They like it :-)
http://www.thinkcomputers.org/v2/index.php?x=reviewsid=305
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On Dec 13, 2005, at 11:06 AM, dean blackketter wrote:
http://www.macworld.com/products/eddy05/Squeezebox.php
Thanks to everyone in our community for their efforts making
Squeezebox and SlimServer great!
This time we will be spreading our resources between MacWorld and CES.
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Mostly just to simplify the server URL - I can just enter 'slim' in a
browser address bar to call up the server's web UI. I see no good
reason to run on an alternate HTTP port since I can easily configure
additional IP addresses on the machine and use the standard HTTP port.
You get the Pocket PC hourglass (spinning circle thing) for a few
seconds when Telcanto first connects. On my system with 530 albums it
takes maybe 5 seconds to download the library. Then when you do
something in Telcanto you get the hourglass again but very briefly, so
if for instance if I
I hope the above makes some sense but unfortunately unless you know the
Telcanto interface it probably doesn't make total sense.
It makes perfect sense, thanks.
Basically though, I definitely recommend it.
If only I had a PocketPC :-).
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I am somewhat confused between whatis happening where in streaming, the
remote control, the gui etc.
What I'd like is a nicer GUI for the few times I use that interface to
control my two slimp3s. I am in the process of writing one (and
learning perl with my background in php) that I think would
On 13/12/05, mattybain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Album art seems to have stopped displaying in the main window on 0.18 .
Have just gone back to 0.17 and it is fine.
Oops.. 0.19 now up.. Also fixes the 'crazy' and 'insane' background modes.. ;-)
WRT flicker.. I have noticed a bit when debugging
hi all
just upgraded slimserver to 6.2.1, bbc and slashdot rss feeds now don't
work, any ideas why?
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It flickers whenever you move the mouse over a button or a frame in the
window, and also during the regular refresh. It is very off-putting but
only ever flickers when using the remote desktop.
I will have a play around tonight and get back to you tomorrow.
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After intensive
The SB is connected via a wired connection.
I was looking at the server activity and I noticed that on the Mac Mini
(the Slim Server), I'm not receiving a sustained stream of incoming data
from the file server.
When I look at the graph on the file server, I can see that it's
transmitting data
On 14-Dec-05, at 2:57 AM, gary wrote:
hi all
just upgraded slimserver to 6.2.1, bbc and slashdot rss feeds now don't
work, any ideas why?
slashdot is picky.
bbc changed their feeds.
upgrade to 6.2.2 nightlies for bbc.
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Sorry.. got kind of caught up in my own problems. I did not mean to
imply that your problem was for sure a DHCP problem. You might be
having a situation where DHCP is causing some issues for you, but there
could be something else going on. In my case, DHCP renegotiation was
resulting in a new IP
I have stopped using my Tivo to play MP3s now that I have a Squeezebox.
The Squeezebox sounds better than the Tivo, but an even more important
difference is in the interface. It's a real pain drilling down through
Tivo's screens to get to the music I want to hear. And, as Derek said,
being
just upgraded slimserver to 6.2.1, bbc and slashdot rss feeds now
don't
work, any ideas why?
slashdot is picky.
bbc changed their feeds.
upgrade to 6.2.2 nightlies for bbc.
Or just edit the feeds in the server?
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I don't know anything about apple lossless, or about apples in general,
but it sounds like a dispatching problem on the mac mini. I can't think
of a good reason that the server would stop sending data for one second
unless the mac wasn't dispatching it.
If you have a packet sniffer, you should
Michaelwagner Wrote:
I don't know anything about apple lossless, or about apples in general,
but it sounds like a dispatching problem on the mac mini. I can't think
of a good reason that the server would stop sending data for one second
unless the mac wasn't dispatching it.
If you have a
seanadams Wrote:
Fair enough.
I think you can easily disable the seconds display though. (?)
Yes, you can, but I'm not sure it makes a difference. When I first set
up my SB1 early this year, I noticed (admittedly only by the blinking
lights on the Ethernet switch, I did not measure) that
what hardware are you running slimserver on? I've got almost 60k tracks
in my database and it's been running 24x for the last 3 years on a 2.4P4
with 1GB of RAM. I'm now running the SliMP3, a SB and a SB2 on my
network and aside from some delay in searching (I've got search set to
look across
Would be great. I'd love to work on a Flash presentation layer.
Stateful, higher performance than rendering page views for every click,
and all that.
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Does this function actually work? I've got a library with both 128 kbps
AACs and Apple Lossless versions of each file. Since the AACs are just
for iPod use and I didn't want 'em shown on the slimserver, I thought I
had a workaround when I noticed that slimserver has an iTunes option
that says
thanks, easy when you are told,
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I second everyone else's posts. I used to use a Series 2 Tivo w/HMO to
play MP3's. The sound quality via my SB2 is considerably better.
The SB's internal DAC is far superior to most you'll find on the market
in typical consumer devices.
Just get it already! You'll love it and never look
Here is the bug report:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2693
one of the comments shows the new bbc feed link.
also note, 6.5 works.
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When the Squeezebox requests an IP adress from a DHCP server, it doesn't
seem to send its own host name.
E.g. in Linux (Debian/Ubuntu), you can send the hostname to the DHCP
server by adding the following lines to /etc/dhclient.conf:
send dhcp-client-identifier 00:00:00:00:00:00; // enter mac
I will be in Los Angeles next week and I would love to buy a Squeezebox
Wireless there. As I live overseas I do not want to order online and I
am trying to find out where I could actually buy the unit in Los
Angeles.
Anybody on here could point me into the right direction?
Thanks a lot in
Quoting germandudebkk [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I will be in Los Angeles next week and I would love to buy a Squeezebox
Wireless there. As I live overseas I do not want to order online and I
am trying to find out where I could actually buy the unit in Los
Angeles.
Anybody on here could point me into
Well it looks great in Safari on OSX and modifying playlists doesn't
require a page reload - which has always been an annoyance for me in
SlimServer.
If there was a way to integrate this kind of functionality into
SlimServer I'd be a very happy camper.
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Ultramog Wrote:
Would be great. I'd love to work on a Flash presentation layer.
Stateful, higher performance than rendering page views for every click,
and all that.
Flash?!?
I'd prefer a DOS interface to that rubbish! ;-)
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please vote here:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264
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Ultramog Wrote:
Would be great. I'd love to work on a Flash presentation layer.
Stateful, higher performance than rendering page views for every click,
and all that.
Flash?!?
I'd prefer a DOS interface to that rubbish! ;-)
there once was a flash skin
...funny, that was exactly my suggestion/question that I put in an email
to slim devices a few days ago! lol
As I did not hear from them until now, I thought they are not
interested in doing it this way!
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Quoting germandudebkk [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
...funny, that was exactly my suggestion/question that I put in an email
to slim devices a few days ago! lol
As I did not hear from them until now, I thought they are not
interested in doing it this way!
it is worth checking yoru spam filters. SD
I'd prefer a DOS interface to that rubbish! ;-)
It's been there for ages:
telnet slimserver 9090
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Thanks for the recommendation, but I am of the careless type and I do
actually have no spamfilter installed at that particular email account.
Anyway, I did send before a mail to orders(at) and I give it now one
more try with an email to sales(at)
Maybe this time I get a reply.
I would however
kdf wrote:
please vote here:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264
Or here, for that matter:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=760
Should one of these be closed as a dupe?
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Sales is slow to reply these days. And prepare to wait when you do get
and order placed. I ordered a SB3 5 days ago and am still waiting for
the Order Shipped notice. Maybe you can Skype them?
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Gary
Actually, better than superglue might be to slightly loosen the two
screws on the back. This will reduce the pressure from the back case
on the edges of the plates, then press the plate back on firmly.
-dean
On Dec 13, 2005, at 10:28 PM, seanadams wrote:
Please give us a few days on
We aren't planning to have a booth, but will be having an open house
at our suite in a nearby hotel.
Details here:
http://www.slimdevices.com/au_releaseparty.html
On Dec 14, 2005, at 12:05 AM, Scott Gardner wrote:
Speaking of MacWorld, will we see SlimDevices there this year?
On Dec 13,
That does not sound good.
I remember I saw a few days ago (before I registered myself today) on
here somewhere a link to a list of slim devices distributors in the US.
Unfortunately I can not find that link anymore...:-(
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SB2/SB3 will suppress sending the same screen data to the player. Hence
there is only one display frame per minute if you turn off the seconds
display. A display frame for SB2/3 is ~1290 bytes.
SB1 and Slimp3 will send a display frame once per second in date time
mode. [this is because SB1
Michaelwagner Wrote:
So my posting here isn't enough?
My understanding is that this a community based forum.
The fact that the owners and employees of slim post here is a bonus.
If you want something official, like a warranty replacement, or repair,
then the support email address is the
http://www.slimdevices.com/au_resellers.html#california
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Ultramog,
Despite some of the negative feedback you may hear regarding Flash, I
can say that a really slick Flash interface would be most welcome.
How can we help you out with this?
-dean
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Thanks!!! That was it! :-)
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I was going to send it back for a rebate when I got my graphical display -
but I flaked and it is languishing on my shelf. I might just throw it away.
I am in san francisco for pickup. I will ship it if anyone really wants it.
Please email me directly.
Jim
To avoid your reply being
My unit shipped last Friday, 12/9. Should I loosen the back screws a
bit as a precaution, or would my unit be one that shouldn't experience
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Michael Herger wrote:
I think the web forum is messing up threading, at least for me in
Thunderbird (version 1.0.5 (20050711)).
Oh, it's not only me! I have seen this for quite some time. Always
thought it was my messing with my own mail server :-).
Thanks for bringing this up.
No problems,
Quoting Marc Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
kdf wrote:
please vote here:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1264
Or here, for that matter:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=760
Should one of these be closed as a dupe?
well, one is for reporting a default hostname to teh web
Just to clarify, I think it's important to note that a really well
crafted Flash interface/skin is quite a different animal than a
AJAX/DHTML/CSS/DOM-based interface/skin. I wouldn't develop anything in
Flash because of its proprietary nature, but that's a question of taste
and philosophy.
Both,
Greetings allfirst post. Will be getting my SB3 for xmas and am
playing around with softsqueeze.
I'm adding a radio station manually using the stations url. It says
the following on that page, just below the box where you put the
stations url:
Some providers have premium subscription
No problems, but I just hope there's someone 'up there' listening, or
just reading this very topic ;)
I fear the person in question left for a holiday... Let's keep this thread
alive. Or open a bug on bugs.slimdevices.com - there's a category for the
lists server.
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Quoting chaz [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
any way to add another url. Does anyone know how to help?
Which os?
Which server version?
What is the station url?
What page gave you that text? I don't recognise that from any
slimserver page off hand.
-kdf
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My unit shipped last Friday, 12/9. Should I loosen the back screws a
bit as a precaution, or would my unit be one that shouldn't experience
the problem?
You shouldn't have to loosen the screws, recently built players have
the proper torque on the
I've always assumed (never assume, it makes an...) that the issue
was in the mail client doing the posting, but it's just a guess...
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I've always assumed (never assume, it makes an...) that the issue was
in the mail client doing the posting, but it's just a guess...
And what if the sender's mail client was your forum software?
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kdf Wrote:
Which os?
Which server version?
What is the station url?
What page gave you that text? I don't recognise that from any
slimserver page off hand.
-kdf
Sorry, should have given more info:
XP Pro
Using 6.2.1
The url is http://www.sportstalk980.com/listenlive.php# (local
On Dec 14, 2005, at 12:43 PM, Michael Herger wrote:
I've always assumed (never assume, it makes an...) that the
issue was in the mail client doing the posting, but it's just a
guess...
And what if the sender's mail client was your forum software?
Excellent question.
My comment about Flash was half-joking.
I agree that there is a place for Flash.. but I think that an AJAX
solution could be a lot better for a browser environment - if well
designed.
However, I do agree that new ideas for user interfaces should be
encouraged.
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Quoting chaz [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Sorry, should have given more info:
np
XP Pro
Using 6.2.1
The url is http://www.sportstalk980.com/listenlive.php# (local sports
radio station)
I'm seeing no response from the stream at all. Unfortunately, I'm
stuck behind a crippling firewall at the
Actually, it unfortunately looks like SlimServer
only provides premium access options to Live365.
This is from the alternate page as the
instructions indicate: Server Settings - Internet
Radio.
The only place where you can provide
username/password is Live365.
chaz wrote:
Greetings
It's not working for me with the 12/13 release.
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I (finally) received my Nokia 770 yesterday. Some first impressions of
the device, with special attention to it's use as a slimserver
controller.
First, general impressions:
- Not a perfect device, but still very cool. I've found that when you
use kid gloves, it works pretty well. If you try to
My comment about Flash was half-joking.
I agree that there is a place for Flash.. but I think that an AJAX
solution could be a lot better for a browser environment - if well
designed.
However, I do agree that new ideas for user interfaces should be
encouraged.
I'm not generally a Flash
I agree the touch skin would work well on the 770. I have been using the
Handheld skin with increased font sizes.
If you wanted to look at updating the skin I would recommend starting
with the 6.5 code base. It looks like creating skins may be easier and
it isn't necessary for plugin developers
I haven't tried default, but will give it a shot.
The forums here are too restrictive on attachments (no complaints
there, that's how I'd do it too), so I just whipped up a page of
screenshots for public consumption:
http://benklaas.com/770_screenshots/
thanks for the advice on skin
On 14/12/05 at 06:05 -0800, hualon wrote
So if the SB1 is converting the lossless files down to MP3 and,
therefore, completely destroying the POINT of having lossless files,
could I just lower the stream size down in SlimServer?
Well, it doesn't *completely* destroy the point of having
On Dec 14, 2005, at 1:36 PM, Steve Baumgarten wrote:
I'm not generally a Flash proponent, but anyone with misgivings
about Flash should try:
http://www.pandora.com
In addition to being a very cool new music streaming service (based
on the Music Genome Project), the user interface is
Quoting Jack Coates [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
It's not working for me with the 12/13 release.
Has been that way for a while:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2555
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I'd encourage those with negative preconceptions about Flash UI to
withhold judgement. That platform has been radically upgraded and we're
probably just a few months away from seeing a wave of web applications
with very nice Flash-based user interfaces.
Granted AJAX has the lead currently,
rt-- fantastic summary of the State of Things.
lots of uber-cool stuff to look forward to. XUL, etc. are going to have
some really exciting applications to slimserver in the months/years to
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Michael Herger wrote:
I fear the person in question left for a holiday... Let's keep this
thread alive. Or open a bug on bugs.slimdevices.com - there's a
category for the lists server.
Done!
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2712
Feel free to vote ;)
rgds
/andreas
Just noticed that the little Injun hasn't posted here in a couple of
months. Has he been relegated to the mailroom shipping SB3s or has he
flown the coop?
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Congrats! From everything I've seen and read, it's well deserved (my SB
arrives tomorrow, finally).
(I've got an Eddy tucked away somewhere myself - it's about 18 years
old :)
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Michael Herger wrote:
I fear the person in question left for a holiday... Let's keep this
thread alive. Or open a bug on bugs.slimdevices.com - there's a
category for the lists server.
Done!
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2712
Feel free to
sorry, I wasn't very clear. The packet sniffer won't tell you by itself
buffer fullness. One of the packets tells you that, but unless you can
decipher the packets, it's not obvious (they're stored in certain
packets, in binary, etc).
Better is to turn on the server health thing and let it
The specs on the Elpac are +/- 5% on load side. I found a regulated
linear power supply with +/- .05% specs:
http://www.mpja.com/productview.asp?product=6601+PS
Any reason that would not work with the SB2/3? Note, it is only a
1.2A, but seems from the discussion that should be ok.
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Well, I have another situation that is resulting in the slimserver / SQB
ending up in a playing state with no actual music being produced, and
being stuck on the same song until some user intervention. I was
*unable* to catch the condition with debug flags enabled. A post mortem
reveals:
Must still be around since he had a feature request assigned to him just
last week.
Perhaps your guess about being thrown in the shipping dept may be
right: sounds like sales are up a bit (to put it mildly) and they
probably grabbed everyone they could to help out on shipping.
(And that is
In the summer Vidur moved along to another opportunity, but we are still
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Well, I have another situation that is resulting in the slimserver / SQB
ending up in a playing state with no actual music being produced, and
being stuck on the same song until some user intervention. I was
*unable* to catch the condition with debug flags enabled. A post
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