same here Steve. When wireless the SB3 plays a few songs then freezes.
Unplugging it is the only thing you can do. My laptop has no problem
using this wireless network. When plugged via ethernet the SB3 does not
crash. I agree a replacement is probably needed.
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SteveL Wrote:
My crashing occurs regardless of what SB3 is connected to
(Squeezenetwork or Slimserver). Wireless conect = crash. Wired
connection = no crash. The box is being returned for replacement on
basis that if it crashes, its is faulty.
Steve I assume you received the replacement
Kyle wrote:
Is there a free zip file expander available? I have used StuffIt and
WinZip, but both have nag screens. I don't care about compressing,
just unzipping.
FilZip @ http://www.filzip.com/
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I don't know about debug flags, but you could check slimserver.log
(/tmp/slimserver.log on my installation), for a basic error message. I
found that you had to set SQL permissions for user
'[EMAIL PROTECTED]' to get it to run properly.
AFAIK, slimserver runs with user 'slimserver' - the 'er'
Try Firmware 29 in today's build. It has worked wonders for me, though
your mileage may vary...
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also make sure all advanced Turbo/108 modes are disabled on your router
(if it has any). You might also try stepping down to wireless B only in
router set up.
Alex
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Hi all,
I have sold 2 sb1s which were working perfectly with 2 sb2s. My
intention was to upgrade the sb1s to sb3s and gradually add more sb3s
but now I am not so sure. Here's my latest problem after adding one new
Sb3.
If I synch the 2 SBs and leave the Sb3 on its own everything is fine.
If I
Pfarrell, I don't think you read my original post correctly. That's
what I am already doing. You're describing my home network almost
exactly.
The problem is that there is a bug in the Squeezebox firmware. When it
makes a DHCP request with bridging enabled, it does so with the *wrong
MAC
This morning my SBG and SB2 were unresponsive - the time on the SB2 was static.
I went to the server machine and I could see that I had a Windows Data
Execution Prevention message for Lame. This must have been blocking the
SlimServer code in such a way that the squeezeboxes didn't report
Version 29 of the firmware is even worse. The players are both now
requesting DHCP addresses with the MAC address 00:00:00:00:00:10. So
they both get handed the same IP address by the server (I'm not sure
why this didn't happen before; perhaps they were slightly different and
I just didn't see
I'm trying to get Century FM using URL
mms://ms2.capitalradiointeractive.co.uk/Century_1002 which works on
Windows Media Player. Using Server version 6.2.1 with SB3 and
Softsqueeze
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rkeeney Wrote:
OK, that was helpful. I copied the aforementioned files into the
specified directories (choosing to overwrite some directories already
there). Now, slimserver starts and creates the tables but just stalls.
According to MySQL Administrator, there are now 145 rows in the newly
MrC Wrote:
You mean different than the one built into Windows XP?
I've got XP Pro, but the only expander I can find on my machine is
StuffIt, which has nag screens. Is there a built-in that doesn't have
nag screens?
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First of all I wanted to thank KitKat for posting the fix for the DHCP
issue with regard to D-Link Routers in Turbo Mode.
Sean,
I seriously think this issue should be listed in FAQ section, why isn't
it? D-Link routers are widely used so why wouldn't you highlight this
potential setup problem
WisteriaVillage Wrote:
I seriously think this issue should be listed in FAQ section, why isn't
it? D-Link routers are widely used so why wouldn't you highlight this
potential setup problem to D-Link users?
I think you will find the issue highlighted in the router status
pages on the wiki.
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You won't have any 'is this PDA friendly' worries with the 770. The
browser rocks. If you have reservations, I'd check with your area
CompUSA and/or Frey's and see if they have a demo unit out.
this reply was written in gmail using the 770 browser.
I see that the severity on the bug is Normal. According to the bug's
life definitions, I think it should be one of these:
Critical crashes, loss of data, severe memory leak
Major major loss of function
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I got MySQL running last night. It was fun, and I even updated the wiki
page a bit with some pointers.
I haven't run it through its paces yet but it seems a bit more
responsive. The catch for me is I'm using a bit more memory
(slimserver uses less, mysqld uses more than the difference) and
Hello
I'm considering getting my local computer hardware supplier to put
together a standalone, low-cost, 24x7 computer to serve as my music
server, and I was looking for some advice on what is the minimum I
should purchase, a Bill-Of-Materials (BOM) so to speak.
For example, I could configure:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=5860563921
Squeezebox v1 with graphical display upgrade.
This was bought with the upgraded display (not a DIY job).
selling due to upgrade.
So far I've had v1, v1g, v2 and now v3.
Rgds,
Bruce.
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Patrick Dixon Wrote:
I don't know about debug flags, but you could check slimserver.log
(/tmp/slimserver.log on my installation), for a basic error message.
Thanks for the pointer. I found slimserver.log in /var/log on my
system, and the error message was:
install_driver(mysql) failed: Can't
Michaelwagner Wrote:
Cost to ship to Canada?
I'll find out tomorrow and let you know.
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pankaj wrote:
Hello
I'm considering getting my local computer hardware supplier to put
together a standalone, low-cost, 24x7 computer to serve as my music
server, and I was looking for some advice on what is the minimum I
should purchase, a Bill-Of-Materials (BOM) so to speak.
For example, I
Kyle wrote:
MrC Wrote:
You mean different than the one built into Windows XP?
I've got XP Pro, but the only expander I can find on my machine is
StuffIt, which has nag screens. Is there a built-in that doesn't have
nag screens?
It does, though installing something else may have
Skunk wrote:
I love 7-zip too. So refreshing :)
When will someone put all this freeware together into a OS 'for
dummies'- like MS but free (?)
http://osswin.sourceforge.net/
http://www.theopencd.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_software_packages
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Dear All,
I am aware that this may not be the correct forum to post this
question, but:
Can someone provide me with a (ballpark) date for the official
introduction of slimserver 6.5?
I seem to understand it will be built around MySql rather than SqlLite:
what advantages are we to expect?
I
pankaj wrote:
For example, I could configure:
1) The cheapest Celeron mother board available (Is Celeron Ok?). Which
one?
2) The minimum amount of RAM required to run the OS and SlimServer (how
much is adequate?)
3) Would Win XP Home be adequate, or must I use Win XP Pro?
4) A
I just ran the upgrade of the nightly build. Now my SB3 just keeps
rebooting during setup. As I enter networking information the cursor
freezes, then the screen goes blank, then the unit restarts. The SB3 is
now totally unusable. What a weekend! I feel like a beta tester who paid
money. I am
Most of your other questions have been answered,
although I should point out that I'm running
SlimServer 6.2.2 on Windows XP Home quite
successfully.
There are a few very cheap CPU on a board
motherboards out there. ECS has one, the 760GX-M.
This has an AMD Socket 754 Athlon Mobile 2800+
I want to view and play music located on other computers on my home
network. The documentation says all I need to do is create a short cut
in \My Musc\ to these files. This does not work. I use iTunes on all
3 computers. What am I doing wrong/
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Am I going mad?
I just installed the 6.5b1 from the 29th Nightly release, and there is
no SLIM.EXE file in the release.
Have I missed an important decision step where this executable is no
longer used/included, or is this an error?
FYI - I am an iTunesUpdate plug in user, and therefore I
Hello,
Does anyone know how I can get the stream at
http://mpr-wm.streamguys.com/mpr?MSWMExt=.asf to work? It appears to be
WMA9.1 without DRM...
I tried to tune in to it but it doesn't seem to work.
I have a G2 Squeezebox, i think...
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I have had the same exact problems for about a week plus another.
I have a flawless wireless system for laptops but slimbox freezes.
The additional problem: mine has a power transformer that seems to be
arcing. The entire electrical circuit carries the cracking and popping
to other electrical
Thanks Jack. I'll definetely check those out. I meant create it, and
shove it in their faces. I major in New Media- so think to seek open
source. The general public is just now catching on to firefox.
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Martin,
The 6.2.2 nightly release should work with 10.2.8 (there was a bug in
6.2.1 that was fixed), but it will be the last release that does.
After that release, we'll be dropping support for the 10.2 line of
Mac OS. Consider upgrading to 10.3 or 10.4 (10.3 upgrade disks can
be found
Thanks for the response. Can you tell me how/where to do this script?
I'm not familiar with how to do that. In addition, would the script
change depending on the file format? I have encoded to FLAC, does that
change the script?
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How is the display connected? Is it with a cable, like the SB2, or is
it soldered to the mainboard?
Just wondering if the SB3 would be as simple as the SB2 to transfer to
a new case if someone wanted to repackage it.
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Am I going mad?
I just installed the 6.5b1 from the 29th Nightly release, and there is
no SLIM.EXE file in the release.
There was a permission issue - I'm fixing and rebuilding it now.
-D
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When I first unpacked the SB3 and ran the 6.21 installer, it froze when
Starting Slimserver. When I called tech support, the guy had me open
a DOS prompt and type a command to enable SlimServer as a service.
I just noticed slim.exe running in the background, with no tray icon.
Should I be
I searched for this file and it's simply nowhere on my system. So
clearly it wasn't installed along with Slimserver. I'm currently
running version 6.0.2 - was MySQL support added in a later version?I think
that's probably it. I'm running a 6.2 nightly.
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For the built-in XP one you can usually right click and Open. If
something else is your default then open a folder, go to Tools, Folder
Options, File Types, find *.zip, and change the associated program to
the Windows program. I'm not in front of a Windows PC to remember
exactly what it is called
It's soldered. There are two 3 pin connections, and one 12 pin
connection. The pads (double sided padded tape?) the display rests on
are the only other connection.
Looks like a tossup between soldering in wires for display or in/out
connections.
fihzy Wrote:
Hello,
Does anyone know how I can get the stream at
http://mpr-wm.streamguys.com/mpr?MSWMExt=.asf to work? It appears to be
WMA9.1 without DRM...
I tried to tune in to it but it doesn't seem to work.
I have a G2 Squeezebox, i think...
It plays on my SB2 with firmware
I just noticed slim.exe running in the background, with no
tray icon. Should I be avoiding slimtray.exe?
No, but slimtray.exe really doesn't do much, so it's not essential.
From SlimTray you can: 1) start the SlimServer service, 2) stop the
SlimServer service, and 3) launch a browser,
The displays are extremely hard to remove without breaking them - not
recommended.
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'XPostFacto' (http://eshop.macsales.com/OSXCenter/XPostFacto/) will let
you run the later versions of OS X on those early machines.
Ben
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Kyle Wrote:
I've got XP Pro, but the only expander I can find on my machine is
StuffIt, which has nag screens. Is there a built-in that doesn't have
nag screens?
Stuffit does not come with XP - that was most likely installed by your
vendor (or you at some point). Uninstall it (and all your
My original plan was to have a low-end server built ... until I stumbled
on a cheap ($265), low-end server that had everything I needed, in my
case:
AMD Sempron 3100+ CPU
MS WinXP Home
256MB memory (which I upgraded to 768GB for $20)
80GB Ultra ATA hard drive
52x32x52x CD-RW Drive
What I like
Good tip. I should also note that I only took mine out because the
display went bad. I have close ups of why I believe it did, but that's
not the point. The point is if I were taking apart my good one, I would
have used more antistatic measures. It's not like a cd player, because
it has a
I certainly don't want to argue with the CTO, but I just tried to
install the nightly of Slimserver, 6.2.x.v2006-01-29, and it fails to
run. It installs, but a few seconds after clicking Start Server it
shuts down. The log shows:
dyld: perl Undefined symbols:
_bytes_from_utf8
So I (too) need to
Whoops, sorry about that.
The problem in 6.2.1 that was causing SlimServer to not run on 10.2.8
has been fixed, but in the process of adding support for the intel
macs, a new bug has been introduced. Dan's in the middle of fixing
this new issue.
On Jan 29, 2006, at 12:41 PM, MartinP
Hello,
I'm running the 6.2.2 5877 Jan 27th nightly on Windows 2000 and the
following strange things happen with multiple genres.
(The same happens with previous 6.2.2 and 6.2.1 releases).
- I have defined the ; as separator for multiple genres (I don't use
multiple artists, albums)
- part of my
Oddly enough, I took mine apart after the first post (but didn't take
pictures).
What's with the Torx screws? You guys really love them, don't you? Is
that to keep the riff-raff out?
I wouldn't try to disconnect the display.
I was trying to figure out if, without the case, it would fit inside
I'd like to re-emphasize the avoid wireless unless you have no other
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Michaelwagner Wrote:
I wouldn't try to disconnect the display.
Well no, not after being warned ;)
I should have just said, 'it looks easier to hardwire the connectors',
but I have a wired only SB so I'm not sure how the wireless card fits
in..
EDIT: But a modified SB with a detached
On Jan 29, 2006, at 2:19 PM, Michaelwagner wrote:
What's with the Torx screws? You guys really love them, don't you? Is
that to keep the riff-raff out?
Ha! Actually we use torx because they make assembly much quicker.
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Hi.
I'm doing some experiments with a small own-written software that shall
control my Squeezebox3 instead of slimserver.
All documents that i have found (Technical documentation and Wiki) seem
to be a little out of date, but anyway i'm now at the point where i can
send a strm-command over the
Michaelwagner Wrote:
What's with the Torx screws? You guys really love them, don't you? Is
that to keep the riff-raff out?
Not so much - they just go in faster and don't slip off the driver.
Also we have the torque dialed in very precisely (using $700
screwdrivers!) to tap the plastic
seanadams Wrote:
The displays are extremely hard to remove without breaking them - not
recommended.
From internal photos of the Squeezebox2 it appears the display in that
model was mounted to another board by the same pins. And _that_ board
was connected to the mainboard by a cable. I'm
When you say avoid wireless, are you referring specifically to the
end-to-end connection between the server and the Squeezebox (via a
wireless router), or just to the portion of the connection between the
server and the router?
I have two Squeezeboxes arriving next week, I was planning on going
JJZolx Wrote:
Sound about right?
Not really. The board(s) just needs to stay with the display. The
connectors need rewiring for audiophile performance anyway, so they can
extend to the outside of as big a box as desired.
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After having SB for about 3 weeks and ripping 100+ CD's. My Pc makes a
clicking noise whenver slimserver is running? What is it and how do I
stop it (cycle is 5 to 10 seconds click.click...)
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JJZolx Wrote:
From internal photos of the Squeezebox2 it appears the display in that
model was mounted to another board by the same pins. And _that_ board
was connected to the mainboard by a cable. I'm guessing that some
electronics to drive the display have been moved from that display
seanadams Wrote:
you'd want
who'd want? he asked... [for a bigger box]
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I've found and fixed the problem, look for it in the forthcoming
firmware v30.
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Damn! I'm glad I read this thread. I was going to order a SB3 and mod
it into a custom AV enclosure because I prefer the new blue screen to
the older green. I guess I will have to use my old SB2 now.
Not at all interested in building a 2+ rack height mod, I want it to be
*ahem* slim.
I
seanadams Wrote:
Not so much - they just go in faster and don't slip off the driver.
Here's the tool
http://www.etorque.com/html/edriv_electric_screwdrivers.html
It's not really a concern unless you have a LOT of screws to put in. :)
Cool! Thanks for the reference.
I'm familiar with power
Well, you were asking about the server box, and you wrote you wanted a
wireless card there.
If your data takes two wireless trips (one to the router, one from the
router to the slim) you automatically half your capacity. That's not a
good thing to do in any case, if you want to plan ahead for
Okay, I figured out what the problem is.
Some of the tracks in the album had the disc number set, and others
didn't (the 'TPOS' field).
I think SlimServer gets confused when it sees this and starts a new
album listing each time the field changes values.
I wrote a simple perl script to skim
Jetlag Wrote:
Damn! I'm glad I read this thread. I was going to order a SB3 and mod
it into a custom AV enclosure because I prefer the new blue screen to
the older green.
It's actually the same display -the lens determines the color. SB2 uses
a neutral gray color, whereas SB3 is a little
Michaelwagner Wrote:
The same company makes a power screwdriver with the same air motor,
which is why I (peripherally) know about them.
Sorry I can't find a link to my favorite tool of all, the Pneumatic Hog
Debunger.
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seanadams Wrote:
-the lens determines the color-
I don't suppose there is any way to get ahold of a purple lens and
replace the neutral gray one is there?
Better yet, if it is possible, what color lens would produce the
blue-est display?
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This is most likely internet explorer clicking as it refreshes.
Follow this link and see if it goes away.
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I have had the problem with the remore and I recently got the harmaone
880 and am having severe skipping with it. i have to belive it's not
the remote. I thoigh i saw in another post that will be fixed with the
next release of the server software. Please!!!
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Paul Fessler Wrote:
After having SB for about 3 weeks and ripping 100+ CD's. My Pc makes a
clicking noise whenver slimserver is running? What is it and how do I
stop it (cycle is 5 to 10 seconds click.click...)
Just a wild guess, but could it be a hard drive going bad? If so, it
would be
Are the functions used in .map documented? Where?
Right now, what I'd like to do is to change the rew-fwd behavior to be
like Winamp. In Winamp, a single press jumps fwd/back about 5 seconds
- holding the button does an accelerating skip until you release, then
stops.
Is this the right forum
I finally discovered why my Mac OS itunes playlists weren't showing up
in the server: There was an empty folder titled Playlists in the
iTunes folder. As soon as I deleted that folder, the server found the
playlists. Magic.
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I would much rather see pitch and tone controls done as a server-side
function. There is *so* much more you can do beyond the primitive
control on SB1. Eg it is possible to speed up music without changing
the pitch (a frequency-domain instead of time-domain function). If you
haven't heard this
Firefox doesn't 'click' as much for me as IE. Best to check your drive
as noted, in case you need to back up sooner than later.
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* dblatner shaped the electrons to say...
I finally discovered why my Mac OS itunes playlists weren't showing up
in the server: There was an empty folder titled Playlists in the
iTunes folder. As soon as I deleted that folder, the server found the
playlists. Magic.
Under
Great! when it's available, let me know, and I'll be happy to test it.
Thanks!
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