Re: [slim] Re: Add songs via command line

2006-02-15 Thread Michael Herger
Fred, Thanks for translating my code! I'll have to keep your descriptions for further requests. As you got the idea from my code, I assume the latter makes sense ;-). -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the SlimString

[slim] Dlink ADSL Router with WiFi

2006-02-15 Thread Richard Scales
Hello all, Does anyone out there have a Squeezebox 3 connected via WiFi to a Dlink Wireless Router DSL-G604T? I myself have SB2s connected via a Dlink DWL2000AP+ Access Point and have had complete success but I just set up a Squeezebox3 for a friend. It connected OK initially but

[slim] View Artist in Now Playing Screen

2006-02-15 Thread JohnQuirk
Hi All, I know that I can modify now playing to show me the artist and the track if I so desire, but very often this doesn't fit on the screen so has to scroll around. I think it would be a better use of the top line of the screen to be able to have the album artist, rather than the text Now

Re: [slim] View Artist in Now Playing Screen

2006-02-15 Thread Michael Herger
I think it would be a better use of the top line of the screen to be able to have the album artist, rather than the text Now Playing. http://www.herger.net/MusicInfoSCR/ -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the SlimString

RE: [slim] Re: Last.fm question

2006-02-15 Thread Craig, James (IT)
This sounds great but where can I download a custom.map? IR folder only contains default,jvc_dvd, and Slim_devices_Remote. I tried just copying and editing default.map but I dont know what to edit it with--note pad looks like a mess with some square boxes at the end of functions

[slim] SB3 Build Quality

2006-02-15 Thread MattH
I received my SB3 yesterday, after setting it up I noticed that the bottom right part of the front silver screen was loose. Looking at the bottom right hand side, the silver front panel is pushed over the white bevel creating a 2 - 3mm gap between the dark and siver screen components. I'm

Re: [slim] SB3 Build Quality

2006-02-15 Thread Michael Herger
I'm getting back to the UK reseller, but it pretty dissapointing that something this cool (and expensive) is let down by poor build quality and/or quality assurance. I think there was a quality problem in one of the first batches - it's not an issue with all boxes. There was some talk about

[slim] Re: Can't Create Tracks Table with MySQL

2006-02-15 Thread indybrett
One more important thing. When I changed the script, I gave it a new name. You need to keep the name as dbcreate.sql because the Slimserver will apparently run the script again when you do a clear library and rescan. I did that and the slimserver.pl daemon crashed. I looked at the database

[slim] Re: Options for remote power on of non ir amp

2006-02-15 Thread oktup
You could try a oneclick power strip - http://www.oneclickpower.co.uk/home.htm - it has one 'master' outlet which controls power to all the others, depending on whether the 'master' is on or off. So turning off (on) the squeezebox would cut (allow) power to the amp. I have one (for other

[slim] Re: View Artist in Now Playing Screen

2006-02-15 Thread JohnQuirk
mherger Wrote: I think it would be a better use of the top line of the screen to be able to have the album artist, rather than the text Now Playing. http://www.herger.net/MusicInfoSCR/ -- Michael --- Help translate

[slim] Re: Dlink ADSL Router with WiFi

2006-02-15 Thread DevilsAdvocate
Hi I have the Dlink DWL2000AP+ Wireless Access Point and bizarrely I have horrendous problems with wireless music streaming to either my squeezebox or my Netgear MP101 after its been on for a most of a day. The solution for me is to cycle the power on the WAP. I appreciate yours works and your

Re: [slim] Re: View Artist in Now Playing Screen

2006-02-15 Thread Michael Herger
Thanks Michael. I think I must have had an early version of this with my SliMP3s a long time ago as I recognise the repeat symbols, it must have got lost during some distant upgrade. Thanks for the help. I'm not sure about that: those icons are a very recent addition. But Felix Mueller

Re: [slim] SB3 Build Quality

2006-02-15 Thread Richie
I'm getting back to the UK reseller, but it pretty dissapointing that something this cool (and expensive) is let down by poor build quality and/or quality assurance. I bought three of mine in the UK too but I found it easier to contact slim support. Just over a week later I had 3 replacement

[slim] Re: View Artist in Now Playing Screen

2006-02-15 Thread JohnQuirk
Looking at the MusicInfo plugin, it almost does exactly what I want, but it doesn't appear to be able to print JUST the ARTIST, you can only have ARTIST - TRACK. I'd like to have this layout: ARTIST - Current Time Track At the moment I have to have ARTIST - TRACK. Can anyone help me to achieve

[slim] Re: Potential Squeezebox killer? iTunes fans might think so...

2006-02-15 Thread Ben
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Re: [slim] Re: View Artist in Now Playing Screen

2006-02-15 Thread Michael Herger
Looking at the MusicInfo plugin, it almost does exactly what I want, but it doesn't appear to be able to print JUST the ARTIST, you can only have ARTIST - TRACK. You can add the ARTIST format in the server settings, formatting. It will then (well, after a restart or language switch...) be

[slim] Re: SB3 Build Quality

2006-02-15 Thread Millwood
I just got two from Slim and both seem perfect. -- Millwood Millwood's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3600 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21126

[slim] Re: View Artist in Now Playing Screen

2006-02-15 Thread JohnQuirk
Ignore me, I hadn't noticed that you can create your own formats in the Server Settings Page. Great, great plugin Michael, thanks very much. JQ -- JohnQuirk JohnQuirk's Profile:

[slim] Food For Thought - Slim On DS?....hmmmm

2006-02-15 Thread blah509
http://www.joystiq.com/2006/02/15/ds-web-browser-and-tv-tuner-announced/ I was reading on Engadget this morning about how the Nintendo DS Advanced will have both a Opera web browser and a TV tuner (the latter doesn't interest me).. Web browser + WiFi + Touchscreen = :)Slim Food for thought g

[slim] Coolmax CN-550 NAS

2006-02-15 Thread tyler_durden
Has anyone used the coolmax CN-550 NAS with their system? Any issues with slimserver/squeezebox? Thanks, TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread:

[slim] Re: MusicMagic Mixer: What do you think?

2006-02-15 Thread Pale Blue Ego
Headless might be an option, because I don't really have physical access to the server, but I need to be able to get the gui running before I pony up for the license. Why are none of these Predixis help pages available from the main page? None of them seem to be linked to anything else.

[slim] Re: Back to the Past

2006-02-15 Thread ponch
Mitch, Thank you for coming to my defense. I thought it was clear the point I was making. The bravery of being out of range applies to so much more than just glimpses of what goes on around our world. me -- ponch

[slim] Re: Back to the Past

2006-02-15 Thread jonheal
ponch Wrote: Mitch, Thank you for coming to my defense. I thought it was clear the point I was making. The bravery of being out of range applies to so much more than just glimpses of what goes on around our world. me I think he (Chuck Pelto) just misread and made a mistake. I

[slim] Re: Back to the Past

2006-02-15 Thread nicketynick
Chuck - I'm pretty darn sure that ponch's comments were directed to Ben Sandee, who I'm sure we can all agree got out of bed on the wrong side that day, and we will forgive him his transgressions, as he's likely a really nice guy on most days. Please consider very carefully before flaming -

[slim] Re: Can't Create Tracks Table with MySQL

2006-02-15 Thread jimwillsher
MyISAM is a memory-resident database, which is very fast. InnoDB is by a third party, and offers more functionality (especially in a critical situation), as it offers full consistency support, e.g. transaction control. Slim is far from critical - if the tables go titsup you just rescan your

Re: [slim] Re: Can't Create Tracks Table with MySQL

2006-02-15 Thread Michael Herger
MyISAM is a memory-resident database, which is very fast. If you mean all-in-memory than you're wrong. There's a table type MEMORY (HEAP) which is run in memory. But MyISAM is disk based. The data is stored in a .MYD file and all index are stored in a .MYI file.

[slim] Re: Add songs via command line

2006-02-15 Thread MeSue
Michael, Your code made sense to me too, but when it wasn't working I started second guessing myself. AnywayÂ… I still can't get it to work, neither through the reg file or from MC. I checked it in regedit and the registry file is merging properly, but when I right click on a folder and choose

[slim] Re: Food For Thought - Slim On DS?....hmmmm

2006-02-15 Thread bobharp
I concur. But I would have to take away my Boy's DS. God knows what he would do to my slimserver. -- bobharp Bob Harper bobharp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=600 View this thread:

[slim] SlimServer (6.2.2) not working after reinstalling

2006-02-15 Thread Jannertnl
I had to remove and reinstall Slimserver. After removing all files to the trash that had Slimserver in the name I re-downloaded Slimserver (6.2.2), got a message that the installation was successful, but it does not work. My system by the way is an imac G5 (OS X Tiger). If I start slimserver it

[slim] Re: MusicMagic Mixer: What do you think?

2006-02-15 Thread NJRonbo
Okay... So I just got my Squeezebox. I installed Slimserver and all works well. I want to use MusicMagic Mixer with my Slimserver. Can anyone give me a quick how to connect tutorial? I am using Windows XP -- NJRonbo

[slim] Re: Can't Create Tracks Table with MySQL

2006-02-15 Thread jimwillsher
Okay my mistake. But it illustrates the point that different DB implementations have different syntax and features, and that's how this scenario arose. -- jimwillsher jimwillsher's Profile:

Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic Mixer: What do you think?

2006-02-15 Thread kdf
Quoting NJRonbo [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Can anyone give me a quick how to connect tutorial? http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?MusicMagicMixer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: MusicMagic Mixer: What do you think?

2006-02-15 Thread NJRonbo
These instructions work well until you get to the part about enabling the Radio Button in the SERVER SETTINGS webpage directory. There is no radio button. -- NJRonbo NJRonbo's Profile:

Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic Mixer: What do you think?

2006-02-15 Thread kdf
Quoting NJRonbo [EMAIL PROTECTED]: These instructions work well until you get to the part about enabling the Radio Button in the SERVER SETTINGS webpage directory. There is no radio button. did you enable the API in MusicMagic Mixer? This must be enabled when slimserver starts up, or the

[slim] Re: Potential Squeezebox killer? iTunes fans might think so...

2006-02-15 Thread DerekErb
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[slim] Re: Buffering and live streams

2006-02-15 Thread Triode
There is definately buffering of live streams but in playback mode the buffer is not maintained in the full state as it is for playing of local files. The comments in the health page are really trying to say - if you see low buffer fill when playing remote streams this is not a problem. If you

[slim] Re: Buffering and live streams

2006-02-15 Thread SoundBoy
Hi, as I learned the hardway my setup is far away from being optimal as I only have a ATT DSL in a popular living area in New England. So in the morning my live streaming of Internet Radio is rendered useless. In the evening its almost fine. I would love to see any possible progress done on

[slim] Re: Food For Thought - Slim On DS?....hmmmm

2006-02-15 Thread CardinalFang
bobharp Wrote: I concur. But I would have to take away my Boy's DS. God knows what he would do to my slimserver. But you have to buy him the new slimmer DS anyway, so you'll have a spare My current favourite is the upcoming Nokia 6136 that is Wifi equipped. Now if we can get at the

Re: [slim] Re: Add songs via command line

2006-02-15 Thread Michael Herger
MeSue Then the command window flashes on and off and nothing changes in the playlist when I refresh the SS Web page. What happens if you run it from the command line: pwerl feedmyslim.pl I also tried putting wperl in front of the path in MC, but when I do that I just get an error that the

[slim] Re: MusicMagic Mixer: What do you think?

2006-02-15 Thread NJRonbo
I did enable it, Yes. -- NJRonbo NJRonbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3635 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21106

Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic Mixer: What do you think?

2006-02-15 Thread kdf
make sure it is working and on the default port (http://localhost:10002, or something like that. shoudl be part of MMM's docs) make sure you restart slimserver with the API running. Slimserver will not suddenly notice the change. You could also try enabling d_musicmagic in server

Re: [slim] Re: new music menu item

2006-02-15 Thread Howard Darwen
Thx ... I do have an option to preserve in my tagger, but that will mess up file sync to the server (assuming the file size does not change - which it won't if it's a FLAC). Can't think of a solution, but no big deal. Thx anyway. H. - Original Message - From: JJZolx [EMAIL

[slim] Re: Back to the Past

2006-02-15 Thread blah509
Gee sorry about that. I guess that's what comes of 27 years in the infantry; defending people in this country against people who don't like them. Regards, Chuck U.. so you are a liberal? and I really don't think that is an excuse to be a so I spent my life

[slim] Re: iTunes and DRM

2006-02-15 Thread kewe65
fairyliquidizer Wrote: Do these programs still work? I was planning on burning to CD and ripping as FLAC for the tracks that I have bought. yeah, trouble is the hymn tool doesn't support the latest version of iTunes. i actually have guided my music purchasing family members to check

[slim] Re: Food For Thought - Slim On DS?....hmmmm

2006-02-15 Thread superbad
I wonder how hard it is to write a native DS app? It's already got the wifi support. The browser method would be easier obviously, but it would have all the usual browser problems. With a native app, you could have the now playing info in the top screen, and the navigation in the bottom touch

[slim] Re: Possible to add new Time/Date formats?

2006-02-15 Thread Sam Lowry
Bart Wrote: Change the line in SlimServer.pref file from timeFormat = |%I:%M:%S %p to timeFormat = |%I:%M Restart slimserver Hi- Tried this but not only did it not work, it reset itself when I restarted the SlimServer. Any other ideas? -- Sam Lowry

Re: [slim] Re: Potential Squeezebox killer? iTunes fans might think so...

2006-02-15 Thread Simon Still
I love my two squeezeboxes and i've just supplemented my iPod (2G) with a iRiver T30 because i was fed up with having a portable device that didnt have a replacable battery - i spent more time carrying it dead than listening to it. I've not used the iPod since. I wouldn't buy any DRM'd music and

Re: [slim] Re: Possible to add new Time/Date formats?

2006-02-15 Thread kdf
Quoting Sam Lowry [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Bart Wrote: Change the line in SlimServer.pref file from timeFormat = |%I:%M:%S %p to timeFormat = |%I:%M Restart slimserver Hi- Tried this but not only did it not work, it reset itself when I restarted the SlimServer. Any other ideas? make sure that

[slim] Mindless scrolling of display on SB2

2006-02-15 Thread Fedder
Hi, I'm running slimserver 6.2.1 on a FreeBSD box on my home LAN. The FreeBSD box is acting as NAT-router, and the private net is connected through Linksys switches. I've got a squeezebox 2 running firmware 28, and everything works rather perfectly until I connect a windows machine to the

[slim] Sleep SB3 - via web interface?

2006-02-15 Thread jimwillsher
Hi all, I use the web interface to my SB3 exclusively. In fact I only use the remote controller for firmware upgrades! Is there a way to specify the sleep time in the web interface? Hopefully I'm just not seeing it Cheers, Jim -- jimwillsher

[slim] Re: Possible to add new Time/Date formats?

2006-02-15 Thread Sam Lowry
kdf Wrote: Quoting Sam Lowry Sam.Lowry.23aj1b (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com: Bart Wrote: Change the line in SlimServer.pref file from timeFormat = |%I:%M:%S %p to timeFormat = |%I:%M Restart slimserver Hi- Tried this but not only did it not work, it reset itself

[slim] Re: SB3 Build Quality

2006-02-15 Thread Robster
I'm getting back to the UK reseller, but it pretty dissapointing that something this cool (and expensive) is let down by poor build quality and/or quality assurance. MattH Expensive? you are joking right?...for what it does it's a stone cold bargain. Rob -- Robster So much music, so

[slim] Re: SB3 Build Quality

2006-02-15 Thread jmpage2
Robster Wrote: I'm getting back to the UK reseller, but it pretty dissapointing that something this cool (and expensive) is let down by poor build quality and/or quality assurance. MattH Expensive? you are joking right?...for what it does it's a stone cold bargain. Rob stone cold

[slim] New SB3 - Wireless Performance

2006-02-15 Thread Philip Meyer
Hi, I just bought a SB3 as a replacement for my SBG in the bedroom. I'm a bit concerned about the wireless signal strength though - I left the SB3 on the Information - wireless signal strength screen whilst I moved it around the table to find the sweetest reception point, which seemed to give

[slim] Will Squeezebox display last almost forever?

2006-02-15 Thread NJRonbo
I have some concerns about my Squeezebox display. I mean, this thing is displaying information all the time -- whether powered ON or with the Screensaver in the OFF mode. With a display always being on 24/7 isn't there a huge chance that there will be display burnout of some kind within a few

[slim] Re: Playback hangs on some longer songs (WMA)

2006-02-15 Thread shawkie
I've seen this same problem on files converted using Microsoft's own Windows Audio Converter. In my particular case I was converting to WMA VBR files at best quality. -- shawkie shawkie's Profile:

[slim] Re: Will Squeezebox display last almost forever?

2006-02-15 Thread radish
This has been answered before in more detail (you might want to search) but the slimp3 was released in 2001 and they're still going strong. I wouldn't worry -- radish radish's Profile:

[slim] Re: SB3 Build Quality

2006-02-15 Thread radish
jmpage2 Wrote: For not much more than $300 you can get an actual PC running Linux. Well, yes, and you could also get 400 candy bars or 20 CDs - but I fail to see the comparison. If I wanted a PC running Linux that's what I would have bought... -- radish

[slim] Re: Will Squeezebox display last almost forever?

2006-02-15 Thread ianjohnson_nz
NJRonbo Wrote: I have some concerns about my Squeezebox display. I mean, this thing is displaying information all the time -- whether powered ON or with the Screensaver in the OFF mode. Then switch off your screensaver. Go into SlimServer, Player settings, and set the display to 0 (off)

Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic Mixer: What do you think?

2006-02-15 Thread kdf
Quoting NJRonbo [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Where exactly in SERVER SETTINGS will I find a button labedled radio? it is not labelled radio, it is a radio button. a radio button is a circular input widget that has a value of TRUE or FALSE, changing when you click on it, and blocking any other radio

[slim] Re: New SB3 - Wireless Performance

2006-02-15 Thread ianjohnson_nz
Philip Meyer Wrote: Hi, However, a minute later the signal strength dropped to 2-16%. This lasted for a minute or so, then returned back to 50%. A few minutes later it dropped back down. This cycle seems to repeat. Phil I can't be sure, but I think I read on the forums once that the SB

[slim] Re: Potential Squeezebox killer? iTunes fans might think so...

2006-02-15 Thread EnochLight
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[slim] Re: Add songs via command line

2006-02-15 Thread MeSue
I don't know what 'wperl' in front of it, is supposed to do, but my system doesn't like it. BUT I managed to add a song from the command prompt, using this command: F:\Otherfeedmyslim.pl --file=K:\MP3\4 Non Blondes\1992 - Bigger, Better, Faster, More\01 Train.mp3 So that's progress! I still

[slim] Re: SB3 Build Quality

2006-02-15 Thread jmpage2
radish Wrote: Well, yes, and you could also get 400 candy bars or 20 CDs - but I fail to see the comparison. If I wanted a PC running Linux that's what I would have bought... The point is that the Slim box fits into the general computing category. How many network appliances fetch $300

[slim] Help with Cyrillic needed!

2006-02-15 Thread pankotskii
I have read some postings on this forum and followed the instructions about installing some fonts and .enc files but with no luck so far. Would anybody be able to help me to get me russian/ukrainian (cyrillic) songs' tags work. I can not read anything in my SlimServer. I am not a super tech guy,

[slim] Re: SB3 Build Quality

2006-02-15 Thread Michaelwagner
I think the quote we're looking for is: No one ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American people http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/2199 I guess it's up to Sean Dean (gee, a California beach band) if they want to go that way or not. -- Michaelwagner

[slim] Re: Help with Cyrillic needed!

2006-02-15 Thread Dan Sully
* pankotskii shaped the electrons to say... I have read some postings on this forum and followed the instructions about installing some fonts and .enc files but with no luck so far. Would anybody be able to help me to get me russian/ukrainian (cyrillic) songs' tags work. I can not read anything

[slim] Re: Potential Squeezebox killer? iTunes fans might think so...

2006-02-15 Thread Michaelwagner
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[slim] Re: SB3 Build Quality

2006-02-15 Thread MrC
Michaelwagner Wrote: I think the quote we're looking for is: http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/2199 Mencken did have a sharp tongue! I think the quote was: H.L. Mencken Wrote: No one in this world, so far as I know ... has ever lost money by underestimating the intelligence of the great

[slim] Re: SB3 Build Quality

2006-02-15 Thread jmpage2
Michaelwagner Wrote: I think the quote we're looking for is: http://www.quotedb.com/quotes/2199 I guess it's up to Sean Dean (gee, a California beach band) if they want to go that way or not. How you extract that by selling to the masses Slim Devices is somehow selling to stupid

[slim] Re: The only downside I've noticed

2006-02-15 Thread Jon
This has been a concern of mine since I purchased my first Squeezebox last month ... I now own four of them, so obviously I am not overly concerned :-) I am surprised that nobody seems to have mentioned what I am planning on doing, once I finish ripping all of my CDs ... which is, to create a

[slim] Re: Potential Squeezebox killer? iTunes fans might think so...

2006-02-15 Thread EnochLight
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[slim] Re: The only downside I've noticed

2006-02-15 Thread MeSue
For the most varitey of ways for browsing a music collection, J River Media Center for Windows is about the best I have found. But dammit, it doesn't talk to SlimServer. My Workaround is to browse in JRMC, drag drop what I want into MusicMagic, and send it to the SB from there. I REALLY wish I

[slim] Re: MusicMagic Mixer: What do you think?

2006-02-15 Thread whicken
Pale Blue Ego Wrote: Headless might be an option, because I don't really have physical access to the server, but I need to be able to get the gui running before I pony up for the license. You can get trial keys by emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] - make sure you get it working and like it before

[slim] Re: music magic moods

2006-02-15 Thread whicken
kdf Wrote: The best way to be able to put this into slimserver would be if the API could give a list of the moods by name, as they do for filters. You mean something like this? http://music.predixis.com/6_develop_http.html#moods -- whicken

[slim] Re: The only downside I've noticed

2006-02-15 Thread MrC
Jon Wrote: I am surprised that nobody seems to have mentioned what I am planning on doing, once I finish ripping all of my CDs ... which is, to create a book for my family room (where the CDs are currently kept) containing a catalog of all my CDs, complete with cover art. I'll probably have

[slim] Re: Sleep SB3 - via web interface?

2006-02-15 Thread jimwillsher
Okay many thanks. I thought all the skins would offer the same functionality, just different layout. I'll check it out. Jim -- jimwillsher jimwillsher's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=410 View