[slim] A Sticky on Planned Features?

2005-08-02 Thread Yannzola
Just thought it might be a good idea to have a sticky somewhere listing the top 20 or so planned features such as ratings, replaygain support, etc. + a rough time estimate on implementation. Trying to sort through the bugs database isn't really that intutive for many a digest version in

[slim] Re: Squeezebox/Slim Server Mismatch

2005-08-02 Thread Guy
ANyone got any ideas please? I've tried everything and this is really starting to bug me. -- Guy ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Problem with national characters in 6.1.1 and 6.1.2

2005-08-02 Thread mirage62
Are there any chance of this being fixed soon ? I don't know if it's a feature that slimserver now reads m3u playlists from the music folder, but if it is I would suggest that it was made optional in the server settings. Thanks, Peter -- mirage62

[slim] Digital radio stream - Magic London

2005-08-02 Thread yeomanspc
I am trying to get Magic Radio London to stream to SLIM. It used to work as an asx file, but they have just changed it to http://www.txradica.net/emap.php?c=magic32kbit.wvx= Can anyone suggest how I get this to work with slimserver. It works fine in media player..of course :-( --

[slim] Re: Squeezebox/Slim Server Mismatch

2005-08-02 Thread mikerob
Does the artist title contain accented characters? I raised bug http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1877 for a problem where I was getting certain artist names duplicated (+ another issue which is different) Tracks from the same artist were from different sources and it appears some

[slim] Re: FPC Cable for Display

2005-08-02 Thread CardinalFang
Fifer Wrote: What case are you using? Link? No, this one from an Italian manufacturer. http://www.hifi2000.it/media/frontale1U10.jpg It isn't actually this one, which is 1U high, but one that is 2U high so I have room for the new PSUs. It is also very deep, 370mm deep to be precise, so that

RE: [slim] Re: Problem with national characters in 6.1.1 and 6.1.2

2005-08-02 Thread Craig, James (IT)
This might not be *exactly* the same problem but I find 6.1.2 is showing songs with accented characters again as of Sunday's version. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not waive

RE: [slim] Digital radio stream - Magic London

2005-08-02 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Seems like the URL should be http://earth.radica.com/magic32kbit?MSWMExt=.asf Why do they make it so complicated? You need to keep saving the links as files and looking what's in them. Follow the trail... James NOTICE: If received in

Re: [slim] Re: FPC Cable for Display

2005-08-02 Thread Simon Still
On 8/2/05, CardinalFang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, this one from an Italian manufacturer. http://www.hifi2000.it/media/frontale1U10.jpg What sort of price does it come in at and how have you specced cutouts etc? ___ Discuss mailing list

[slim] Simplest SB2 setup

2005-08-02 Thread WSLam
This isn't for me, but a friend wants to use a SB2 in her bathroom, but she can't find any speakers that are active and small enough for her purpose. Something like those iPod docking speakers will be cool, but there's no docking speakers for the SB2 is there? -- WSLam WSLam SB2 | Linn CD12 |

[slim] Re: Simplest SB2 setup

2005-08-02 Thread Aylwin
There should be quite a lot of active PC speakers to choose from. How small do the speakers need to be? This one is about 4 inches high: http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=4subcategory=28product=11425nav=1 -- Aylwin ___ Discuss

[slim] Re: Does SlimServer support TSOP tag in FLAC files?

2005-08-02 Thread Mike Hanson
JJZolx Wrote: 2) Yes, that's how it works. ALBUMSORT works similarly. I've played with ALBUMSORT, entering [Year] [AlbumName] to get albums to sort chronologically when browsing artists. This works great, but then browsing albums or artwork, albums end up in Year/AlbumName sort order.

[slim] Web Interface customising questions

2005-08-02 Thread audiofi
I have been playing around with the handheld skin a bit, mainly to make it a bit larger so I don't need the stylus on my PDA. I have managed to move things about and put some buttons (from hanheld2 skin) for play etc. but wanted to add an on/off button instead of the text. Is there any way that

[slim] Re: FPC Cable for Display

2005-08-02 Thread CardinalFang
Simon Still Wrote: What sort of price does it come in at and how have you specced cutouts etc? I haven't specified any cut-outs because until I get the box and work out cables I'm not sure how I will lay out the internals. I will be cutting a slot in the front panel to match the CD player

[slim] Re: Simplest SB2 setup

2005-08-02 Thread max . spicer
This is something of a frequently asked question on these forums. Do a search for small speakers and you'll probably find an awful lot of info. Max WSLam Wrote: This isn't for me, but a friend wants to use a SB2 in her bathroom, but she can't find any speakers that are active and small

[slim] Re: SlimServer is not everything to everyone

2005-08-02 Thread max . spicer
What's this in reply to? On the web forums it appears as a post on its own. Max -- max.spicer The wild things roared their terrible roars and gnashed their terrible teeth and rolled their terrible eyes and showed their terrible claws but Max stepped into his private boat and waved good-bye

[slim] Re: SlimServer is not everything to everyone

2005-08-02 Thread Mike Hanson
max.spicer Wrote: What's this in reply to? Pat doesn't appear to appreciate thread drift, and/or he feels that a particular side issue deserves a thread of its own. Consequently, he occasionally starts new threads with a quote from an old one. It's minorly disconcerting, but not worth getting

[slim] New to SB2 and open source

2005-08-02 Thread TimM
Hi All I've had the wired SB2 for around three months now and last weekend, after several false starts I finished ripping 900 ish CD's to flac. The reason for this post is to say thank you to all the people who have taken the time to create the plugins such as alienbbc, which whilst they were

Re: [slim] Can I play songs not in my library?

2005-08-02 Thread Steve Bernard, Jr
On 8/1/05, cckanne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I put a symlink in my audiodir pointing to the files, and do a rescan, I can play them. I would like to avoid having this symlink and doing a rescan, because my voicemail messages (at least most of them :-) are not really part of my audio

[slim] Re: Where can I buy a Squeezebox locally?

2005-08-02 Thread m1abrams
datdude Wrote: Im not sure if I understand your question. My goal is to use J. River MediaCenter to wirelessly stream music seamlessly to a great sounding piece of hardware that can output to my amp. One way I thought would be to simply browse in MC and then drop whatever songs I

[slim] Re: Does SlimServer support TSOP tag in FLAC files?

2005-08-02 Thread JulianL
That's pretty clever. On reflection I think this is the best compromise for me personally. Like Jim, I really want my albums by artist to sort in chronological order and this does it whithout quite such a disruption (for me) to the sort mode when browsing by album. I'm also now realising that I

[slim] Re: Does SlimServer support TSOP tag in FLAC files?

2005-08-02 Thread JulianL
Mike Hanson Wrote: Make your ALBUMSORT value equal to [ArtistSort][Year][AlbumName], and you'll have the best of all worlds. -= Mike Hanson =- I'm just coming to do this and it occurred to me that, for ease of typing, one doesn't really need to bother with the [albumname] at all for most

Re: [slim] Should Library Scanning Bring Server to a Halt (Partially Solved)

2005-08-02 Thread Todd Fields
--- kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Under normal circumstances, it should not overload the CPU for a night. I have What can cause extended scan times are things like playlists that link to other playlists, or shortcuts/links that point back to other locations within your Refresher:

Re: [slim] Re: Does SlimServer support TSOP tag in FLAC files?

2005-08-02 Thread Ben Sandee
On 8/2/05, JulianL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One question. If you search for an album then will the search results be sorted using Albumsort values? This is probably the only area that would bug me a bit. If I search for albums beginning with An then I would prefer the search results in

[slim] Re: Can I play songs not in my library?

2005-08-02 Thread radish
BKDotCom Wrote: Browse Music Folder is still restricted to the Music Folder path Well yes, but if I dump a load of files in the music path but don't do a rescan, I can still find them with Browse Music Folder. That's my point I think... -- radish

RE: [slim] Re: The SB2 appears to have some serious flaws!

2005-08-02 Thread Matt Alioto
Matt On Tuesday 02 August 2005 03:23, Matt Alioto wrote: How about using my selection option and have the selection default to the last Playlist you sent to, Or to a predefined configurable default send to playlist? Would that be more acceptable? that would make more sense. Maybe

[slim] Re: songs being duplicated in playlist scan

2005-08-02 Thread oreillymj
Dan, Sorry, just seen your message, I'll zip up and send you my Db file. I'm wondering if you now have this fixed in 6.2 since you closed http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1896 This bug also seem to explain some other weird behaviour i've seen since upgrading to 6.1.x. I had

[slim] RE: The SB2 appears to have some serious flaws!

2005-08-02 Thread Matt Alioto
Would it then jump to the end of the currently auditioned track or would it continue playing it? My gut reaction is to continue playing because it is easy to jump forwards with the FF button if you need to, but you might want to add it to several playlists (by repeating the above steps)

Re: [slim] Re: Can I play songs not in my library?

2005-08-02 Thread Steve Bernard, Jr
On 8/2/05, radish [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BKDotCom Wrote: Browse Music Folder is still restricted to the Music Folder path Well yes, but if I dump a load of files in the music path but don't do a rescan, I can still find them with Browse Music Folder. That's my point I think... This

[slim] Re: Squeezebox/Slim Server Mismatch

2005-08-02 Thread Guy
The artist I have noticed the problem with is Röyksopp, so the accented character bug may be the cause of the problem. Everything is displayed correctly in Slim Server it's just the Squeezebox that has the duplicate entries and the missing album. Could you give me a link to download the fix

[slim] extending zapped functionality (was: The SB2 appears to have some serious flaws!)

2005-08-02 Thread Alex Twisleton-Wykeham-Fiennes
Matt On Tuesday 02 August 2005 16:02, Matt Alioto wrote: Would it then jump to the end of the currently auditioned track or would it continue playing it? My gut reaction is to continue playing because it is easy to jump forwards with the FF button if you need to, but you might want

Re: [slim] Digital radio stream - Magic London

2005-08-02 Thread ron thigpen
Craig, James (IT) wrote: Seems like the URL should be http://earth.radica.com/magic32kbit?MSWMExt=.asf SlimServer may prefer this URL: http://earth.radica.com/magic32kbit?MSWMExt=.wmv Same stream, minus the pesky ASF wrapper. --rt ___ Discuss

Re: [slim] Re: Simplest SB2 setup

2005-08-02 Thread ron thigpen
max.spicer wrote: This is something of a frequently asked question on these forums. Do a search for small speakers and you'll probably find an awful lot of info. though bathroom use makes for a slightly different requirement. moisture resistance could be important. you might want to lean

[slim] FF/REW Enhancements ...?

2005-08-02 Thread Yannzola
In addition to automatically displaying the now playing screen w/ the remaining time and progress bar on pressing FF of REW, I think another helpful and intuitive feature would be for the x4,x8,x12 speeds to ramp up automatically similiary to how the volume , or title scrolling currently works on

RE: [slim] Digital radio stream - Magic London

2005-08-02 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Another level!? (my link did actually work though) I was thinking, why can't SlimServer chase the links itself? If it opens a stream and it's not music, look for an web address and open that. Keep going until you find some music or run out of links... James

Re: [slim] Web Interface customising questions

2005-08-02 Thread kdf
Quoting audiofi [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have been playing around with the handheld skin a bit, mainly to make it a bit larger so I don't need the stylus on my PDA. I have managed to move things about and put some buttons (from hanheld2 skin) for play etc. but wanted to add an on/off button

Re: [slim] Digital radio stream - Magic London

2005-08-02 Thread ron thigpen
Craig, James (IT) wrote: I was thinking, why can't SlimServer chase the links itself? If it opens a stream and it's not music, look for an web address and open that. Keep going until you find some music or run out of links... believe this is being baked in. not sure of status. if that ASF

Re: [slim] Re: Does SlimServer support TSOP tag in FLAC files?

2005-08-02 Thread Ben Sandee
On 8/2/05, JulianL [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah. Thanks for that Ben. This would also create a reason why the Album title does need to be in the Albumsort tag because otherwise it is possible that searching for an album could stop working altogether. Yet again someone on this forum helps

[slim] Re: Squeezebox/Slim Server Mismatch

2005-08-02 Thread radish
Guy Wrote: The artist I have noticed the problem with is Röyksopp, so the accented character bug may be the cause of the problem. I have that artist in my collection but haven't noticed any issues. I'll check tonight. Is it possible to do a hard reset of the Squeezebox? Yes, but I

[slim] Browse Years on Squeezebox?

2005-08-02 Thread Derek Erb
I have just installed the latest (stable) version of the Squeezebox server and was delighted to find the Browse Years function on the web interface. How can I get this function to appear in Browse Music, or elsewhere, on the Squeezeboxes themselves? Thanks - Derek -

Re: [slim] Re: Squeezebox/Slim Server Mismatch

2005-08-02 Thread kdf
Quoting radish [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Guy Wrote: The artist I have noticed the problem with is Röyksopp, so the accented character bug may be the cause of the problem. I have that artist in my collection but haven't noticed any issues. I'll check tonight. accented cahracter problems depend

Re: [slim] Browse Years on Squeezebox?

2005-08-02 Thread kdf
Quoting Derek Erb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: How can I get this function to appear in Browse Music, or elsewhere, on the Squeezeboxes themselves? it is not implemented yet. You may file an enahancement request at http://bugs.slimdevices.com if you like. -kdf

Re: [slim] Re: SlimServer is not everything to everyone

2005-08-02 Thread Pat Farrell
On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 05:55 -0700, Mike Hanson wrote: max.spicer Wrote: What's this in reply to? It is a new subject for RE: [slim] Re: The SB2 appears to have some serious flaws! rant. Pat doesn't appear to appreciate thread drift, and/or he feels that a particular side issue deserves a

[slim] Re: Simplest SB2 setup

2005-08-02 Thread WSLam
Thanks for the suggestions. I will fwd to my friend. -- WSLam WSLam SB2 | Linn CD12 | Unidisk 1.1 | TacT RCS2.0s | EMM Labs DCC2 | Mark Levinson No.33H | Revel Ultima Salon 'Photo of my Setup' (http://photos.lam.ws/thumbnails.php?album=62) ___

[slim] Re: Does SlimServer support TSOP tag in FLAC files?

2005-08-02 Thread JulianL
Jim (JJZolx) recommended http://www.mp3tag.de/en/ to me and I love it. I was currently 3 days into my 30 day trial of Tag Rename. Admittedly I'm not a very sophisticated user but I'm finding mp3tag really great. Excuse my newbie question, I did try a search on 6.2 release date. Now I think you

[slim] Re: 100 years of progress

2005-08-02 Thread Craig
That's not the fundemental of the bass drum, It's mechanical noise cos the turntable is wobbly :-) Craig -- Craig ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-02 Thread Chris Laplante
re: Tapwave, I would not call that a fair comparison. They had some pretty big strikes against them. - Going against the big boys like Sony / Nintendo even if they had a better device long before them. - Being way ahead of their time - Focusing too much for too long on being a gaming device, when

Re: [slim] SB2 Remote control clashing

2005-08-02 Thread Daryle A. Tilroe
kbelinski wrote: Just got my new SB2 today. Set it up on wireless without a hitch. Sounded great but I have yet to have time sitting down for some serious listening. I realized my CD player accepts command from the SB2 remote control. This is quite annoying. Now I have to keep my CD player

Re: [slim] Player stopping rather than pausing when switched off

2005-08-02 Thread Daryle A. Tilroe
dean blackketter wrote: This was an intentional change, in part to fix a bug where the volume levels got messed up if you paused, but mostly because it seemed more consistent with the behavior of other consumer electronics devices. It sounds like this was a behavior that you were counting

Re: [slim] Player stopping rather than pausing when switched off

2005-08-02 Thread Philip Meyer
How about an option to keep position within track when switched off? What do others think about this behaviour? I would prefer to revert back to the previous behaviour too. I frequently play long tracks, eg. podcasts where there's one track composed internally of many songs, so having to

RE: [slim] Player stopping rather than pausing when switched off

2005-08-02 Thread Matt Alioto
I too would like it to remember track position between power cycles. Matt ... How about an option to keep position within track when switched off? What do others think about this behaviour? I would prefer to revert back to the previous behaviour too. I frequently play long tracks, eg.

[slim] Re: Player stopping rather than pausing when switched off

2005-08-02 Thread rds
I too definitely prefer the previous behavior. I often hit Power to get my clock display and then resume with Play. This sounds like one of those behaviors that should be a configurable option. -- rds ___ Discuss mailing list

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-02 Thread Dave D
JayNYC Wrote: Does anybody know what the business and financial condition of Slim Devices is?...Is Slim Devices venture funded (if so, which firm), are they profitable, are they planning to be, does existing management own the company or have they sold out to investors, etc...Any info

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-02 Thread m1abrams
And if you are cencerned about the support for the software. Well since EVERYTHING but the firmware is opensource you really have no concerns there. The server software would continue to be supportted long after Slimdevices closed doors. However since this product is currently in its 4th

Re: [slim] Re: Player stopping rather than pausing when switched off

2005-08-02 Thread Daryle A. Tilroe
rds wrote: I too definitely prefer the previous behavior. I often hit Power to get my clock display and then resume with Play. This sounds like one of those behaviors that should be a configurable option. That's a little roundabout. Why not just put this in a custom.map file: [common]

Re: [slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-02 Thread Pat Farrell
On Tue, 2005-08-02 at 18:00 -0700, Dave D wrote: JayNYC Wrote: Does anybody know what the business and financial condition of Slim Devices is?... Strange way of fishing for non-public information. I wouldn't expect that anyone at Slim would publicly divulge this information (especially

Re: [slim] Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-02 Thread Todd Fields
--- JayNYC [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anybody know what the business and financial condition of Slim Devices is? There are loads of companies with a killer I doubt you will get any kind of real response to this question (I work for a privately held company that is doing great and we

[slim] Re: Where can I buy a Squeezebox locally?

2005-08-02 Thread datdude
Oh I understand. I think you don't realise my situation then. Yes the squeezebox is a hardware mediaplayer but it is tied to its limited(browser) software mediaplayer I'll let me previous posts stand as why the squeezebox 'could' be usefull in a completely different way! Apple sees this but

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-02 Thread whizkid
Fair enough, many private companies typically do not want to disclose financials, there are good reasons for this. Mostly, it keeps competitors guessing. However, it is also a reasonable request given the huge quantity of apparently solid companies and products which vanish leaving users

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-02 Thread Kevin O. Lepard
However, it is also a reasonable request given the huge quantity of apparently solid companies and products which vanish leaving users stranded. I disagree. I don't think it's a reasonable request. Even huge companies that are still in business drop products. If SlimDevices drops dead

Re: [slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-02 Thread Ben Sandee
On 8/2/05, whizkid [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As for if they drop dead tomorrow you still have a functioning system. True, but for how long? Right up until the next standard or needed feature requrires hardware/firmware changes and at that very moment you become stranded. Umm what? Are my

[slim] Re: Financial condition of Slim Devices, Inc. ?

2005-08-02 Thread radish
whizkid Wrote: Most companies, public or private, give some sense of their company and market strength. Really? Public companies have to publish accounts. These are sometimes accurate (see Enron, WorldCom). Private companies needn't publish anything. They can say what they like about

[slim] Re: SB2 don´t play

2005-08-02 Thread jörgen
Hi Yesterday I got a new unit from the Swedish reseller and it´s works perfect.. Some hardware error in the first one... /J -- jörgen ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] itunes playlists

2005-08-02 Thread gandt
I'm having an annoying minor issue with Slimserver refusing to recognise both a newly ripped album (no odd characters in the title) and a new smart playlist. I've been through every permutation of scanning and rescanning you can imagine. I'm tempted to try playing around with the idea of NOT