I'm curious why PPC's with the
Telcanto app haven't gotten more traction.
I suspect because it's not free,
James
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Hi,
related to another project there is MySQL up and running on my OSX
10.4.5 now. Can I use it as SlimServer's database system?
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Has anyone used their Squeezebox with a Krell HTS (Home Theatre
Standard)? I'm considering buying one, but I've read that this
processor has a 2 second delay when decoding through the SPDIF input. I
was wondering if this would be just for the first track, or for all
tracks?
Also I see there's a
Yes.
Do a forum search and check out the wiki.
It can be a bit fiddy, so be prepared.
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Is it possible to remove the annoying (welcome to slimserver) message
from the http://ipadress:9000/stream.mp3?
rgds,
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from the http://ipadress:9000/stream.mp3?
You can change strings in strings.txt - but this will change it for all
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I'm curious why PPC's with the Telcanto app haven't gotten more
traction.
I suspect because it's not free,
If somebody wants to give me a helping hand developping a free
alternative, running on Windows, Linux, PocketPC, Zaurus and others...
http://www.herger.net/slim/detail.php?nr=912
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http://www.herger.net/slim/detail.php?nr=912
But it would seem you have done it already!
James
Hi all,
I've read on the Pandora site that the service is meant to be available
to US residents only. They request a zipcode in order to verify a
customers residence.
http://blog.pandora.com/faq/index.html#59
Whats the scoop for Slimbox users based outside the USA?
Has anyone from outside
Thx,
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But it would seem you have done it already!
There's still a long way to go... (Playlist management, internet radio,
player controls etc.)
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I would be interested in knowing as well.
It seems to be easy to register with a fake address.
But I don't think any non-us based users have gone as far as signing up
for a subscription yet?
(If payment is only by credit-card its billing address would usually
have to match your registration
Has anyone from outside the US managed to register and use a Pandora
account?
If you're living in Germany you might not even have to cheat, because some
of Germany's zip codes also exist in the USA... I think there will always
be a way to cheat around that limitation. But it won't legalize
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Out of stock, wherever I look. Do they actually ship?
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I've had this happen when I import a CD in iTunes (tags set by
Gracenote), then subsequently selecting all the tracks and adding the
album artwork. In 6.2.2 I tried a clear and full rescan, but the dupes
remain. If I turn off use iTunes for the server, the problem
disappears, but then I can not
Problem:
When scanning my library, Slimserver always gets stuck on the same
song. Perl pins the CPU at 100% and stays there. Web connectivity on
port 9000 stops.
After enabling debugging, I see in the log it is complaining
about tags. I removed the song and scanning continues until it hits
don't know but i will look into portable bateries
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Create a bug report on bugs.slimdevices.com, add the file and an exact
description of what's happening, a copy of the logfile etc.
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ChrisOwens Wrote:
I don't know if anyone's hacked a third-party antenna onto a
Squeezebox, but you could at least attach one to your PC!
... I have a NetGear antenna attached to my SB2 (which is probably not
necessary for the range I'm using, but at one time it solved some
problems for
Kyle Wrote:
I'd like a small desktop analog clock similar to the one in Yahoo
widgets. The problem is, my office computer will not allow me to
install a program. Is there one available that can be manually
installed into the program files folder?
Here's a nice little clock program which
Thank you for your reply. I have good news and bad news.
I installed alac and after a few guesses at what to put in convert.conf
got it working with lots of dropouts. I figured that was because I was
sending a WAV file on the wireless network.
So I tried to make it convert to flac before
Krobb Wrote:
Or try this freeware program:
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/clocx.html
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I like this clock, but I need to get around the installer because my
computer won't let me install. Is there some way to manually copy the
needed
Ben Wrote:
Err, what's non random about repeating? Every song has just as much of a
chance as being next as any other, including the one that just played.
What you want is decidly non-random. You want it to pick any song but
make sure that a song from that artist and album hasn't played
radish Wrote:
I hate to be a party pooper - but if your helpdesk have locked down your
machine it's for a reason - to stop you installing unsupported and
possibly dangerous software. In my company doing what you're attempting
to do (bypassing security measures) is a firing offence.
My
I hate to be a party pooper - but if your helpdesk have locked down your
machine it's for a reason - to stop you installing unsupported and
possibly dangerous software. In my company doing what you're attempting
to do (bypassing security measures) is a firing offence.
My recommendation - go to
Nearly. I think there is an unnecessary and undesirable extra layer of
indirection in the scheme Ceejay suggests. If there is going to be an
extra tag, it should just be WORK, rather than an indicator of whether
WORK=ALBUM or WORK=SONG. (That requires you to respect the ALBUM=WORK
convention.
Ben Wrote:
What you want is decidly non-random. You want it to pick any song but
make sure that a song from that artist and album hasn't played
recently.
Ben
Which is, of course, the Shuffle option... if you save the playlist
then nothing will be repeated untill all songs have been
joncourage Wrote:
1 device to 1 computer correlation would strike me as a deal-killer.
I agree.
snarlydwarf Wrote:
1) No display.
2) No remote.
This is really what I am looking for: a Squeezebox with no display nor
remote that is more affordable than the regular Squeezebox. The
The web browser page shows, in the upper right corner, a drop-down list
of all available players. The problem I have is that my Palm Treo
always has a new IP and I have to go in and delete the old player and
set up a new one every time.
I would also think this would be a problem for anyone
* Rob_k shaped the electrons to say...
What do I need to do? Where can I ftp the song and the log?
Please create a bug report, and ftp the song to:
ftp://electricrain.com/incoming/
Or send it to me directly: dan | at | slimdevices.com
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Well, with help from Netgear support, discovered I can use WEP 64 or 128
bit security and still get a SB connection - you have to input the
digits manually and not generate them using the passphrase utility.
Can also run at 108MBs auto setting, with MAC filtering and SSID
broadcast disabled.
Would Vista's embedded DRM play havoc with music files SlimServer
accesses, I wonder?
I also remember reading about a hardware chip on new motherboards that
enables a hardware DRM lock that Vista will use.
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On 2-Mar-06, at 1:48 AM, Hellsblade wrote:
Hi,
Is it possible to remove the annoying (welcome to slimserver) message
from the http://ipadress:9000/stream.mp3?
look in strings.txt, change it, restart the server. change it again
when you upgrade.
or, copy that section of strings.txt, copy
I have now set up a page called NetworkProblemsBeginnersGuide.
I had intended to call it BeginnersGuidetoNetworkProblems, to be
consistent with the other Beginners' Guides, but wiki would not take
this, possibly it was too long.
Feel free to comment and modify it. I left a few phrases in
It's a UK based news site for IT users.
http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2006/03/02/review_squeezebox_3/
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Hi Anton,
I'll definitely try out your script. I am considering getting a
Squeezebox 3 as I think it is a cool device with great sound - so they
say.
While one can of course access SlimServer through the remote on the
Squeezebox, I think in certain situations it is easier to select the
music
Thanks guys,
I will send it when I get home tonight. The file is lossless so it is
fairly large.
I will create a seperate directory and put the one file in it. I will
enable all debugging and import the file. I'll send that along with the
file.
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Yes but is the system designed to shuffle (for example) 8000 songs in a
single playlist?
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Agreed that the SHUFFLEMODE idea is a bit clumsy. WORK is better, as
you say you could have an assumption that WORK=TRACK if absent.
You'd still have to modify the code that creates the database and
populates it during the scanning process (which would be a good time to
make the
Just uploaded a new version of my windows front-end Moose to the usual
place: http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove
It's been a month, so quite a few tweaks and changes:
* Now supports MySQL databases. Works much better than the SQLite
support, but obviously you need to have MySQL'd your
alvinlim Wrote:
I have an SB3 - currently, when I try to play an album, it plays
according to song title (alphabetically). How do you get it to play by
track numbers in sequence? I can't seem to find the settings to do
that.
Thanks!
I have the same problem with my MP3 files, they are
Nice review, but there are a few mistakes:
SB3 now has ethernet capability
can play compressed formats like FLAC
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Is there any way to customize the information being displayed?
Currently it seems to show only song title. Is there a way to get it
to show artist name or other information as well?
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On Thursday 02 Mar 2006 18:35, ASS-Ware wrote:
alvinlim Wrote:
I have an SB3 - currently, when I try to play an album, it plays
according to song title (alphabetically). How do you get it to play by
track numbers in sequence? I can't seem to find the settings to do
that.
Thanks!
I
The Nokia 770 is now available in Switzerland at digigasin.ch if you
want to save you the trouble of developping your app any further ;)
Oh, there's been some talk about porting Ewe to the Nokia 770... my effort
might eventually be of use if I buy a 770 :-)
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aubuti wrote:
Ben Wrote:
Err, what's non random about repeating? Every song has just as much of a
chance as being next as any other, including the one that just played.
What you want is decidly non-random. You want it to pick any song but
make sure that a song from that artist and album
player settings-Title Format
there you can select from a list of available options.
server settings-Formatting
where you can set up the number and type of options available
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thanks,
#!/ben
No, we're all too busy playing with our 770s with your great skin :)
In all seriousness, it looks fine here. I've been using it on and off
for the last
Both of those are true, although I suppose on the first, you meant that
SB1 and SB2 already had it, right? FLAC is a compressed format, but
it's lossless.
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Regular player preferences are keyed by MAC, because as you rightly
point out, IPs can change quite frequently. Where the MAC is
unavailable (because it's on a routed network) I guess it has no choice
but to use IP. I'm not really sure how you'd handle identifying a player
when the MAC is unknown
JohnQuirk Wrote:
Slimserver seems to run fine on the latest Vista release already. It's
too early to say anything about performance however...
I just tried installing the 6.5b (v2006-03-02 nightly) build on the
latest Vista beta (build 5308). It got to the end of the install then
gave an
Robin Bowes Wrote:
There was a bug introduced in some versions of the server whereby the
plugin would only choose from tracks that had already been played.
This
might be the problem, and upgrading to a more recent version might fix
it.
Thanks. I'm running 6.2.2 (Linux) from a few weeks
thanks a lot
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AirData Wrote:
The web browser page shows, in the upper right corner, a drop-down list
of all available players. The problem I have is that my Palm Treo
always has a new IP and I have to go in and delete the old player and
set up a new one every time.
I would also think this would be a
aubuti wrote:
Robin Bowes Wrote:
There was a bug introduced in some versions of the server whereby the
plugin would only choose from tracks that had already been played.
This
might be the problem, and upgrading to a more recent version might fix
it.
Thanks. I'm running 6.2.2 (Linux) from
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Bug 3095 created, song,log and screenshot of activity monitor are in
incoming directory
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I can't believe it. He's been talking for weeks about getting a couple
of Squeezeboxes for his new house. The house is completely wired, with
every room having at least one Ethernet drop plus speaker cabling runs
in every room for whole-house audio. A couple days ago he discovered
the Sonos
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Well, I found the problem. I should have mentioned that I populate the
SQLite DB myself from an Access DB. I had filled in all the fields I
thought were important.
Two fields in the Tracks table I had not included were FS and Sec
(or is it Secs?). Apparently, these fields need to be non-zero
I was assuming the Treo was coming in from the outside world via GPRS or
something, in which case all you'll have is an IP. However, of course,
if you're on a local network via wireless there surely will be a MAC.
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I can't believe it.He's been talking for weeks about getting a coupleof Squeezeboxes for his new house.The house is completely wired, with
every room having at least one Ethernet drop plus speaker cabling runsin every room for whole-house audio.A couple
For him, I think the Sonos is the better solution. There is nothing wrong with that at all.For me, the Squeezebox is better.Wouldn't the world be boring if we all were identical?
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I can't believe it.He's been talking for weeks about getting a coupleof
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Both of those are true, although I suppose on the first, you meant that
SB1 and SB2 already had it, right? FLAC is a compressed format, but
it's lossless.
Every Slim device, back to the SLiMP3, had ethernet.
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Doesn't the Treo have any sort of utility to list its MAC address? Like
System Settings or something?
I'm sure there are other applications to determine MAC addresses, but
one that works for me is 'AirSnare'
(http://home.comcast.net/~jay.deboer/airsnare/). Although it's
intended to identify
I turned on some debugging on the server.
It looks like the software isn't ever looking for a mov-flc converter.
It looks for mov-wav and mov-mp3 but not mov-flc.
Is there a different setting I need to use to tell it that I want it to
convert apple lossless to flac before sending it to the
Hi Danco
Thanks for starting this. I've popped in and made a few minor changes
(a few typos and a couple of extra suggestions). I'm sure there's room
for a lot more, though.
I looked at pulling out the stuff to do with Wireless from the
BeginnersGuideToNetworks into a separate page, as
The lack of a server does strike me as a very useful thing for a lot of
consumers, but this thing still needs a computer, so what's the
difference?
Maybe this is covered somewhere else, but it seems to me that the
squeezebox is really half a product. I love what it is and what it can
do, but it
stokessd Wrote:
The lack of a server does strike me as a very useful thing for a lot of
consumers, but this thing still needs a computer, so what's the
difference?
The computer requirements are considerably lessened if it doesn't have
to run a server. Also, you'll see see much less of a
Don't seem to be able to download 0.25, for me the links are still all
0.24.
Can anyone else confirm this or is it just my ISP and a caching issue?
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After intensive investigation (comma) of the markings on the alien pod
(comma) it has become clear (comma) to me (comma) that we
Once you have an IP address for the SB, you should try to ping it from
your server machine if things don't work. If you can't, the SB is not
really on the network.
Sadly, the firmware is still not solid, so the SB can be on for a while
and then drop off.
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htrd Wrote:
I have the same problem with my MP3 files, they are tagged correctly,
MediaPlayer and WinAmp see the track number, as well as my MP3
player.[/color]
I had a similar problem with slimserver not seeing the Genre in some
mp3
files, although it did find other tags, and found
Michaelwagner Wrote:
Every Slim device, back to the SLiMP3, had ethernet.
Jeez! O.k.
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Love the updates. However, my playlist is not showing up. The songs are
playing in the correct order (which I can see on the SlimServer
browser). Not sure what's going on.
Edit: Well, it's working now. I hit the shuffle mode button a couple of
times, and that must have done something.
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I have several SB1s and SB3s and they all have the MAC address printed
on the bottom.
Therefore, I changed the section about MAC addresses to say all
squeezeboxen have their MAC address printed on the bottom. AFAIK this
is a true statement.
I also changed a few other words in that area.
I
I know I've seen this problem mentioned elsewhere, but I can't find the
thread now.
This problem just started out of the blue. If I use the web interface
to Slimserver and click on Browse Artist, some (but not all) of the
artists are listed twice.
Any clues?
I'm running SlimServer Version:
I've gotten 802.11b to go most of 200 feet inside my factory, but the
last 50 feet or so were at low signal strength. That was a standard
Linksys WAP (but not with the supplied antenna - I was using the longer
ones you can buy from Linksys) and a laptop card with no antenna.
Through 1 concrete
I received an iPod Hi-Fi Box today along with another SB3, in black.
Listening to The Girl From Ipanema Radio on Pandora Radio. What an
experience!
The Squeezebox and Hi-Fi first of all, look fantastic together. Same
frontal silhouette, scaled up. Same curves. No visible buttons or knobs
on
Does anyone know what the quality of Pandora's audio stream is (i.e.,
bit rate), or for that matter, what mode of compression they use?
Thanks,
Chris
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Mike Anderson Wrote:
I know I've seen this problem mentioned elsewhere, but I can't find the
thread now.
This problem just started out of the blue. If I use the web interface
to Slimserver and click on Browse Artist, some (but not all) of the
artists are listed twice.
Any clues?
Ah yes, the version. I was running the bug fix nightly from Feb 14:
SlimServer_6_2_x_v2006-02-14.tar.gz
And it looks like that version installs firmware version 33.
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Any progress on
Hi all,
I am using an SB3 with a laptop computer that I turn off regularly - I
try to be conservative in my power usage. Whenever I shut off the
computer, my SB3's screen goes blank. I'm wondering if there's any way
to get the SB3 to automatically go into clock mode whenever it can't
connect
I seem to be having a problem. It is only playing one song at a time.
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JJZolx Wrote:
It usually helps to drill down under the different instances of an
artist and seeing which albums, then which tracks are shown. Could be
a various artist issue. They seem to come and go on a weekly basis if
you follow the nightlies.
The album and track listings are identical
Yes, the clock comes from the server... the SB doesn't have a clue that
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snarlydwarf Wrote:
Yes, the clock comes from the server... the SB doesn't have a clue that
it's even displaying a clock, the server drives the display.
Well, all the more reason why it should be able to display the clock
without SlimServer being connected, don't you think?
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I bought a Hawking technology high-gain directional antenna with the
intention of replacing the antenna on my wireless router. It turns out
the router didn't have a removable antenna, so I ended up putting it on
my Squeeze box 2 - which does have a removable antenna. The result is
that I stream
On 3/2/06, benthos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snarlydwarf Wrote: Yes, the clock comes from the server... the SB doesn't have a clue that
it's even displaying a clock, the server drives the display.Well, all the more reason why it should be able to display the clockwithout SlimServer being
Or more the reason it can't...
It doesn't even know it -has- a clock.
It's just displaying lit and unlit pixels, depending on what the server
sends it... it has no idea what the time is... just that it was told to
display a bunch of bits.
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This also shows up if I use the remote to click Now Playing and go to
the right on the Squeezebox to see the song details - the artist is
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On Mar 2, 2006, at 6:48 PM, curtis wrote:
I seem to be having a problem. It is only playing one song at a time.
You discovered a silly bug that we're fixing as soon as possible.
Press the repeat button until it says Repeat Playlist.
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