I don't know if this is possible or not. I have tried searching for the
answer but have come up empty.
Is there a way for the screensaver to go away on a track change and
then turn on again. I just love looking at the analog VU on my new
squeezebox 3 but I would love to know the name of the
How to reduce dropouts?
1 - (simple but expensive) - upgrade to an SB3, as you already noted
2 - (a bit of a pain) - switch to using high bit rate MP3s... it is
claimed that 320kbit MP3 is pretty indistinguishable from lossless,
though this of course depends on the rest of your kit, and ears!
benthos Wrote:
When I click on new, it brings up several of the Various Artists
recordings I've got. None of the tags have new in the artist name,
so I can't understand why Slimserver would call the artist for these
tracks new. Also, I found that rescanning the library didn't do any
Thanks for all those suggestions. So it seems like extending the level
of buffering (somehow) is not an option? (short of SB3 purchase of
course). That's good to know, I won't pursue that avenue any more.
Probably my next move is to try MySQL (I run this on my machine anyway
for other
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2510
Please vote for this - it really needs fixing and it seems like kdf has
identified the cause.
James
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Exactly! This is the bug I created and it would be good if you could vote
for it so we can get it fixed. It's annoying to say the least.
Threads I'm interested in might be very active but hidden in another
thread about something completely different...
It is very annoying - why can't people just
With the Random Mix plug-in, you can already achieve this (if I've
understood things correctly). I've got a custom map set-up with
press-and-hold 7,8 or 9 for random tracks, albums or artists.
So, I hold down 8 to pick a random album. If Random Mix picks an album
I don't want to listen to, I
http://www.songbirdnest.com/
Now for that Slim integration.hm
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Ehm except in my case it happens when just browsing the menus. It only
happens occassionally and I am not transcoding any files and have no
invalid FLACs either. My files are all native FLAC being played on my
SB3.
I have raised this bug however it's possible that it is related to the
other
I've also read that it's big, fat, and slow. Is this true? Experiences
please guys?
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I just started using it this morningso far so good. Also I was
doing a little digging around and found a link to slimdevices built in
(squeezebox integration...:)) See screenshot
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On 2/7/06, oli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In the last couple of days, when opening up the FLAC frontend, a windows
installer window pops up telling me it is trying to install Microsoft
Office Professional Edition. Only after cancelling this three times
does the FLAC frontend open. I have tried
Skunk Wrote:
It's never a bad idea to reformat a Windows machine...
Except when you haven't made a backup :-P Or if someone has suggested
that Linux Gaming is where it's at :-D (This is my idea of humour, it
usually only makes me laugh)
To return to the OP topic. I've never heard of
...done.
Craig, James (IT) wrote:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2510
Please vote for this - it really needs fixing and it
seems like kdf has
identified the cause.
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ceejay Wrote:
Thanks - what functions have you mapped those keys to?
Ceejay
From my custom.map:
7.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.RandomPlay::Plugin-tracks
8.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.RandomPlay::Plugin-albums
9.hold = modefunction_PLUGIN.RandomPlay::Plugin-artists
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I put the file in the server/plugins folder.
I have full administrative rights to my account.
Again, perhaps I saved the file incorrectly? I copied your code into
wordpad, saved it, then changed the exension. And no its not a named
file.pm.txt
I changed the filetype to a .pm
Any other advice?
Tried renaming the files to english name and it did not work either.
However, I went in to the properties of the file and change the title
from chinese to english and it worked. However, this would also mean
that I would lose my ID3 Tag.
I do hope that slimdevices would start putting together a
I have full administrative rights to my account.
Please check the rights on the file: if slimserver is running as a
service, it's using the SYSTEM account (or whatever else you defined).
It therefore has to be readable for everyone.
Again, perhaps I saved the file incorrectly?
Try to
fairyliquidizer wrote:
I've also read that it's big, fat, and slow. Is this true? Experiences
please guys?
AFAIK this is a _very early_ release from this project. Not sure
whether they're calling it alpha, beta or whatever, but I would not
expect a true release level of features or
I haven't been able to get this site to load this
morning. Mostly server resets, although I once
got a MySQL error.
Is it a problem on my end or are you guys also
having problems?
I wanted to find out if/how much they were
charging for the software.
blah509 wrote:
Mark Lanctot wrote:
I haven't been able to get this site to load this
morning.
I'm getting simple connection timeouts. Most likely just load from the
hordes wanting to download the app. (There's a highly ranked mention on
Digg).
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Tried renaming the files to english name and it did not work either.
However, I went in to the properties of the file and change the title
from chinese to english and it worked. However, this would also mean
that I would lose my ID3 Tag.
I do hope that
On 7-Feb-06, at 11:58 PM, saltydog4791 wrote:
I don't know if this is possible or not. I have tried searching for
the
answer but have come up empty.
Is there a way for the screensaver to go away on a track change and
then turn on again.
it is possible, but waiting for someone to patch:
ron thigpen said the following on 02/08/2006 04:22 PM:
Mark Lanctot wrote:
I haven't been able to get this site to load this morning.
I'm getting simple connection timeouts. Most likely just load from the
hordes wanting to download the app. (There's a highly ranked mention on
Digg).
Yes, they've been Dugg (or Slashdugg, your preference).
There's a bunch of discussion, and also links to some mirrors of the
installer, at the Digg page.
http://digg.com/music/Songbird_Proof-of-Concept_released_(finally)
BTW, this is the v0.1.0 release, and all proper disclaimers and
I'm contemplating getting a Netgear FS108P switch which has 4 power over
ethernet ports. I'm curious, however, as to whether or not I can use
the powered ports to drive my Squeezeboxen. I've got an original
Squeezebox and a Squeezebox 2 for what it's worth. I seem to recall
reading somewhere
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This should work - we have a bunch of test files that do.
Hi Dan,
Can you confirm that foreign chars in file names are not suported?
Or is there a way to make Slimserver to import the files?
Non-Latin characters in file names are supported if
bonkabonka wrote:
I'm contemplating getting a Netgear FS108P switch which has 4 power over
ethernet ports. I'm curious, however, as to whether or not I can use
the powered ports to drive my Squeezeboxen. I've got an original
Squeezebox and a Squeezebox 2 for what it's worth. I seem to recall
New SB3 works great (love the DTS capability), but it sure sticks out in
my all-black component rack. It even distracts from TV watching to some
extent.
I'll try living with it for a few weeks, but my first thought was to
get a can of flat black spray paint.
I like the look of the SB3, but
Hi there...sorry if this has been asked and answered already, but I
couldn't find it.
Yahoo! has rev'ed their Unlimited service, and one of the new features
is streaming music to supported devices, of which Roku is one, and the
D-Link DSM-320 is.
I've been following the buzz around here about Infrant's readynas
products and ran across this cheaper, well reviewed terabyte
alternative at a local Fry's for $699.00(!):
ANTHOLOGY TERABYTE NAS
Specifications:
* 1TB or 1.6TBs Network Attached Storage (NAS) capacity ($699
for the 1TB)
*
ceejay Wrote:
So, what IS in the Artist tag? If its blank, Slimserver might be doing
its best to guess: see Server Settings / Formatting / Guess Tags
Formats.
well, for example, the track
Nelstone's Hawaiians - Fatal Flower Garden from Various - Anthology of
American Folk Music Vol. 1 -
Congratulations this is truly fantastic.
sb
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/09/technology/circuits/09pogue.html
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Nice,
Is this a hardware only trick, or will it work with all slim players?
(softsqueeze et al)
-Chris
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Congratulations this is truly fantastic.
sb
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GREAT article. My kudos as well to Sean, and the entire Slim team.
Just hoping the upcoming run on Squeezeboxes won't overwhelm the tech
support guy(s) with the usual... Help, I can't connect to my wireless
network cries!
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Thanks guys! Pandora is going to be huge - no doubt the biggest thing
to happen to music since Napster.
If you haven't tried it yet, just go to http://www.pandora.com and
punch in a song you like. It pretty much blew my mind the first time I
used it, and it just keeps getting better as you
I just installed Slimserver on a laptop that I just reformatted to
Windows XP Pro. The install seemed to go OK, but when I try to start
Slimserver, it just blinks in the system tray and will not start. I
had no problems at all on my other XP machine. Please help.
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It's a SqueezeNetwork feature, so you'll need SB2 or SB3. I can't
A SqueezeNetwork feature? Interesting.
Can you give us more details? Server based DRM support?
And please,improve the SqueezeNetwork - SlimServer login/logout interface. It is far
shvejk Wrote:
A SqueezeNetwork feature? Interesting.
Can you give us more details?
It's really simple. You'll add your pandora account in Squeezenetwork
settings, and then from the Squeezebox UI you'll see Pandora Radio at
the top level. Press right and choose to either view your
I was thinking about doing the same thing. The silver stands out among
my black Meridian 500 series equipment. SB3 is right sized, just need
to try toning down the bling. Let me know how it goes and what type of
paint you try (too cold here to paint outside yet and the fumes would
overwhelm us
What is the quality of the stream?
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For the time being I can't seem to log into Squeeze Network to create an
account, so I tried the demo on Pandora's homepage. All I can say is -
I love it! Can't wait to try this on my Squeezebox, and $36 is a steal
for such power.
Rawk on Slim Devices!
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andyg Wrote:
This is all there, just wait. :) Try out the Pandora flash player to
get some idea how it works.
I have, but it's annoying to play music at the pc. :)
There's a reason I have a nice ass-shaped dent in the couch.
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$36/year? Bah. I have to upgrade my Squeezebox, too! :-)
Congrats. I've wanted this since I first saw pandora (and I'm sure
I'm not the only person who wrote to both companies saying so...)
chris
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Kyle Wrote:
Heck, just get an SB2. It's flat black and has the same functionality.
You can find 'em on ebay.
I probably would have ordered 1 SB2 and 1 SB3 if I could have gotten
them for $200 each. The 100off2 promotion only applied to the SB3; I
also didn't need the wireless capability
radish Wrote:
Firstly, congrats on the NYT mention, and I hope you have warned UPS to
send more trucks :)
The Pandora stuff is interesting. I'm listening now through the flash
player and it's not bad - took almost 10 goes before I found a song or
artist it had heard of but once I got
Firstly, congrats on the NYT mention, and I hope you have warned UPS to
send more trucks :)
The Pandora stuff is interesting. I'm listening now through the flash
player and it's not bad - took almost 10 goes before I found a song or
artist it had heard of but once I got suitably mainstream it
I am a new user of Slim Devices, and I love the product. I plan to buy a
couple more for my home.
I would like to use the Telcanto software but I can't seem to get it to
connect.
I dropped back to a IE browser and used http://10.0.1.5:9000/Handheld/
(10.0.1.5 is address of server)and recieved
This upgrade you guys are working on tonight -- will that enable Pandora
when you're through? Also, did you force a firmware change? I had to
update twice tonight.
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radish Wrote:
I guess my main point was that the current situation of having to log
out of one server and into another would mean that practically speaking
I'd probably rarely use it - which would be a shame. I know it sounds
lazy but I've had enough troubles getting SBs to connect that I
seanadams Wrote:
They would need internet access anyway to pull Pandora steams - can you
explain in more detail?
I guess it depends on the details of the Pandora protocol, and which
bits are secret (and at this point I'm 100% guessing). I'm assuming
it's a single, persistent stream into which
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This upgrade you guys are working on tonight -- will that enable Pandora
when you're through? Also, did you force a firmware change? I had to
update twice tonight.
The upgrade is our first step to rolling out Pandora on SqueezeNetwork.
The firmware
Kyle Wrote:
This upgrade you guys are working on tonight -- will that enable Pandora
when you're through? Also, did you force a firmware change? I had to
update twice tonight.
This was a major code upgrade to get ready for the Pandora service,
which we expect to have out by the end of the
Congrats on the NYT writeup! Nice article and it should drive immediate
sales. If you don't watch out the Squeezebox could become the new iPod
- then you'll all be billionaires, end up buying Disney and have no
time to hang on the forums!
Pandora is a great feature, too. Adding thousands of
Ben Wrote:
Doubtless I'm being dense here, but how is Pandora different then
Last.FM?
There was a recent article comparing the two just last week.
http://www.stevekrause.org/steve_krause_blog/2006/01/pandora_and_las.html
Pandora == Yahoo! or Ask Jeeves, Last.FM == Google or AltaVista.
I dropped back to a IE browser and used http://10.0.1.5:9000/Handheld/
(10.0.1.5 is address of server)and recieved page not found.
The server is a Windows/XP Media Center system.
Maybe some app like MCE is using port 9000? I re-installed Slim Server
and no help.
What about Windows' firewall?
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