Itunes for non geeks SB users and Slimservers for others who like to
tinker. There is no need to argue, I am neither Apple fan nor PC lover.
Oh, I also don't have time to play with all the compression formats
available, those I have tried left me with some after-effect like
eating food with too
I find Slim Server to be superb. I love it. Never used I-tunes, but
quite frankly I don't see a need for it. I use SB mostly for my CD
collection ripped to FLAC lossless and some old MP3s.
Slim Devices you guys rock!
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I think I may have experienced the White Noise of Death issue. I have
only had my SB3 for about 36 hours so have never experienced anything
like this before.
I had my SB3 on yesterday morning - could have been listening to Radio
1 via AlienBBC or possibly an MP3 - can't remember which it was
On 19/01/06, Mark Lanctot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Question for the good Doctor:
I've always wondered but never asked...does
SlimServer need to be running in order for Moose
to work? i.e. is Moose just a SS front end or is
it an alternate server?
Yup, it's mainly a front-end for SS, so
On 19/01/06, Philip Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Seems to be working, to some degree. I wasn't playing anything the previous
time I hovered over the tray icon, so it was only reporting Moose 0.21, or
something like that. If I actually play something, it reports the playing
track on the
Matt,
On default at least, when using iTunes integration there is an 'iTunes
Podcasts' item on the home page player menus that goes directly to the
podcast list!
James
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I fell in love with Itunes music server and how EZ it is to arrange,
sort, create playlists quickly and intuitively with Roku. Now I am
painfully and excruciatingly trying to do the same in Slimserver, with
every mouse clicks result in webpage refresh, no way to sort,
alphabetize, group songs
empty99 said the following on 01/20/2006 08:08 AM:
Oh, I also don't have time to play with all the compression formats
available, those I have tried left me with some after-effect like
eating food with too much MSG, slight headache and stiff neck after
long listening sessions.
If you only try
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dr Lovegrove
wrote:
Ok, just uploaded version 0.22 to:
http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove
This is looking rather nice, thanks :).
* Added support for Mediaplayer-style global key shortcuts (option on
tray menu).
..and when I found that I understood why
I can't get SoftSqueeze and a Squeezebox to synchronise even with the
latest 2.3 version so I think it's time for plan B. It's a particular
problem in this house as one of the Squeezeboxes is close enough to the
PC that if they are not in sync it creates a cacophony of sound in the
middle of
I can play the standard xfm stream on windows media player for mac, but
not as a stream in iTunes. Could this be a LAME issue?
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I tried restarting and rebooting a few things with no success. Finally
I found that when I browse the music from the PC the mm logo is
missing from the PC side.
I killed MusicMagic and restarted it and somehow it came back.
You mentioned enabling d_musicmagic to monitor activities, how do I
I can play the standard xfm stream on windows media player
for mac, but not as a stream in iTunes. Could this be a LAME issue?
It's a wma stream so it's unlikely to work in iTunes!
James
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I tried restarting and rebooting a few things with no success. Finally
I found that when I browse the music from the PC the mm logo is
missing from the PC side.
I killed MusicMagic and restarted it and somehow it came back.
You mentioned enabling d_musicmagic to monitor
On 20/01/06, Kevin Weller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dr Lovegrove
wrote:
..and when I found that I understood why trying to find something in
any application (CTRL-F) was skipping to the next track! How about
adding support for media-capable keyboards so when I hit
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wrote:
Which media-capable keyboard do you have
I'm using a Microsoft one on this machine but SWMBO uses a Logitech
keyboard with similar facilities. They both 'just work' on Windows so I
assume there's a standard.
Kevin
Mark
The intent is to bury these things in the wall. I really can't see myself
walking around with a remote.
Pardon my ignorance, but what software would you suggest.
I am a user, as they said in TRON, not a programmer.
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On 20/01/06, Kevin Weller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dr Lovegrove
wrote:
I'm using a Microsoft one on this machine but SWMBO uses a Logitech
keyboard with similar facilities. They both 'just work' on Windows so I
assume there's a standard.
Ah, think i've sussed
Hi!
Is there a way to sort album by year under Artists?
I have it organized like this Genre\Artist\Album.
Regards
/Bernt
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Ah, think i've sussed it.. No way to test it though.. Try this build:
http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove/Moose22a.zip
That doesn't seem to want to start on my system. I double-click, the
hour glass appears, then nothing.
Do you want to
Robin Bowes Wrote:
empty99 said the following on 01/20/2006 08:08 AM:
Oh, I also don't have time to play with all the compression formats
available, those I have tried left me with some after-effect like
eating food with too much MSG, slight headache and stiff neck after
long listening
On 20/01/06, gandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Almost there. I have slimserver running on the same machine as moose. It
connects to my music database on \\tera1\share\itunes3. I can do a
folder scan and get all my albums nicely displayed my moose however
when slimserver trys to play what ive
Caught the tail end of this thread - not sure what OS you are using
but I had a similar problem using OS X and itunes. I eventually
turned off itunes and everything came back. I still like using itunes
as I can transfer my playlists but at least now I know the problem is
with itunes. I
Hi All,
I wanted to look at the user interfaces other than Default, and find
that I'm now stuck with Dark.
I made several attempts to return to Default (+Change+Refresh) to no
avail.
I de-installed and re-installed SS and still got the Dark interface.
Is this a known bug and what's the way out?
Craig, James (IT) Wrote:
I can play the standard xfm stream on windows media player
for mac, but not as a stream in iTunes. Could this be a LAME issue?
It's a wma stream so it's unlikely to work in iTunes!
James
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The WMA stream should be decoded by your SB2. You didn't post any
d_source log using the SB2 - the log you posted was for SoftSqueeze.
There may be a settings problem which a log may uncover so post a log
using the SB2.
Logs are best saved in a file, zipped and then attached to the post.
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that I'm now stuck with Dark.
Try http://slimserver:9000/Default/
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I have two SB2s that are rock solid so far as synchronisation is
concerned. They are both wired (rather than wireless).
I won't say they never lose synch, but it is extremely rare.
On the basis they are in use every day it will be months between them
losing synch.
Ken
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Caught the tail end of this thread - not sure what OS you are using
but I had a similar problem using OS X and itunes.
Windows XP and no itunes.
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I have two SB2s that are rock solid so far as synchronisation is
concerned.
Thanks Ken.
Strangely enough, about 15 minutes after I posted that SoftSqueeze and
the Squeezebox in question (which is wireless) came into sync and have
remained so ever
How are your music folders set up? Looks like you have a directory for
Derek and the Dominos. Most people have a directory for 'Derek and the
Dominos - Jams', with all songs in that directory. I wouldn't make the
structure any more complicated than needed.
Visit
Skunk Wrote:
How are your music folders set up? Looks like you have a directory for
Derek and the Dominos. Most people have a directory for 'Derek and the
Dominos - Jams', with all songs in that directory. I wouldn't make the
structure any more complicated than needed.
I think my
As appealing as explanation 1 is, my money would be on explanation 2.
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I have been using Tag Rename to capture the image files from Amazon
and adding them to the files and the tags. Should I just do one and
not the other?
Until you get your problems worked out, yeah. That's why I suggested a
fresh rip and manually placed jpg.
KDF already noted
Well in that case you have a bit of an issue. I
don't know how Palms work, but I assume they're
like my non-WiFi PocketPC: they require a USB
connection to the network through a PC and synch
software to handle the translation.
So unfortunately unless you can find a device that
can bridge
Did you use the iTunes tool that adjusts sound levels?
There appears to be problems in that area.
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Is that an option that you can switch on in iTunes or a tool you run
seperately? I can check my options in iTunes when I get home, but the
player was in standby at the time. Surely if nothing is playing, then
the format of the mp3's really shouldn't matter should they?
What actually is standby?
I'm not sure what you mean by standby. There are I think 3 states a
squeezebox can be in: on, off, idle. The last means on but not playing
any music.
Whether the display dims, and what the display shows, in any of these
states, is a setting of the individual player, which you can set at any
Is there a way to sort album by year under Artists?
I've got a patch for this at home, just have not gotten around to
figuring out how to submit it yet. Here's a link to the bug:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=112
Bug 2626 may also be of interest, it's fixed in 6.1 and 6.5
Thanks for your reply. I will check what options are set in iTunes
later.
My definition of standby is probably what you are calling off - i.e. I
have pressed the power button on the remote and the box (in its default
state) is showing me the time and date.
Off to me would be with the power
Yes, Slim calls that off. It's true, lots of equipment calls that
Standby. But not Slim, for some reason.
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AHA! Found it!
The device I was looking for is a 3Com Audrey.
http://www.digibarn.com/collections/systems/audrey/
eBay always shows several. There's an auction
ending in 13 minutes with the last bid at $57 CDN.
You may be able to pick one up for less than
$100 CDN.
This is not a
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short order. My second kid is due any day...skin development takes a
back burner to that...)
Well I think you deserve a break, although I don't think you'll be
getting much rest :)
Thanks for all the great work on this
I apologise in advance if this is covered elsewhere but I've had a look
at come up with nothing.
Got a SB3 about a month ago and everything's been great.
I'm running SlimServer off an XP box which uses a Maxtor Shared Storage
drive for mp3s.
Just in the last couple of days I've made some
This would be great.
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Do I need to join the developers list? The beta list?
it is a good idea for posting patches.
Do I need to submit against 6.5 or is 6.2 OK?
6.5 for features, 6.2 is only for bugfixes, not enhancements.
Triode recently added sort option
Did a totally new rip and acquired art from amazon through tagrename.
Scanned for new music and got this in the log:
2006-01-20 12:29:20.6016 Variable Cover: Michael Bolton-Soul
Provider.jpg from ARTIST-ALBUM
2006-01-20 12:29:20.6025 Image File empty or couldn't read: E:\FLAC
Files\Michael
Sounds like you indeed experienced the White Noise of Death.
However, this is a new wrinkle on the problem - the noise evidently
spontaneously erupted with the player powered down (the amp was
obviously left on) The two times my player has experienced this
problem - I was listening to
Hmm, I am sure I did not see that... I will have to double-check this
evening. Thanks for the info.
Sheesh, that makes things much easier :)
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Currently the code I added only works for artwork, but it should
theoretically allow this to be sorted in the order you suggest. I'd be
interested in feedback on the beta thread.
The same idea could be extended to other browse options with some minor
additions. Please feedback on the albumart
Actually the Audrey isn't bad but maybe a better looking tablet with
instant on (WinCe) would be the 'epods' tablet that has an active Hack
group and can run wirelessly with a pcmcia card. It also uses a compact
disc slot for storage. Take a look.
http://www.geocities.com/epodsfiles/
If you are
My SB3 didn't actually power itself on - it was off! Although of course
off appears to be relative - perhaps someone that knows the hardware
can confirm what off actually means with regards to shutting down parts
of the circuitry etc.
Fortunately I can switch my amp off completely which I am
kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Do I need to join the developers list? The beta list?
it is a good idea for posting patches.
OK, I can do that. But what is the proper procedure for submitting
a patch? Is there a separate patch list, or do I submit to the
developers list and hope someone
I received my SqueezeBox 3 today from advancedmp3players.co.uk - after
having played with SoftSqueeze I was quite looking forward to the real
thing! Excitedly opened the packaging, delved through the bits and
pieces - and then found a 2 pin plug on the power supply! I'm in the UK
and the sticker
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kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Do I need to join the developers list? The beta list?
it is a good idea for posting patches.
OK, I can do that. But what is the proper procedure for submitting
a patch? Is there a separate patch list, or do I
On 20 Jan 2006, at 20:00 , jsinglet wrote:
I received my SqueezeBox 3 today from advancedmp3players.co.uk - after
having played with SoftSqueeze I was quite looking forward to the real
thing! Excitedly opened the packaging, delved through the bits and
pieces - and then found a 2 pin plug on
Bad luck! I'm sure we can all appreciate the frustration... I think
you'd be perfectly safe to use an adaptor, assuming you have one to
hand that is. If not Dixons would probably sell you one for a fiver!
Ceejay
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kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
diff -upB or get setup with subversion and use svn diff.
Yep, I've been grabbing the source from svn, and cvs before that :-)
you can attach the diffs, gzipped to a post in the dev forum. Add
in a brief explanation of what it does and why you need it, and
snarlydwarf Wrote:
Of course, in that mode, just what will your SB say, since it has no way
of knowing what random track is playing?
I guess this reminds me of how a certain-other-vendor claimed we
support XM radio! And when you actually looked at the details it was
yes, plug your XM
BTW - The podcast functionality in PSP firmware 2.6 seems to only work
with urls without port numbers.
So although I can browse to http://slimserver ip:9000/handheld/ in
the PSP's web browser and click on the RSS icon (I added to the skin),
the PSP will not display the image icon referenced
AaronS Wrote:
Yeah, no 'maximum compatibility' though. And a hugely wasteful increase
in file size.
My flac are just a simple transcode away from ANY format. ;)
And wasteful increase in file size is not true. I can transcode my
files to ANY format without having to re-rip or lose quality do
oreillymj Wrote:
BTW - I've reported this to Sony. I consider it a bug.
Heheh - good luck with that one. Sony's browser advancement on the PSP
seems to be accelerating at a snail's pace. It's a shame too - I love
my PSP for compact WiFi on the web. It goes with me to Panara Bread
for lunch
allanimal Wrote:
On 26 Dec 2005, at 21:07 , coyotl wrote:
I have the same problem. My iTunes music library is in the normal
place, i.e., ~Music/iTunes/...
I'm using SlimServer 6.2.2. (I had the same problem with SlimServer
6.2.1)
Help?
That should be:
Has this ever been reported on an SB2? Not that I recall, and the SB2
has been out for a lot longer than the SB3, but I thought they were
the same underlying hardware?
Does the WNOD only effect the analog outputs?
thanks,
greg
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kewe65 Wrote:
So, one drawback of the Squeezebox and SlimServer is that you can't
stream DRM iTunes files.
That's because Apple won't license it to anyone else. (And because
they make promises to record companies about how their licensing model
works, this is unlikely to change.) Name two
Actually I tested both of the methods I thought might work and neither
do.
1) Slimserver will not listen on port 80. Web UI does not accept this
as a valid port for some reason. Perhaps becuase the Linux folk are all
running Webservers, not sure.
2) I downloaded the AnalogX port
A couple of things. Here is my software: SlimServer Version: 6.2.1 -
5194 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252
Also, MusicMagic has no trouble finding and reading the art files from
the album folders.
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Yeah, Flash would be nice on the PSP - putting it one step closer to a
real Internet browsing experience - but these little bug fixes should
come first.
At any rate, my PSP rawks hard as a SlimServer controller - a match
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snarlydwarf Wrote:
That's because Apple won't license it to anyone else. (And because they
make promises to record companies about how their licensing model works,
this is unlikely to change.) Name two digital music players (hardware
or software) that are not made by Apple that support
You may very well want to listen to one song in one room and another in
another room. That is why, many people here have multiple SBs and have
multiple people in a household use them.
Also your statement about fine let someone circumvent the DRM. Well
better solution for you would be to NOT
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No SB1s, though ... :-)
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Really irrelevant to me. I have no intention of removing iTunes. You
make the point from the premise that i have to have iTunes. Well, of
course. I have no issues with it. It is, in fact, one of the best
music library managers out there. Bested only by J.River's Music
Kyle Wrote:
Did a totally new rip and acquired art from amazon through tagrename.
Sorry, by manually placed I meant copy a .jpg to the clipboard and
paste it in there _manually_. Are you positively tag/rename doesn't tag
.jpg to your files? Did you got to ServerSettingsInterface and change
As I've said, I'm all ears, but you've actually offered no suggestions
on meeting the objective. What you have offered is opinions based on
some premises that didn't exist in the first place. It gets pretty
frustrating when it seems your advice is not really focused on
responses to what I'm
m1abrams Wrote:
You may very well want to listen to one song in one room and another in
another room. That is why, many people here have multiple SBs and have
multiple people in a household use them.
Sure, but since that scenario rarely if ever comes up in my house, it's
way down of the
kewe65 Wrote:
I'm looking for the hardware/software configuration that will stream
ANYTHING that is played on the PC.
Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, so I don't mind saying that the
Wavelength brick will do this. IIRC it plays system sounds and all.
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Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, so I don't mind saying that the
Wavelength brick will do this. IIRC it plays system sounds and all.
I'm assuming your talking about Wavelength Audio's Brick USB DAC?
http://www.wavelengthaudio.com/Cosecant.html
Fascinating. Anyone with
kewe65 Wrote:
Anyone with experience with this?
Don't go there, please.
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Someone will correct me if I'm wrong, so I don't mind saying that the
Wavelength brick will do this. IIRC it plays system sounds and all.
But it doesn't get around the cable problem USB cables do have
length limits.
Of course, speaker wire has length restrictions as well,
Just before I got my SB3, I found that bad tags on some of my WMA files
(a non-unique URL tag) caused SS to crash mid-scan; this sounds similar
to your situation (but might not be the same, of course). The problem
was fixed in the nightly release of 6.2.2 a few days later; so if
you're still
cool! according to the website, its AudioMorph transcode-on-the-fly
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i downloaded and installed slimserver and softsqueeze, the installs
seemed to have gone smoothly but i cannot hear any music.
am i suppose to be able to play music using either the slimserver or
the softsqueeze software without having the actual squeezebox? reading
the forums it seems like i
Kyle Wrote:
Since MusicMagic sees the files, I don't see how they can be the
problem.
Think outside the box- ie 'since MM see's the files, _it_ MUST be the
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Sorry, by manually placed I meant copy a .jpg to the clipboard and paste
it in there _manually_.
Yeah, I did it both ways -- through tag rename and by manually saving
the file from Amazon to the desktop and then shifting it into the album
folder. I wonder if I need to just
snarlydwarf Wrote:
But it doesn't get around the cable problem USB cables do have
length limits.
Not inherently, but there are lots of ways around the problem. If the
quality is better, it's worth it. (I'm not saying the quality is
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I wonder if I need to just delete SS and reload it.
I'm not trying to be rude, but that's the first thing I try- and I
would've probably tried it about five times already in your situation.
Only with SS though.
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vain4 Wrote:
i downloaded and installed slimserver and softsqueeze, the installs
seemed to have gone smoothly but i cannot hear any music.
am i suppose to be able to play music using either the slimserver or
the softsqueeze software without having the actual squeezebox? reading
the forums
Craig, James (IT) Wrote:
I fell in love with Itunes music server and how EZ it is to arrange,
sort, create playlists quickly and intuitively with Roku. Now I am
painfully and excruciatingly trying to do the same in Slimserver,
with
every mouse clicks result in webpage refresh, no way to
snarlydwarf Wrote:
Slimserver itself doesn't touch your sound card: you will need to use
softsqueeze (or Winamp, but that's a bit trickier)
thanks, the audio is working fine now
still no itunes playlist's, and from what i see in some other posts i'm
not the only one. hopefully it can be
Skunk Wrote:
I'm not trying to be rude, but that's the first thing I try- and I
would've probably tried it about five times already in your situation.
Only with SS though.
No luck with that, either.
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i tried my older sb2 and it also chokes when trying to play that file
with player settings on no limit - 320,256 adn 192 will play the fiel
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access Shoutcast. I have reduced the number of streams from 300 down
to 2 with the same result.
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name your cover art 'lookhere.jpg'. SS is too smart for it's own good
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