FLAC shouldn't put your router under particular strain - I'm listening
to the excellent new David Gilmour album which I FLAC encoded last
night (in fact I used EAC Mareo to encode it using FLAC and the
highest bitrate CBR and VBR options for comparison purposes) No-one
else is streaming anything
Dr Lovegrove Wrote:
]
Dont understand this.. I know there was a problem with 6.5 nightlies
a few weeks back that would cause the problem - you'd sometimes
get art on the first couple of tracks from an album, but non after
that.
Is this what you're seeing ?
Otherwise, if you're
Hi,
maybe I overlooked this over here. I noticed the Multiple Items In
Tags feature doesn't like more than 2 artists. I have and , marked
as tags. For a mp3 with artist Marvin, Welch Farrar it lists:
Farrar
Marvin
Marvin, Welch
Welch Farrar
When I browse through the artists to the songs (
Log output on fail:
2006-03-10 09:36:35.5306 Backtrace:
frame 0: Slim::Player::Squeezebox2::directHeaders
(/PerlApp/Slim/Networking/Slimproto.pm line 413)
frame 1: Slim::Networking::Slimproto::process_slimproto_frame
(/PerlApp/Slim/Networking/Slimproto.pm line 244)
frame 2:
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Mattybain wrote:
(moving, deleting etc) in my mind that is the last piece that
makes the software the only thing I will use!
Random play and the ability to cue an album by track number (both like
the Fishbone interface) will finish it off nicely. :) During
2006-03-10 10:30:31.6751 00:04:20:06:36:ce: Decoder underrun while this
mode: play
2006-03-10 10:30:41.7124 00:04:20:06:36:ce: Underrun while this mode:
play
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Yeah, wireless electricity is something that's long overdue. Come on
Slim, get your act together! :-)
Max
stevieweevie Wrote:
AFAIK you can buy PoE kit to use with any Ethernet equipment?
Now Power over Wireless would be something I'd subscribe to!
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The wild things
Thanks Ceejay for mulling this one over for me!
This has got me stumped too.
What really bakes my cookie is the fact that on the physical SB3 the
order is fine, no matter what method of browsing is used!!!
I'm confused... :(
I have gone over the files with a fine toothed comb and can say that
On 09/03/06, Mark Lanctot
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So I decided to drink the Kool-Aid and tried Moose.
Oh dear, you dont wanna do that.. Welcome on board though.. ;-)
.NET 2.0 is a huge improvement. No impact on boot-up times and no
annoying 'ASP .NET' user.
Yeah, I was quite suprised at
On 09/03/06, Mark Lanctot
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
O yeah! So it uses SlimServer's database!
Yup, seems to work well! Thanks.
Yup.. BTW, if you're using SQLite, make sure you either stop slimserver
briefly, or point Moose at a copy of the db file - SQLite only likes 1 program
talking to
OK then
I have downloaded the SQLite browser (nice bit of software BTW) and
have found the slimserver.db file.
Thing is, what should I be looking at?
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Nic
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chrisal Wrote:
I have posted two files on bug 2990...
Cheers
Chris
Bump - just wondered if there had been any progress!
Cheers
Chris
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Dr. L, I miss the background. Are we going to get it back? Great work
on the improvements.
Ta, yup, i'll pop it back in the next version..
Any chance the icon pause setting could be remembered across sessions?
I keep forgetting to turn it on, so it doesn't work, so my music is
still
max.spicer Wrote:
Yeah, wireless electricity is something that's long overdue. Come on
Slim, get your act together! :-)
Max
It's called 'lightening'.
Stand out on a golf course (with your umbrella up) in a thunderstorm
and 'get connected'.
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Buffer Underrun generally means server couldn't deliver packets to the
SB in time so the SB's buffer ran out.
If you sending WAV it will load your network the heaviest also if your
server uses wireless to the router it will increase utilisation of the
wireless.
Enable the network health plugin
stevieweevie Wrote:
Now Power over Wireless would be something I'd subscribe to!
Hmm, time to dig up Nikola Tesla's old notes?
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_274.html
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I've deliberately used the the box that is in a position to deliver the
files quickest as the server as it is hard wired into the switch. I'm
trying to listen to FLAC encoded files over the network. The problem
doesn't seem to happen if I close down any web browsers pointing at the
slim server.
I'm a bit out of my depth in this underrun area.
I've just searched the sources and you should only get those underrun
messages if you already have d_source enabled. However get a full log
(from selection to playing) with d_source and post it may help others
to comment.
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I'll see what it turns up, the error is a bit unpredictable. Is the log
visible in the browser the whole thing, and where is it? Stupid
question I know but a search for log.txt doesn't turn up much!
I've turned off virus scanning on read to see if that has an impact,
but it doesn't seem to. The
Just stick the bare wires from one of the ethernet cables coming out of
your switch or hub into a wall socket. That should do it. Here, just
like thisssdsase eeieieiEE!!
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rudholm Wrote:
Oh, the original question about using SSH tunnels was from another
poster. A responder suggested solving the problem with a VPN, so I
offered my configuration as a working example of slimservice over VPN
from a far-away slimserver.
I've accessed my slimserver from various
Turn on debugging d_source from the server settings/ debugging web
page.
At the top LHS of the page there is a para of text - click on the
hyperlinked word here to open the log window.
Alternatively start slimserver from a cmd prompt (dos box) and the log
message will appear in the window.
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I got that far I just thought there might actually be a text based log
file somewhere. I have no idea what is causing it. It has nothing to do
with loading on the server as I had the task manager open when it
crapped out this time, and it was pretty much idle. I've copied more
than is needed into
Now that we have all had our fun with Squiffy, I started thinking about
it.
POTS systems, if I'm not mistaken sent 48V down those skinny wires to
ring your phone. Surely those two unused ethernet wires could handle 5
lousy volts at 2 amps.
Some adventurous soul could patch into the cable going
Last night I upgraded from 6.2 to 6.5b, and did a rescan. Now that the
scan is complete, Slimserver's telling me I have about 50 fewer total
albums than it used to. I don't know if any music is actually missing
(haven't found anything missing yet) or if the way it classifies
something as an
Are you using iTunes and/or do you have a lot of music containing
accented characters?
They are currently not appearing in 6.5 for me.
James
NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does
not waive
But which switches/routers actually supply power that way? ALso, I guess it's convenient, but with so many upgrading powersupplies, how many would really downgrade to the power that would come over an ethernet cable from some random switch?
This whole thing brings up an interesting thing from my
I have just received my 300GB Qnap and will attempt to install some time
this weekend (despite my squeezebox away for a swap-out, suffering from
the dreaded display failure problem). A couple of quick questions - the
quick start quide is not entirely clear. Apologies if these seem to be
'stupid'
Jim Dibb wrote:
But which switches/routers actually supply power that way?
More and more every day. It is the coming thing, as you more than
save a wire, you have one less thing to worry about.
guess it's convenient, but with so many upgrading powersupplies, how
many would really downgrade
Very interesting. ThanksOn 3/10/06, Pat Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jim Dibb wrote: But which switches/routers actually supply power that way?More and more every day. It is the coming thing, as you more thansave a wire, you have one less thing to worry about.There are four spare pairs in most
I am not familiar with these message and I should see what it looks like
on my system but at a guess it looks like the file could be shorter than
expected (at 12:47:35.4487) and that may be why there is a decoder
underrun.
If that is the case then you should get the underrun error with this
file
It isn't the file I get the same error randomly whatever I'm playing. I
have moved the access point to a higher shelf though so the signal
strength is around 65-70% now. What sort of signal strength is required
for reliable operation? I was hoping to install these in the house next
door which has
Sorry a amendment to the Qnap manual should have been sent out but was
missed out of the initial shipment.
The Qnap TS-101 comes from Qnap with out a drive. We have installed the
drive and set everything up so you can just plug in and go.
You do not need to go through any initial setup
I rechecked the decoder underrun message and it seems to be generated by
a message (STMd) from the SB so I would turn the network health plugin
to see if it shown anything. Also try running the network test.
To see if network bandwidth has anything to do with it try changing Bit
rate limiting
Im using 6.2.2 and have noticed for the last few days that my song list
is growing and growing and growing.
For each album I now have three copies of each song. I've looked
through the archives here and it seems like this is a very common
problem. Many users are finding that some plugins might
I have had a similar issue occasionally and found it to be down to itunes
tagging some albums as compilations when they are plainly not (e.g. A Sense
of Wonder by Van the Man.) What then happens is that SS seems to find both
the real album and the compilation version.
I have however never seen
From past experience, not 6.2.2 , this problem is often caused by
playlists. I should tidy out or delete as many as you can and try a
fresh re-scan.
Ken
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jimdibb Wrote:
But which switches/routers actually supply power that way? ALso, I
guess
it's convenient, but with so many upgrading powersupplies, how many
would
really downgrade to the power that would come over an ethernet cable
from
some random switch?
This whole thing brings up an
On 3/10/06, jonheal
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Anyway, I wasn't talking about real Power Over Ethernet (PoE). I was
describing jury-rigging something that just piggy-backed on that last
length of cable between the switch and the SqueezeBox. I think the real
PoE systems are sort of standardized
On 3/10/06, m1abrams
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Slim does not use http to stream music to the slimdevice clients. And
I would not call http low overhead since it is TCP and TCP has a good
bit of overhead native to it. Slim I believe uses its own custom TCP
protocol to stream music to the
I am using iTunes, but so far everything I've looked for (whether it be
a song in my iTunes library or an iTunes playlist) has appeared. And I
cheked on a couple artists with non-English characters and they also
appeared fine. I wish I knew what was missing, but since the number
went from 1706
http://www.last.fm/user/hockeypunk
I just signed up so it may not be accurate yet. I have what I think is
varied tastes. (as I am sure others do)
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Ken Wrote:
From past experience, not 6.2.2 , this problem is often caused by
playlists. I should tidy out or delete as many as you can and try a
fresh re-scan.
Ken
So if what you say is true is this not a bug - and a fairly serious
one? Deleting my playlists would defeat the purpose
Philip Bouscarle Wrote:
I have had a similar issue occasionally and found it to be down to
itunes
tagging some albums as compilations when they are plainly not (e.g. A
Sense
of Wonder by Van the Man.) What then happens is that SS seems to find
both
the real album and the compilation
I just joined the SlimScrobbler group:
http://www.last.fm/group/SlimScrobbler
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2 Channel Setup: SB3 * Benchmark DAC1 * Classé Audio DR-15 mono blocks *
Magnepan MG 3.5Rs * REL Strata III
Music Server: Lian-Li PC-V2000B Case * Turbo-Cool 510 XE Power Supply *
Tyan Thunder K8S Pro
Jacob Potter Wrote:
On 3/10/06, m1abrams
m1abrams.24gfln1141995301 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com
wrote:
Slim does not use http to stream music to the slimdevice clients.
And
I would not call http low overhead since it is TCP and TCP has a
good
bit of overhead native to it.
Paul,
Any plans for a driveless option? I've decided to build a RAID desktop
system for my music and other storage needs, but would be interested in
a 101 for some of its non-Slimserver functions.
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funkstar's
Hi Funkstar,
Yes a number of our resellers are going to be selling the driveless
options soon. The RRP on this product will be £179.99 inc VAT
Regards
Paul
Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd.
funkstar Wrote:
Paul,
Any plans for a driveless option? I've decided to build a RAID desktop
pfarrell Wrote:
Jim Dibb wrote:
But which switches/routers actually supply power that way?
More and more every day. It is the coming thing, as you more than
save a wire, you have one less thing to worry about.
guess it's convenient, but with so many upgrading powersupplies, how
I'm up to the high 60s for signal strength - the signal strength meter
on my pocket PC shows 75% at the same location. My desktop PC,
notebook, PocketPC and printer all connect without problems, and I can
stream 1.5Mbit videos from the internet over the wireless connection I
have to be careful
From another post I'm guessing it is an SB3 you have so why don't you
try the network test under the plugins menu. It does a load test in
situ at different rates.
As you aware, different devices have different antenna so a good
signal for one device does not mean it is good for all - only a
Our posts crossed, I've installed the Net-test plugin - I can run at 2k
showing 100% all the time, and at 3k at around the mid 90s. Which debug
parameter shows buffer use?
Tim
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There are two types of perf test.
1. A feature of SB2/SB3 I think which can be found under plugins menu
on the player Network Test - this enables you to test different
network speeds - sustained.
2. A network health monitor which can be enabled from the Home webpage
under Help - Server
Dean, et al;
I've realized that everytime I have a problem with web-radio stutter,
or I experience the White Noise of Death I have been listening to
THIS radio station - OEM Radio...
http://205.188.215.231:8000/listen.pls
I love the music, and I frequently listen to this station. But
(1) is an installable plug-in (just a single file) and I've been using
(2) since the start which to my mind errs on the pessimistic side
(though not I suppose if you want FLAC without timing errors (jitter).
I hope I'm not putting a curse on this but I changed the channel from 6
to 1 and it
I've got it connected to my wireless router and can see the directories
in My Network Places but whenever I try to navigate, it hangs the My
Network Places window (program not responding). Any ideas?
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However, as a feature, it would be very handy to have, such that you
could place the device anywhere on a CAT5/5e network no other wires
would be necessary.
You wouldn't hear much ;)
I'd doubt it would be cost effective for SlimDevices to market a PoE unit. I
imagine most users put their SB on
Dr Lovegrove Wrote:
Hmm, I'll check this out.. Those buttons just do the same as the ones on
the remote (in theory).. Things keep changing on the server, so maybe
something's broken..
Obviously it's not doing the same on yours, nor has anyone else
mentioned this, so it may be just me. Pause
All of a sudden, the tracks in an album play in the wrong order. This
happens in slimserver and of course then through my SB3.
Not sure when this started happening, maybe after a SS update.
If i re-order them via slimserver, then remove them all from the
playlist they are the wrong order as
If i re-order them via slimserver, then remove them all from the
playlist they are the wrong order as soon as i add them again.
Have you accidentally turned shuffle mode on?
Richard
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OMG, someone slap me.
Thanks mate, sometimes you just can't see the wood for the trees. I
looked at everything but that. Doh!
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OK, sorry for keep replying to my own thread!
I searched the forums and found KDF's original instructions for
browsing the SQLite db, when I first voiced this problem back in
december...
He suggested looking at the MULTIALBUMSORTKEY value for the tracks.
Now using my laptop with a smaller music
timmorris Wrote:
I hope I'm not putting a curse on this but I changed the channel from 6
to 1 and it appears to be OK it has just played an entire FLAC encoded
CD for the first time (David Gilmour - On An Island, out this week, if
you liked Pink Floyd it's a must buy) Given that is does seem
BTW linking the popcorn button to the Random Mix plugin as you describe
on your website works perfectly. Thanks.
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View this
Pale Blue Ego Wrote:
So now how do you add stuff to the current playlist?
i can still queue with the add button when i'm browsing titles. it
only zaps on a single press when i'm viewing the title of the current
song.
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jonheal Wrote:
POTS systems, if I'm not mistaken sent 48V down those skinny wires to
ring your phone. Surely those two unused ethernet wires could handle 5
lousy volts at 2 amps.
PoE is also 48V and the reason why it is the voltage loss in the cable.
You could send 5V at the source but end
Squeezebox is PC World's top pick against the Roku M1000 and D-Link
DSM-120.
See: http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/article/0,aid,124580,pg,2,00.asp
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Right... before I go into a full description of the issues I have with
my (borrowed) Netgear DG834G router, which I am trying because of the
problems I have had with my Belkin F5D6230-3 (see
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=21866), I want to run
the NetTest plugin to do some more
Do we have a bug here, or are we two just lucky?
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mwoodroof Wrote:
I want to run the NetTest plugin to do some more tests. However when I
go to the link to it in the Wiki
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=66366postcount=37) I
cannot open or save the zip file - I get a Windows error compressed
zip folder invalid or corrupt.
Nice but boy is that a brief article!
I've made posts longer than that.
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Just quickly before bedtime ...
I have the DG834G router with the latest firmware (V3.01.29) and using
WPA-PSK (Wi-Fi Protected Access Pre-Shared Key) security on a 'G'
protocol.
I am running Slimserver 6.2.2 with v35 firmware.
The zip file downloads and works fine for me. In my 6.2.2 build I
I tried to start a thread about the accented character problem in the
ripping forum. Finally got help from Slim's tech support, whose
suggested fix was to drop back down to the 6.2.2 nightly.
I had moved to 6.5 to accommodate an Intel Macintosh, but the
preference pane problem seems to be fixed
Do you know whether all your tags were correct prior to the upgrade? I
have been cleaning up my tags, and noticed that I had some albums that
Slimserver was incorrectly breaking into multiple albums due to how my
Artist and Album Artist tags were set. After cleaning up the tags
and rescanning,
tfish77 Wrote:
Last night I upgraded from 6.2 to 6.5b, and did a rescan. Now that the
scan is complete, Slimserver's telling me I have about 50 fewer total
albums than it used to. I don't know if any music is actually missing
(haven't found anything missing yet) or if the way it classifies
I'm not sure whether wireless is the issue - I get 100% at 2k and well
over 95 at 3k - the access point is less than 20 feet from the
Squeezebox and is fitted with 7dBi high gain antennae.
I already have a PocketPC together with Pocket WinC to check for
Wireless dead spots, and the IR on phones
Love pandora, however I've noticed a fair number of repeated songs.
Usually out of every 10 songs there is 1-2 that I've heard in the last
few days. I don't think the station I've created is that narrow and
limited that a song should repeat for at least several weeks. Anyone
else noticing
I've now increased the output power from 22mW to 84mw - combined with
the high gain antennae I'm now transmitting well beyond the EC
conformity regs, BUT I have a modern building with foil backed
insulation so it isn't going to escape.
The Squeezebox now reports an 84% signal strength. I'll do
You mean like this?
http://www.fiftythree.org/etherkiller/img/etherkiller.jpg
:D
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I have read on the DD-WRT forums that increasing signal power is not all
that effective. The signal-to-noise ratio remains the same.
High gain antennae are recommended though.
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pandora's still young. only a few hundred thousand songs. maybe they
don't have much in the are you like.
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Squeezebox
Please queue up several tracks to play on this player and start them
playing. Then press the Reset Counters link above to clear the
statistics and update this display.
Summary
Control Connection : OK
Streaming Connection : OK
Player Signal Strength : OK
Buffer Fullness:
I am trying to enter a letter V in a field but it wont type ie 365live
username field. When pressed a command appears to be activated in the
other pane which at the moment is showing a softsqueeze player.
What am I missing - sorry if it has been asked before I could not find
the problem
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A problem suddenly popped up with my wired SB2, which has been working
fine since I got it a couple weeks ago. The exact symptoms vary a
little, but the most common problem is that it stops playing after one
track in the playlist. Here's the details:
1. Running SS 6.2.2 - 6491, with firmware 35.
PowerDsine make a range of 'splitters' to deliver power to
non-compliant/pre-802.3af equipment. There are several models that
deliver 5V/2.2A and I think they differ only in the DC connector at the
end.
http://www.powerdsine.com/Products/Midspan/Splitters/
Does anyone know if any of the
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