anymore, it seems to go through the motions as I can see the following process running: /usr/

[slim] no playlists ??

2005-03-25 Thread Justin Kington
Dear all, I would appreciate any help with this problem. I have been using slimserver over a wireless system on a Mac for a long time and never had any problems. I recently upgraded to Slimserver 6 and it would not connect to my Slimp3 device. Therefore I reinstalled 5.4.1. Since reinstallation

[slim] Re: SlimServer 6.0a2 problem with Pocket PC browser

2005-03-25 Thread Dan Sully
* Brian Jones shaped the electrons to say... I would guess that the Pocket IE 2003 is interpreting &sub= as ⊂= and substituting some html escape character. This has been fixed in the latest nightly. -D -- I think someone should create a magazine for computer peripherals, called Card & Driver

[slim] SlimServer 6.0a2 problem with Pocket PC browser

2005-03-25 Thread Brian Jones
I'm having the same problem. It looks like the URL is being corrupted somewhere (probably on the Pocket PC), in that the &sub= is missing, or rather has become a none-displayable character. If the URL is corrected in the address bar, the server responds as expected. Looking at the html in the ski

Re: [slim] Running Perl as a service?

2005-03-25 Thread Steve Bernard, Jr
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 17:41:43 + (UTC), Neil Sleightholm wrote: > > Alternatively, Microsoft used to have a resource tool call srvany that > could run any program as service but I'm not sure where you would get > it from. This is in the Windows Server 2003 Resource Kit Tools: http://www.micro

Re: [slim] Using linux to generate a FLAC file of a complete CD

2005-03-25 Thread Andy Hawkins
Hi, In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andy Hawkins<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Great, sounds good. I might do something myself just to prove I still can :) Ok, I've knocked up a shell script to do the ripping, and a PERL script to convert a toc file to a list of tags. The script is simp

Re: [slim] Running Perl as a service?

2005-03-25 Thread Neil Sleightholm
I'll leave others to question why the performance is better but you can partly achieve this with a scheduled task in that you can mark them to run when the machine starts. This doesn't give you the restart aftercrash though. You could create a batch file that you run that starts slimserver.pl and t

Re: [slim] Re: SlimServer and Live365

2005-03-25 Thread Roy Owen
I'm currently running the 3/25 nightly, Live365 streams cause the service to stop so do ShoutCast streams. I've tried uninstalling and going back to the SS 6.0 B3 base line but to no avail. My laptop is running the 3/24 nightly and it exibhits the same behavior. Thanks Roy On Fri, 25 Mar 200

[slim] Re: SlimServer and Live365

2005-03-25 Thread Dan Sully
* Roy Owen shaped the electrons to say... Live365 keeps crashing the SlimServer (6.0B3), I've also received an email about a new player from Live365. Is it posible that they've changed their stream and now it's causing SS to crash? Roy - The Live365 plugin has been updated post 6.0B3 - can you giv

[slim] Running Perl as a service?

2005-03-25 Thread Matthew Hodgskiss
I currently have the version 6 of perl slimserver installed on my XP machine. I have this setup as it allows me to run Alien BBC (as described by Patrick Dixon). I find the performance of the perl version to be superior to the windows version and I run it through active perl. I would like to know

[slim] Question reg. Music Magic Mixer and Slimserver 6.03b - Solved!

2005-03-25 Thread Paul
Ok. So I asked my question and was toying a bit more with the server interface, skins and languages. And there, on the server settings page, I found an option to Use or don't use MusicMagic. Yep, turning that option on solved my problem. I hope that nobody spent time on this silly question

[slim] Question reg. Music Magic Mixer and Slimserver 6.03b

2005-03-25 Thread Paul
Hi, I installed Slimserver 6.0b3 - 2609 today, to enable the use of Music Magic. So far I have not been able to produce a little 'mm' next to an artis or a song so I think I forgot to turn something on. MMM is licensed. MMM is running. I enabled the api in MMM (on port 10002), I enabled the MMM

Re: [slim] Slimp3 display bug with 6.0b3

2005-03-25 Thread Paul Robinson
Thanks, Paul - Original Message - From: "Ben Sandee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Slim Devices Discussion" Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 4:42 PM Subject: Re: [slim] Slimp3 display bug with 6.0b3 > On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:08:54 -, Paul Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I use my slim

Re: [slim] Slimp3 display bug with 6.0b3

2005-03-25 Thread Ben Sandee
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 16:08:54 -, Paul Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use my slimp3's to display information using the web interface, > specifically: > http://slimserver/?p0=display&p1=LINE1&p2=LINE2&p3=5&player=* > > However, since upgrading to 6.0b3 from 5.x, this doesn't work as exp

[slim] Slimp3 display bug with 6.0b3

2005-03-25 Thread Paul Robinson
I use my slimp3's to display information using the web interface, specifically: http://slimserver/?p0=display&p1=LINE1&p2=LINE2&p3=5&player=* However, since upgrading to 6.0b3 from 5.x, this doesn't work as expected any more - the display shows the correct information, but very briefly. It seems

[slim] Reinstalling new nightlies

2005-03-25 Thread BISHEFF,SCOTT EDWARD
For version 6, when I install a new nightly, do I need to uninstall the previous version, or can I simply over install the new version? Thanks. Scott ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/disc

RE: [slim] SlimServer 6.0a2 problem with Pocket PC browser

2005-03-25 Thread Steve
>> Quoting Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> >>> I >>> cannot control the server from the built in browser on my Pocket PC. >>> I displays the status, but when I try to send any commands (e.g., >>> next track, add to playlist) to the server, nothing happens. I tried >>> several web interfaces, and the

Re: [slim] Tagging Classical Music

2005-03-25 Thread Jason Voegele
On Wednesday 23 March 2005 01:15 am, Michael Peters wrote: [snip] > What would be the proper vorbis comment field to add to contain the > additional data? I recommend you read the following. It has very good general tagging recommendations. http://reactor-core.org/ogg-tagging.html -- Jason V

[slim] SlimServer and Live365

2005-03-25 Thread Roy Owen
Live365 keeps crashing the SlimServer (6.0B3), I've also received an email about a new player from Live365. Is it posible that they've changed their stream and now it's causing SS to crash? -- Do meddle in the affairs of Dragons, for you are crunchy and good with Tabasco. __