oh, i thought the SB could deal with the gapless MP3 hacks. I stand
corrected then
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Hallo and Happy New Year to everyone.
I read all the posts about the problems users have using NAS Storage
with Slimserver. However they were all refering to using NAS for
RUNNING Slimserver. I would like to ask if a different approach would
be possible. That is, using NAS just for storage, and
To add some more detail - if, when they are out of sync, I unsync and
sync them, then they play the current FLAC track perfectly together, so
it isn't an issue with FLAC per se, but something to do with changing
tracks. I'll try to do some more experiments.
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Hi,
Apologies for the dumb Q's, but I am just getting started and am having
trouble with the basics of managing my music files.
Set-up: SB3, SS 6.2 (on P4), I-tunes
1st Problem:
So far I am in the exploatory stages. and have ripped a few CD's using
I-tunes, however I am finding that I-tunes
Version 0.2 of SlightServer available here:
http://www.sendmefile.com/00220355
From the README:
THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER. Especially due
to the fact that I have included Windows binaries of flac and metaflac
from the FLAC frontend project, and vorbiscomment from
Forgot to mention above, I have installed Slim server and I-tunes, and
am on default settings, so I havn't configured anything to-date.
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oh, i thought the SB could deal with the gapless MP3 hacks. I stand
corrected then
It seems to cope with mine just fine.
Richard
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Ok, I don't think it's the file names but the playlist itself.
Debugging the rescan gives the following:
-WARNING:
file:///Linkstation/share/My%20Music/Forever%20Young%20(Disc%201)/[EMAIL
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found in playlist:
file:///mnt/share/My%20Playlists/fisher.m3u doesn't exist
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up. I have a rough fix for both of them, and am now listening to
my four well sync'd track :). I need to refine the fixes a little more
before releasing a new version
I think you've got it Richard :)
I have never got synchronisation to work
OTOH there is some work being done right now on softsqueeze to improve
it's sychronization abilities ... check out
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19823
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WMP 10 does indeed cope with gapless, before I got my Rio Karma (and
started my translation to Vorbis) I used WMA/WMP for PC playback.
Now I have my Karma/SB2 combo I have gapless where-ever I go.
I use WinAmp to play on my PC and with a slight tweak to the settings
this handles gapless fine
This thread shows just how quickly things change. Things you thought
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But I suspect after doing so you'll be disappointed as IME they never
stay in sync for long.
With the latest beta the synchronisation has been rock solid so far
today depite everything I've thrown at it. :)
Kevin
This may be related to bug 1718.
I reported a while ago occasional unbearably loud 'background' noise that
happens occasionally when starting a new song on my system, usually when
synched with SoftSqueeze.
I uusally have to restart Slimserver to get rid of it.
I was at a friend's house the
Yes I am using other software to create playlist and maintain my music.
Amarok.
This is a brilliant application, only availble in Linux.
However if I listening to squeezebox and hear something I lke, it's
still a case of having to remeber it next time i go to the server
where Amarok is mounted.
i'm running linux and I use the following plugin to shutdown the server
from the remote. it has a user selectable delay from 5 mins to 1 hour
so that you can use this as a sleep function, and to prevent someone
accidentally shutting down the server immediately (i use the machine
for desktop
Happy New Year to you too!
I think you misunderstand the architecture of the Slim products.
The Slim in slim devices comes from the concept of a slim or thin
client, a music player that contains only the bare minimum needed to
get the job done. Everything else is on the network, meaning it
But bug 1718 shows as fixed.
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1718
But it clearly isn't fixed...
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19309
But I can't find anywhere where people filed bugs for the newer
occurrances, perhaps because it happens rarely and they're waiting to
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I've been looking for a way to look at what's in my SlimServer db and
Moose (v.020) seems just the ticket...if I could get it working!
I suspect I've done something daft.
When I load the program it sits there 'Awaiting server response'. If I
Hi all,
Does anybody know what is the earliest version of slimserver which will
work on the SB3?
I used to have an SB1, and version 5.x (5.4.1?) worked very reliably.
The service (on Linux) would run happily for weeks on end.
I've never had much luck with 6.0/6.1/6.2.1 (or later - I'm on
Is there a way for a user to change the text displayed? Xmas and New
Year have passed but I like the screensaver very much. It would be fun
to change it as the year progresses.
Andrew
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I am on the latest Nightlies, Win XP and MP3 files on iTunes.
Despite following Richard's instructions as to synching SBs and Softsqueeze,
I find that synch between the two (which was excellent) has been broken for
some four or five weeks now.
Can anyone else confirm this?
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Thanks, but cant find that anywhere. Anyone got a link or an
alternative? I have a funky font i would love to use on my SB3 :)
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On Sat, 2006-01-07 at 21:54 -0800, psm0110 wrote:
looking at NAS as an alternative, and readyNAS is nice, but $600 is a
might expensive when I can build a Linux or BSD box with RAID myself...
am I missing the point somehow?
The NAS is targeted at folks who can't handle the work
of
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If anyone can help, i'm looking for some really
basic steps on how to
get started, ie,
1. What s/w packages should I use
2. How to Rip
3. How to TAG/Manage
4. AS above for MP3's downloaded from the internet.
Personally I wouldn't ever use iTunes.
Well in my own, slow little way I got there...I wrote a quick and dirty
script to convert the file path address on the playlists created in
MusicMagic to the same type of file path as Slimserver works on..and
hey presto all my playlists appeared.
Of course, having spent most of the weekend
I have just upgraded to an SB3 (very happy with that) and have now got
access to Squeezenetwork. The concept looks pretty good and might be the
seed of some serious market uniqueness for Slimdevices. The current
implementation, though might have have a missed a trick. Essentially,
the SB3 is
There is another thread about this.
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19823
Looks like the Beta source for SS 2.0 fixes the buffer/sync issues
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Thanks for your comments Mark/Cejay.
I agree, I-Tunes seems to be making a mess of everything. From reading
through all of these forums, it apears to be a common theme. Also, lots
of mentions of MMM and Moodlogic, so I have just downloaded the latter.
I don't fully understand everything it does
The message texts are in file Server/Plugins/Snow.pm and can be edited.
Don't add any tabs or new lines to the strings as they're used for
record separation.
You'll need to restart SlimServer to pick up any changes.
James
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Excluding firewall issues, it could be an invalid setting in the options page.
Or it could be that the seat to keyboard interface is an idiot! I suspect the
fact that it is now working was somehow facilitated by me, somewhat belatedly,
kefa Wrote:
turn off your pc by pressing 1,2,3 on the remote. Is there some
shutdown functionality built in already that I have missed?
Thank you, I thought I was tripping or something. I'm assuming the
power button on the remote won't actually send a magic packet to run
startup on the pc
Hi,
I'm trying to connect my Squeezebox to my slimserver using the wireless
WPA/TKIP protocol/encryption. I have a Cisco 830 series Integrated
Services Router at home and it doesn't seem to be able to connect. Has
anyone any experience of doing this? If I switch the ISR into migration
mode I can
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I think I may have a minor bug.
Having closed and restarted Moose that issue has gone away.
Kevin
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Or it could be that the seat to keyboard interface is an idiot! I suspect the
fact that it is now working was somehow facilitated by me, somewhat belatedly,
disabling the firewall from both
I can confirm that flac is gapless, though if you set up synchronization
between Squeezeboxen then there will be a slight gap due to the sync
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On Sun, 2006-01-08 at 09:40 -0800, Skunk wrote:
Your argument sounds good, Pat, but if you put all your PC electronics
in a box that size it's going to be 'hot to the touch' as well. Also,
your DAC actually consumes about 1/10 of the wattage you suggest.
Wow, you are correct, I just checked
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Also, lots
of mentions of MMM and Moodlogic, so I have just downloaded the latter.
I downloaded and paid for Moodlogic some time ago and it was a complete
waste of money, Development seems dead, the on-line library had very few
tracks in that
Pressing the 3 buttons is for the program 'xPLHal'
I've installed on my WIN XP machine
(http://www.xplproject.org.uk/modules.php?op=modloadname=
Sectionsfile=indexreq=viewarticleartid=31page=1)
It seems that the link doesn't work at this time.
'xPLHal' communicates with the remote.
Pressing the
Has there been any progress on a possibly related issue of gapless
playback?:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19130highlight=gapless
Softsqueeze 2.2 does not give me gapless flac
playback . . . . (An earlier version worked fine.
My SB2 is also fine.) Some other users have
Alex: I got your file and it plays on my machine. Doesn't crash the
server.
Now it plays a little oddly, because the title shows up as
Andúrilúúú by Howard Shoreú.
I'm not sure I got the right number of trailing 'ú's.
That needs to be fixed. Whether fixing this will fix
I appreciate your effort in making this program. Some comments:
1. I downloaded the zip file. The link didn't work the first time; it
timed out. The second time, I got to the sendmefile.com site but it
was VERY slow. Then it forced me to stare at the ads for at least a
minute before I got the
This is definitely still a problem. I posted this in an earlier thread.
All MP3s on which I have used the iTunes volume adjust feature generate
a hideously loud white noise when played back on my SB3 if the SB3's
Volume Adjustment was turned on.
As a test, I took a track that sounded fine on
Is this possible? I can't figure out how to do it.
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Does anybody know what is the earliest version of slimserver which will
work on the SB3?
Jim - any of the 6.x series will work. 5.4.x will not.
I used to have an SB1, and version 5.x (5.4.1?) worked very reliably.
The service (on Linux) would run
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Thanks, but cant find that anywhere. Anyone got a link or an
alternative? I have a funky font i would love to use on my SB3 :)
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?UnicodeFonts
Has the list and links. You only need one.
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On 8-Jan-06, at 11:54 AM, Kyle wrote:
Is this possible? I can't figure out how to do it.
not from the slimserver web interface, but there is
http://squeezenetwork.com
-kdf
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Yes, a very annoying problem which also happens with wma lossless. I
only experience this when a track is playing however.
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This is definitely still a problem. I posted this in an earlier thread.
All MP3s on which I have used the iTunes volume adjust feature generate
a hideously loud white noise when played back on my SB3 if the SB3's
Volume Adjustment was turned on.
This
Thanks!
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I'm not sure you're going to find a solution. It should never happen.
It appears to be a bug, so no one's likely to tell you to just turn off
some feature.
There seem to be one to several ways to trigger this white noise
problem. iTunes volume adjustment is one, but there are other people
who
Listener Wrote:
I appreciate your effort in making this program.
Thankyou.
Some comments:
1. I downloaded the zip file. The link didn't work the first time; it
timed out. The second time, I got to the sendmefile.com site but it
was VERY slow. Then it forced me to stare at the ads
Thanks for the info.
No, no crash log. The thing is, slim doesn't crash. It just becomes
unresponsive. When I issue the service slimserver restart I am told
that it ends ok, rather than receiving any service wasn't running
messages. That's what's so frustrating, it's as if it gets into a
loop.
seanadams Wrote:
Note the geekport output is 3.3V, not 5.
There's a chance it might still trigger a 5v solid-state relay, but
don't count on it.
Related to this, I'm assuming something akin to an IR Linc (see [1])
should be used to connect the output of a Squeezebox to the (the IR
input
Having just had an 'accident' I've restored my SlimServer program
directory but am having to re-scan my music tracks to rebuild the
database. The reason for that is that Slimserver runs 24/7 and
SecondCopy (a Windows back-up program) says it can't back-up the
database file as it in use.
Are
clumsyoik Wrote:
Let's see if we can fix the problem now, then. The first thing that
stands out is your JAVA_HOME - \bin\java is is not the normal place for
java to be installed on Windows XP.
Can you post the results of the command:
c:\bin\java -version
Regards
CO
I typed the
Listener Wrote:
I typed the command in a command line window and got a one line
response:
The system cannot find the path specified.
There is NO c:\bin directory on my C: drive.
I have a Start menu command Java 2 runtime environment with a single
sub-menu item Welcome to Java 2.
I looked at the batch file and saw that it expect the JAVA_HOME
environment variable to be set.
%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java -classpath ..; (more)
That variable is not set on my XP system. The Java runtimes were
installed with the standard installer.
Softsqueeze works w/o the JAVA_HOME variable.
I
Assuming you are playing lossless transcoded to flac, I think it is the
same problem as in the bug I referenced.
For the moment if you don't mind eating more cpu on the server and a
bit more network bandwidth, you can alter server settings file types to
avoid sending flac to the player:
disable:
random play and albums - sorted by Artist(0). If I click on
albums ..., I get a blank 2nd line. If I go back to the previous
menu and click on random play, I get a display showing 00:00 followed
by what looks like a speaker symbol and a bar.
Dead end. I guess Slightserver didn't find
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(Be nice if Slimserver contained an option to backup the database to a
specified directory at a specified time)
Be pretty handy for Moose too as pointing it at the 'live' db file
causes all sorts of grief..
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I have released a new version of Softsqueeze 2.3. This will be in the
6.2 nightlies or you can download it from Sourceforge
(http://softsqueeze.sourceforge.net). Later in the week I'll release a
new version on the trunk.
This fixes (for me anyway!) sync. I've been listening with out problem
for
clumsyoik Wrote:
Thanks for your efforts. If you do find a little spare time, I'd be
interested to see your slightserver.properties, so I can work out why
it didn't find your library.
CO
I already listed the only change I made to the properties file but here
is the entire file.
Bill
PeterBorner Wrote:
I'm seeing a double count and a duplicate tracks. I've tried clearing
the database and re-scanning but still have the same problem.
I figured this out!
I had both the music directory and the MoodLogic database loaded and
scanned. I removed the music directory setting,
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Are there command lines I can use to tell SlimServer to shut down and
restart that I can set up in Windows Scheduler? If I can do that I can
schedule the back-up as well.
net stop service name
net start service
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if you find a crash in any of the display code I can look at it..
Thanks for the offer ... If I nail it down to that area, I'll call.
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Ok, i have converted some true type fonts to unicode ones, but in
slimserver under player settings display font, i still only have
the option for Light/standard/full?
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Also, it would seem that putting the unicode font BMP's in the graphics
folder causes Slimserver to crash when it starts :/
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Also, it would seem that putting the unicode font BMP's in the graphics
folder causes Slimserver to crash when it starts :/
No conversion is necessary.
All you need to do is drop one of the .TTF files in the Graphics directory.
The fonts on the
I have been using a build of 6.5b1 from a few days ago because of some
updates to the CUE file handling (which is completely broken in 6.2.2).
Is that the cause of the crashes then?
As for the fonts, i have put both unicode and .TTF files in the
graphics folder, how do i use them then? i cant
Hello Ben,
Progress on the skin is looking great.
Question: is there a Power Off button for a player anywhere? I like to
use the web to poweroff the player (so that the off-mode screensaver
kicks in).
Also, in your newly checked in 5578, the file menu_radio.gif needs to
be checked in.
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As part of another development effort (see my post on the developers
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for your players which runs as a native Windows app. Current features
are basic - play, pause, skip tracks, volume, etc but it suits my
needs. It also
In order to maintain sub-ms clock accuracy, ntp requires significant
support from the host operating system, which the squeezeboxen may not
have in place. Under linux, there is an entire kernel process devoted
to system time, with a corresponding API for slewing the time in a
gapless fashion to
Thanks to KDF and Grotus on helping me debug the two things that were
giving me the most grief with the skin-- identifying radio streams when
playing and getting a player chooser pull-down menu to work on every
page (for those streaming to more than one player).
I checked in several notable
I got slimserver downloarded and running once, but after several hours,
it crashed. Since then, it won't restart. I've tried reinstalling
slimserver but experience the same issue: slimserver starting
message. I can't access slimserver directly via the web brower. I run
XP but don't have a
Boy, MrC, you are quick...I had just checked that stuff in. Thanks,
though--I never remember to add new images to the tree.
No idea about the potential for a power-off button on the skin. Will
look into that.
While we are on the subjet of icons, I have a request of the
SlimNokiaSkinUsers of the
https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=105169
the only thing i see under changes are:
Fixed sync - Fixed gapless FLAC playback
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bklaas Wrote:
I want to replace it with a link to 'new music', but I have two
problems:
1. I have no idea what a 'new music' icon should look like
2. I am abysmal at making iconsMaybe something along the lines of this:
http://musicbox.sourceforge.net/musicbox.png
I was thinking that it
This is off topic, but I love your safari photos. If you don't mind me
asking, what equipment do you use? I'm interested, because I went on a
safari this past summer in Masai Mara, Kenya. I have some pics online
here:
http://www.cellandtissue.com/Africa2005/Slides/index.html
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EAC quickstart guide:
http://users.pandora.be/satcp/eac-qs-en.htm
In-depth guide:
http://users.pandora.be/satcp/tutorials.htm
Note the quickstart guide is newer and its suggestions
for MP3 arguments supercede those of the in-depth
guide.
But if you're ripping a CD, you should be ripping in
FLAC
I gotta say.. I'm just as perplexed by everyone else at the fuss the
author made about this widget. He wrote several cease desist letters
to me, claiming he would soon be releasing his update and didn't want
multiple versions out there, yet 2 months later he has still not made
any progress on
ezkcdude Wrote:
This is off topic, but I love your safari photos. If you don't mind me
asking, what equipment do you use? I'm interested, because I went on a
safari this past summer in Masai Mara, Kenya. I have some pics online
here:
Go to Start - Run and type:
services.msc
I'm not on my SlimServer computer right now, but I
believe it should either be called Slim or SlimServer.
Right-click on it. Either select Stop, then Start or
try Restart.
However the abnormal starting problem may need more
troubleshooting - someone
Hello mate,
Great work !
Does rescan on Winslim the same thing as rescan when done on the web
interface? ie willit pick up new addes tracks etc...
Also why not just go the full nine yard and reproduce the entire option
setting capability of the web based interface ?
I'd love something that ca
Ben,
I played with a couple of images. First, I added a note symbol to the
Music Folder. I didn't clean it up, but was wondering what you
thought of the idea.
Second, I created a New Music image. I thought of those cheesy New!
starbursts you see in magazines. I haven't decided how much I
no slim* in the services.msc management console. I guess that would
explain why it won't start... How do I fix?
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Richard,
Last night tried both 2.2 downloaded with Slimserver over Christmas,
and then latest 2.3, but my wireless SB3 is still significantly (0.5 to
1 sec?) BEHIND Softsqueeze on Windows XP Pro. If I could have a
Softsqueeze delay knob . :-)
Dave
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It would be great if you're able to get a working version out. Clearly
the guy isn't 'actively' working on it. ;-)
I'm only interested in a Windows version so no worries if not working
on Mac (though I accept that there are others interested in Mac). If I
can help test, PM me.
Cheers,
Tom
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