bahnsah,
I have worked out what needed to be changed to support PNM - I'll send
you instructions and the modified files but I need to know
what OS
Version of slimserver
version of AlienBBC.
If they work for you as well I'll try to get them out into AlienBBC.
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I did all that and it works now on a linux machine.
On a windows machine there is still no sound.
Winamp connects ok , something is streaming as the buffers
grow and shrink happily , the driver is also ok according
to winamp but I can't hear a thing.
Otherwise winamp works fine.
Sure something
I originally ordered from Advanced MP3 Players on 05/12/2005. After
much messing around eventually got it last Sat - only to find out my
400gb device actually had a 200gb drive in it. Totally gutted so sent
it back for a refund.
I have now re-ordered from multi-task, but after the last few
I ordered a Squeezebox and 300Gb Qnap three weeks ago from Multitask,
the Squeezebox arrived about a week ago and I'm very happy with it, I
didnt even read the manual and had it running in about 3 minutes, most
of that was scanning the library.
I had no problems with Multitask, they replied to
Yes it seems the external Maxtor drive is not the problem after further
testing. I get the same dropouts when running from my laptop and
playing just 1 FLAC file from a music folder with just a few FLAC files
in it. When I use the Server and Network Health feature of
Slimserver, it tells me my
So there's a wireless link between the server and the router, but not
between the SB3 and the router?
You may want to look at that link: perhaps a neighbor bought a new
wireless setup and is now interfering with yours.
Try switching to channel 1 or 11 on the router, since most routers come
on
Stuart from Multi-Task has emailed me and explained the situation. They
hope to ship this week once Progressive have updated the 500G units.
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In my defence, I would like to point out that several update emails have
been sent out with regard to the delays shipping the Qnaps and I do
endeavour to reply to all emails and phone messages, and usually succeed.
Most are answered within 24 hours, but often a lot quicker.
I've also posted on
JJZolx Wrote:
Once version 6.5 comes out using MySQL I think larger libraries will be
handled better than with the current SQLite. With one caveat... I
think the hardware requirements may go up a bit.
Mmmm. Should those of us who have just invested in Qnap TS-101s be
concerned?
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Paul,
It has now been several days and I am still awaiting for your phone
call regarding the problem I am experiencing with my 200GB QNAP TS101.
Symptom: Slimserver not scaning music folder on QNAP.
I appreciate that you have been inundated with work regarding this
issue. However, the fact
Seineseeker Wrote:
Thanks, but I am none the wiser to which Linkstation is PPC and which is
MIPS, and what processor each has. I was looking at the HD-H250LAN, but
I cant seem to find any info that tells me. Am I looking at the wrong
thing?
The HD-H series have MIPS processors, but the
Ok
With respect to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computing. I can hand on heart say
that Multitask are one of our best resellers on Squeezebox and Qnap in
the UK. Everybody is aware of the issues and problems we have had
getting the Qnap TS-101 with embedded SlimServer to market so lets
please not slag each
So my 3 month experience with the SB3 has gone from initial problems to
being happy to now being ready to throw it out.
Ready to kick back for an hour last night and listen to some random mix
- the SB3 had no display - no time/date - which means it couldn't
communicate with SlimServer. I'd had
This may not be the right time, given the recent posts on this thread,
but...
Paul, has there been any progress on the 'fail to go into standby'
issue?
On the customer service discussion: I, like everyone else had a very
long and uncertain wait time for both my Squeezebox and Qnap, and share
The SB3 connects to the wireless network - I know this because Squeeze
Network works.
That's good to know!
SlimServer is on a Windows XP laptop, SP2. Again this setup has been
working great for a couple of months.
It has been. Is it still running? Can you access the server's web page
I live in a townhouse and my neighbors on both sides have wireless, none
of us with encryption. I can access anybody's network, which was pretty
handy when my old router got fried. And, we're good neighbors. But, I
don't know of anything new.
The SSID looks right, but I'll try a reset tonight. I
@happyfisherman
They are currently looking in to the issue of powering down with
Slimserver installed.
I'll get in touch with Stuart about your replacement SB3 as I am not
sure why you haven't had it yet.
PM me with your port forwarding issues as I have mine setup and it is
working well on all
The DSL version I used is made to boot from a UDB drive. I downloaded
the latest version of SlimCD off your site but for some reason can not
get it to image a CD properly. Like I said I must be doing something
wrong. I was using syslinux to boot from the USB Drive. I am going to
try Lilo today
Many apologies if this is a daft question with a simple answer but
Is there anything I can do on my PC so that waking up my SB downstairs
will rouse my PC from sleep/stand-by?
The problem I have is that my PC's a bit noisy (in much the same way as
a hovercraft is a bit noisy) to be left on
Sometimes,when I play the EAC-riped CDImage.wav or CDImage.flac
through SB2,there is a click at the beginning just as I play *.ape
files through server transcoding(monkey audio - wav).There is no such
a click when I play the original CD through CDplayer.Usually,I cut off
some samples from the
Your PC needs to support Wake-On-LAN (WOL). If you're using a network
interface built into the motherboard, this option should be in your
BIOS settings. If you're using an add-in NIC, there should be a WOL
cable connecting it to a WOL jack on your motherboard. You'd also need
to set a BIOS
Now remembering that I'm a computer fool, my network connection is via a
Belkin USB 'widget' plugged into a 2 port USB2 card
which I fitted because my PC (which is about 2+ yrs old) didn't have
any USB2.0 ports as standard.
So I'm not using the motherboard fitted network socket and I don't
recal
Maybe not, check Start - Settings - Control Panel - Network Connection -
Local Area Connection - Properties - Configure - Advanced. You may see
a WOL setting here.
Your chances are not good though. With this many things in the chain
there's a lot that can go wrong, even if it did support WOL.
tf8252 wrote:
I'm trying to extract SlimServer but LS will not CD to the proper
directory.
I type cd /mnt/LS and get an error. See screenshot...
http://www.ehomeparade.com/images/temp/Clipboard03.jpg
I'm using Telnet via Putty
you're missing a space between cd and /
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hifisteve wrote:
Now remembering that I'm a computer fool, my network connection is via a
Belkin USB 'widget' plugged into a 2 port USB2 card
which I fitted because my PC (which is about 2+ yrs old) didn't have
any USB2.0 ports as standard.
So I'm not using the motherboard fitted network socket
I can clearly hear the click at the beginning of the first track in
several players including winamp and foobar. I also opened the file in
an audio editor and I can see the click. So, the click's in the file -
there's no problem with the squeezebox.
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radish
neilcoburn wrote:
Reading all these posts, it strikes me that the performance of wireless
routers in general is down to luck more than anything else! I've had
good performance in the past with my Belkin F5D6231uk4 (admittedly with
an access point as a range extender), but I've just moved house
ultra238a Wrote:
@happyfisherman
They are currently looking in to the issue of powering down with
Slimserver installed.
I'll get in touch with Stuart about your replacement SB3 as I am not
sure why you haven't had it yet.
PM me with your port forwarding issues as I have mine setup
One more datapoint... I tried running it again last night right after my
first post, and it worked all night.
Funky.
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radish Wrote:
I can clearly hear the click at the beginning of the first track in
several players including winamp and foobar. I also opened the file in
an audio editor and I can see the click. So, the click's in the file -
there's no problem with the squeezebox.
Yes.You are right.
I also
After upgrading my Powermac G5 from OS 10.3 to 10.4, my SlimServer 6.2.1
has started exhibiting some strange behavior:
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Without any details of your problems, you aren't likely to get help.
Tell us what's wrong, and I'm sure you will get useful suggestions.
You could try removing SlimServer and all its related files and
re-installing, but that probably is not necessary.
Many of us have had no problems with the
That was quick - I assume danco is referring to the initial stub that
I posted by mistake, before I edited it to add the problem description.
(I hit the tab key, and it activated the Submit button prematurely.)
Sorry for the confusion...
David
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dbi.pm is in my CPAN directory...
bash-2.05a# ls -l /mnt//hda/share/SlimServer_v6.2.1/CPAN
total 628
drwxr-xr-x4 999 999 4096 Nov 14 18:12 Audio
drwxr-xr-x2 999 999 4096 Nov 14 18:12 Bundle
drwxr-xr-x2 999 999 4096 Nov 14 18:12 Carp
drwxr-xr-x
Slimserver installed on a Linkstation MIPS to Roku M500. Plays Internet
Radio fine. Sees and allows navigation to any file of any format I've
got in my music library but won't actually play anything. Wondering if
this is permissions or what. Would like to get Slimserver fully
operational.
mherger Wrote:
It has been. Is it still running? Can you access the server's web page
(http://yourserver:9000/)? Can you access this same page from another
computer?
Yes, I can access the web page and browse the music collection from the
server itself.
I have not tried it from a
Roku officially only supports a rather dated version of slimserver. It
could well be that the version you're using does not work with the
roku.
Check the roku webpage and search this forum for specific information.
-s.
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slimpy
The M500 will work with Slimserver 6.2.x - there are plenty of Roku user
using slimserver. If you are sure slimserver is working ok (i.e. it
works with SoftSqueeze) and the problem is related to the M500 you will
get better support on the Roku site.
As a suggestion try forcing playback using MP3
Why do you want to delete dbi.pm ?
The file is in fact DBI.pm - Linux is case sensitive unlike Windows
What result did you get when you did
/mnt/hda/share/SlimServer_v6.2.1/Bin/build-perl-modules.pl
If the above command completed then try starting slimserver again ?
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I apoligize if this is redundant, but I've spent the last 30 minutes
searching and trying different things to solve my
problem...unsuccessfully.
For a long time, I've been having slow performance issues with
SlimServer to the point where I've resorted to putting CDs into a
physical CD player
sorry, use of Roku products with slimserver is not supported here. Nor,
oddly, is it supported on the Roku forums. you are on your own.
-kdf
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I've deleted dbi.pm and the DBI and DBD directories.
I've downloaded the MIPSelSlimServer modules archive from here:
http://linkstationwiki.org/downloads/mipsel-hdhlan/
I just don't know how or where to extract the archive and the Wiki is
not clear to me...
Can someone give me some help who's
Let us know if you get it working msandover.
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I have exactly the same problem in that I have the same album showing
multiple times - once for each track in the album. This only happens
where I have used the DISC tag in Tag Rename and put all the
resultant MP3 files in the same directory. All files have the same
Album Name but could have
Thanks for your responses!
I've solved the problem. I resoldered the PCB en sanded the pins of the
PIC uC. I think oxidation on the uC pins was the cause of the trouble.
So anyone with weird problems with a SLIMP3 pointing to defective HW
this is something to check!
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eflukx
mherger Wrote:
I guess I forgot to mention in my first reply that yes, that did the
trick.
would converting the link into an absolute path including server fix
the
problem as well?
Those goggles will come in handy if someone gets you a Dufaux
biplane
for Christmas some year.
Hi,
I recently installed Slimserver 6.2.1 software and am trying to be able
to support multiple IP addresses using winamp/foobar streams + web
browser control connections to the slimserver. It seems to work ok
when there are two users connected, however, a third IP address seems
to mess
I'm not Michael, but I use the old 'WebLogger' plugin.
It required a couple minor changes to be happy with 6.5b1, but works
fine.
http://www.regoroad.com/blog/_archives/2004/9/12/138828.html
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snarlydwarf
snarlydwarf's
I had a similar problem with my SB3 a couple of weeks ago. Frustrating
experience! Although, slimserver was working fine from the web
interface I bounced the processes (Linux) and everything worked again.
I have never really seen SlimDevices respond to stability issues that
customers continually
Hi All,
Like many people, I generally just post to the forum when I have a
question. But I thought that, for a change, I'd drop a short note about
a success I had building a budget slimserver box. Actually, my goal
was not the absolute cheapest possible - because while the slimserver
is the only
Quoting joek [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I have never really seen SlimDevices respond to stability issues that
customers continually bring up. We all know that there are repeatable
problems. There should be patch releases that fix bugs in the current
release and not just put into a un-released nightly
Well, I think I am going to try to run a dumbed down version of windows
on a CF card. I just can't get my head wrapped around linux and I am
going to be starting MCSE classes in a week so I don't want to get too
involved with a whole different OS right now.
BTW, I did get SlimCD to boot off a CD
I could likely have put it together much cheaper - perhaps by getting a
smaller disk or doing the rebate thing - but I've tired of filling
out rebate forms! ;-)
I spent:
Shuttle $179.00
512M: $31.00
Sempron 3000: $85.00
WD 320G HD: $119.00
Asus DVD: $23.00
Total: $437.00
I can't recall all of
In the Uk/ireland there is a Dell outlet for refurbished PCs. You can
get a dimension 1100 celeron-2350, 256Mb RAM 80Gb disk with Windows
starting about Stg£210 or Euro 310. No screen but kdb mouse and Dell
support.
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bpa
One other quick thought on the subject of disk drives...
If you go with a Shuttle - note that it uses SATA (Serial ATA) - so you
need to use newer drives - possibly a disadvantage if you want to reuse
old disk drives. There is 1 IDE interface in the Shuttle that I got
(SK21) - which I used to
Hi,
I've just been bitten by the inconsistency in the volume values used
by the SBx and Slimserver. This is where the SB itself has volume of
0-40 while the Slimserver ( specifically the alarm settings ) shows
0-100. So setting 25 on the slimserver gives an actual volume of 10 -
not what I
Dominic Wrote:
I'd like to hang my SB3 from a drop-down bracket (it's going under a
kitchen cabinet), so in addition to finding a small hinge swivel
bracket it would look better if the chrome stand was removed.
Is the stand used internally for support or can I take it off and plug
the
I have a bit of a problem with my SB2 and need some help!
The problem came to my attention when connected the SB2 to my new Power
Amp and turned the volume down to 0.
The speakers are buzzing/hissing from both tweeter and mid/bas units,
audible from upto 4m (I know that the signal to noise
ok, sitting have a beer, listening to music streamed from a silent
TS-101.
The Qnap was a doddle to setup.
Took a while to copy the music and scan, probably best part of 2
hours.
However now PC free, no noise, no switching on and off.
Performance wise, got 4 Squeezeboxes hooked up, and have
Is there a way to setup remote internet streaming using ogg instead of
mp3 for the address http://localhost:9000/stream.mp3?
So for instance what changes would be necessary for
http://localhost:9000/stream.ogg?
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rme
Another choice is to buy from e-bay an used small and very quiet HP e-pc
(PIII or PIV) for not more than 150 euro plus a new 300HD for 110 euro.
Total: 260 euro.
RR
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How can you run rinetd as a service or automatically start it up when
windows boots? I have windows xp and could only find the unix startup
commands in the docs.
I found a windows service however called relaytcp that allows an
automatic service startup of the
BTW, this is working for me now.
Interesting...
Looks like it may have pretty good Linux support as well...
http://www.hp.com/wwsolutions/linux/products/clients/e-pc-cert.html
Kevin
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geez... the shipping from some of those e-bay vendors for that machine
is $45.00. Gotta really watch shipping costs from people on eBay, eh?
Kevin
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Thanks a lot for GSPlayer suggestion: it's work very very well on my HP
iPaq 5550 (and Media Player don't). The sound is very clear with my
iPod headphones, but...the battery go to zero in one hour (It is
surely the WiFi connection).
RR
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RiccardoR
SlimServer Version: 6.2.2 - 6583 - Linux - EN - utf8, using LazySearch
or Browse by Artist, if I click Play it sorts rather oddly. I first
thought it was sorting by track number, but look at this:
1. Untitled (Modest Mouse) from The Fruit That Ate Itself
2. Worms Vs. Birds (Modest Mouse)
I see that the e-PC only has room for:
1 ( 0 ) x internal - 3.5 x 1/3H
I guess that means 1/3 height 3.5 disk drives. Do you think most
modern ATA disk drives would fit in the case? Also, the CD is one of
the slim line notebook style things - so that would be expensive to
replace if you wanted
OK - I'm a happier camper now. The first thing I tried worked.
I did a factory reset of the SB3, re-entered EXACTLY the same
networking information and everything was OK.
How can something like this happen?
Habs
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I'm no mathematician, but that looks like numerical order to me.
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I'll also second the Dell option. The low end small business server
machines are quiet and fast enough.
You'll pay a premium for their bigger drives, but if you wait for a
deal it's quiet competitive.
On Mar 22, 2006, at 12:30 PM, kkitts wrote:
I could likely have put it together much
On 3/22/06, cjhabs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OK - I'm a happier camper now. The first thing I tried worked.I did a factory reset of the SB3, re-entered EXACTLY the same
networking information and everything was OK.How can something like this happen?Cosmic rays.
Kyle wrote:
I'm no mathematician, but that looks like numerical order to me.
As in track order? Could be, if it's doing something like when I have
two track number one's, put the alphabetically superior one first...
Here's the proper track order of the first album, shown correctly by
Can confirm this as I have the same issue here.
Also the ip combobox in the squeezebox sometimes shows
the same ip 2 or three times in it's dropdown list.
I would think something is not refreshing properly.
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Darkblue
Any one seen this?
I have the latest Java for Windows XP.
Last nights nightly Slimserver
Latest version and uipdate for XP, IE and Firefox.
I start softsqueeze and is seems to start, but I get a tiny browser window
labeled 'Security warning'. I have no choice but to close it. When I do
this
OTOH, you can take the chrome stand off. But it requires you to open the
case, and that requires you to be comfortable and careful inside an
electronic device.
Oh, and it likely voids your warantee.
You will need a Torx driver.
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Michaelwagner
OK, it connected tonight. I went thru some menus that I didn't get to
last night, like Obtaining an IP address thru DHCP. But I guess it
wouldn't get that far if it couldn't connect. So, it's still a
mystery.
Oh well, thanks for the help.
Murph
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kdf Wrote:
Quoting joek joek.2534i01143054002 (AT) no-mx (DOT)
forums.slimdevices.com:
I have never really seen SlimDevices respond to stability issues that
customers continually bring up. We all know that there are repeatable
problems. There should be patch releases that fix bugs in
Kyle wrote:
That's the way it works for me as well. Was it previously different? I
just go into albums and choose them one by one.
Yeah, it used to bring them in an album at a time, by alphabetical order
of the album names.
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joek wrote:
kdf Wrote:
Quoting joek joek.2534i01143054002 (AT) no-mx (DOT)
forums.slimdevices.com:
I have never really seen SlimDevices respond to stability issues that
customers continually bring up. We all know that there are repeatable
problems. There should be patch releases that
Sorry, I forgot to capitalize it in my post.
I deleted DBI.pm, and the DBI and DBD directories as instructed by the
wiki here: http://linkstationwiki.org/Articles/MIPSelSlimServer
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dean Wrote:
I'll also second the Dell option. The low end small business server
machines are quiet and fast enough.
You'll pay a premium for their bigger drives, but if you wait for a
deal it's quiet competitive.
Just curious, how do you get the best deal on these Dell PCs? Through
So here is a nifty feature that probably wouldn't be to hard to add. I
listen to many longer trance mixes etc. My collection seems to get lost
in the clutter of all my other music. Normally I can track these mixes
down by browsing my music collection by track length or filesize. If
this
kkitts Wrote:
Just curious, how do you get the best deal on these Dell PCs? Through
the Dell web site? eBay? Something else? I'm in the USA of course.
BTW, I'd think that for many people the 137G limit of the e-PC would be
a bit limiting. I guess that was for the PIII version. Perhaps the
OK, the AOpen mini-pc arrived. Looks great. Almost exactly like a mac
mini minus the apple logo.
The bare-bones unit comes with absolutly no documentation about
supported CPUs, RAM, etc. The AOpen web site seems useless. I used
this article:
Hi,
My SB is not able to obtain an IP address via DHCP on the wireless
network. The SSID discovery seems to work ok, and the SB seems to be
able to connect to the selected SSID. The next step, getting an IP
address via DHCP, fails. The wireless access point shows DHCP activity
but it looks like
I'm not Michael, but I use the old 'WebLogger' plugin.
I am Michael, and I'm using the same plugin.
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Help translate SlimServer by using the
SlimString Translation Helper (http://www.herger.net/slim/)
Set your wallpaper to None, under Control Panel, System, Performance
click Adjust for best performance. Windows itself is a resource hog.
Try a different shell like Litestep instead of Explorer if it's not
being used as an active workstation. Also, be sure not to be running
crap like Norton or
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