[slim] Re: What the Squeezebox needs IMHO

2006-04-04 Thread catdna
Kyle Wrote: Has anyone used Meedio with their Squeezebox? Apparently there is a new plugin. From the Meedio website, it looks like a great-looking GUI, but I'm not sure exactly how it functions. It also appears there is a free and paid version. Does anyone know how they differ? I

Re: [slim] Re: Breadcrumb menu option?

2006-04-04 Thread Michael Herger
I think his question was the opposite of what you answered. His question is: Why is now playing in the menus when it's already a button. May be the opposite, but it's still the same problem: there are options available through the menu and from the remote. Whatever way you look at it. --

[slim] Re: Fishbone skin - Handheld skin (Modified) for browsing Speed

2006-04-04 Thread wiped
If you cannot download the file, i'll be happy to email it to you. Just send me a private message with your email. CDMasterworks - I've already sent it to you. -- wiped Slimp3 Owner wiped's Profile:

[slim] Re: Access to SlimServer 6.2 from the internet

2006-04-04 Thread eagleeye
I’m doing my head in trying to get Softsqueeze to work across the internet via SSH and have read (and tried) all the suggestions on here but with limited success so hope someone can suggest a ‘fix’. First of all my setup: Home PC has the Slim and SSH server installed on it and the XP firewall

[slim] Re: Throw away your computer - ReadyNAS as music server

2006-04-04 Thread slimditty
I should qualify my original post, perhaps. I, too, have run all sorts of different music server scenarios. To address the issue of noise and power consumption, I used a VIA processor fanless mini-itx machine (I think it was a Hush technologies box). But the reason I am such a fan of the ReadyNas

[slim] Re: What's the story on accented file names and tag?

2006-04-04 Thread agentsmith
tom permutt Wrote: Short of, no; but here is a Perl program that will rename all files with non-ASCII characters. Pretty painless if you have Perl installed. (ActiveState Perl is free if you don't, but installation may be slightly less painless.) You don't need to retag. use

[slim] Re: Access to SlimServer 6.2 from the internet

2006-04-04 Thread eagleeye
Only open ssh - you will be tunneling slimserver protocols through the ssh channel. Okay I can see why it only needs SSH so will change that when I get home. Have those ports tunneled to your slimserver's internal address, not the external: localhost, if the ssh server is

[slim] Re: Introducing Richard Titmuss

2006-04-04 Thread chris . mason
Great news! Richard, I frequently use SoftSqueeze- its been a Godsend - its allowed me to test out Slimserver before I go and buy a squeezebox, and I use to listen to music remotely. All the best, Chris. -- chris.mason

[slim] Re: Throw away your computer - ReadyNAS as music server

2006-04-04 Thread radish
I quite understand the appeal of something which just works. Glad you found a good solution for your particular needs. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread:

[slim] Re: Consistent Crash with MIP 1.6b3 and 6.2.2 nightly

2006-04-04 Thread Yannzola
Kdf, I tried the 4/4 6.2.2 daily, with similiar results: Crash occurs at: 2006-04-04 06:12:45.3348 Can't locate object method artist via package Class::DBI::Object::Has::Been::Deleted at /PerlApp/Slim/DataStores/Base.pm line 179. Code: 2006-04-04 06:12:44.0051

[slim] Re: What's the story on accented file names and tag?

2006-04-04 Thread tom permutt
That's interesting. I may be over my head here, but I'll try to look into it. It might help if you can find a way to send me exactly what is in the fatal filename: dir file from the command line might do it. -- tom permutt

[slim] Re: Slightly different wireless network problem!

2006-04-04 Thread abdomen
neilcoburn Wrote: I realise there are loads of threads re network problems, though these all seem to refer to problems of Squeezeboxes connecting wirelessly to routers/access points. I have a slightly different issue. Since moving house, the PC running Slimserver is a long way from my

[slim] Re: Slightly different wireless network problem!

2006-04-04 Thread neilcoburn
Thanks, Abdomen, but I have already done this, suspecting the dynamic addressing wasn't helping. I assigned it 192.168.2.99 to make sure there's no conflicts. I've also tried the dreaded Belkin support line, who told me to change the broadcast channel. I used Netstumbler and I'm using a clear

[slim] Re: Slightly different wireless network problem!

2006-04-04 Thread abdomen
neilcoburn Wrote: Thanks, Abdomen, but I have already done this, suspecting the dynamic addressing wasn't helping. I assigned it 192.168.2.99 to make sure there's no conflicts. I've also tried the dreaded Belkin support line, who told me to change the broadcast channel. I used Netstumbler

Re: [slim] Re: SB2 not connecting with WPA and AES

2006-04-04 Thread Geoff B
On 4/3/06, jcyr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: geoffb Wrote: Somoene asked me a long time ago when I was stuck on a similar principle issue, would you rather be right, or happy? What would make me happy is for SD to remove their false claim of WPA/AES support from their product description.

[slim] Re: Slightly different wireless network problem!

2006-04-04 Thread bernt
Are you using Windows wireless configuration? If you are, try to use the tools that came with your wireless nic instead. -- bernt http://www.last.fm/user/ottovonkopp/ bernt's Profile:

[slim] Re: Slightly different wireless network problem!

2006-04-04 Thread MrC
neilcoburn Wrote: The signal strength is 'excellent, 54 Mbps', but it still loses the connection a few times a day. It usually reconnects by itself, but about once a day needs me to right-click and select 'repair'. My question is, is this the best I can hope for from a wireless connection,

[slim] Re: SB2 not connecting with WPA and AES

2006-04-04 Thread abdomen
jcyr Wrote: What would make me happy is for SD to remove their false claim of WPA/AES support from their product description. jcyr, You might be encouraged to see the recent activity on the bug mentioned a few posts up. It has been assigned to the newly hired Richard Titmuss:

[slim] Re: What's the story on accented file names and tag?

2006-04-04 Thread agentsmith
tom permutt Wrote: That's interesting. I may be over my head here, but I'll try to look into it. It might help if you can find a way to send me exactly what is in the fatal filename: dir file from the command line might do it. Sure, I tried a file named è'tormento.flac (no quote) This is

[slim] Re: Slightly different wireless network problem!

2006-04-04 Thread abdomen
When I suggested upgrading SS above, I forgot we were talking about a PC-to-router connection problem. Still the insight that an authentication restart seems to be what reconnects you makes me think you should experiment with enabling a different wireless security method on the access point. If a

Re: [slim] Slightly different wireless network problem!

2006-04-04 Thread Geoff B
On 4/4/06, neilcoburn wrote: I realise there are loads of threads re network problems, though these all seem to refer to problems of Squeezeboxes connecting wirelessly to routers/access points. I have a slightly different issue. Since moving house, the PC running Slimserver is a long way

[slim] Re: IR Blaster - Xantech Interface

2006-04-04 Thread bobharp
It seems like your setup will work. So once you get your SBs, test with one SB (IR receiver) jacked into your ir zone controller with the other SB (RCA out) feeding your receiver. You could sync or Shadow Play (plugin) depending on your testing. BTW the AMX NetLinx plugin looked way cool.

[slim] Jumpy songs?

2006-04-04 Thread pablolie
What can cause the SB or SS to skip from a song to the next? This is running 6.2.1 (again) after running on 6.2.2 for a while. Could it be the new firmware is incompatible with 6.2.1? Signal strength, network health and server response time are excellent. The music files are error free, too. It's

Re: [slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...

2006-04-04 Thread Geoff B
On 4/2/06, Jack Coates wrote: Robin Bowes wrote: lnxguru wrote: If you want to practice your Linux skills you could use telnet/ssh for command line or consider using a remote X server. Cygwin and Hummingbird(commercial) have X servers for Windows. The power and RAM you'll need for

[slim] Re: Jumpy songs?

2006-04-04 Thread pablolie
After re-installing SS from scratch (and I am on the latest 6.2.2 nightly again), the auto-skip-in-mid-song feature is gone. -- pablolie pablolie's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3816 View this

[slim] Re: What's the story on accented file names and tag?

2006-04-04 Thread tom permutt
agentsmith Wrote: Sure, I tried a file named è'tormento.flac (no quote) What I meant was, I couldn't tell exactly what bunch of bits is representing the agentsmith Wrote: èin your filename. So, I'm flying blind here. You might try this, which will not do anything destructive: use

Re: [slim] Re: Thinking of buying/building linux based music server...

2006-04-04 Thread Chip Hart
Geoff B wrote: I'm surpised that nobody's mentioned NX (or freenx). I'm not particularly experienced with linux, so maybe it's just a different form of remote X, but it worked flawlessly for me when I set up a MythTV box recently. It seems pretty efficient, even ssh-tunnelled through my

[slim] Re: What the Squeezebox needs IMHO

2006-04-04 Thread Listener
Good title for a thread. But when I return to my laptop and try to control my 4 zone SliMP3/SB1/SB3 setup (yeah, I'm a seasoned user) I see what is perhaps the most importent reason why the SB isn't ready to be sold in my local electronics store. The server software is wonderful, but the

[slim] Re: Nedd to worry about display burn in?

2006-04-04 Thread rudholm
Got an RMA. Yay. Since I'm apparently the only one who ever had this problem, I will probably forever be known as the burn-in guy to SD support staff... :) -- rudholm rudholm's Profile:

RE: [slim] Re: Fishbone skin - Handheld skin (Modified) for browsingSpeed

2006-04-04 Thread James M
What am I doing wrong? After extracting h3.zip and copying the dir to the slimserver directory, when accessing: http://192.168.0.100:9000/h3/ all I get is text with no icons or formatting. Seems the css file is missing or something. james -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[slim] Re: Slow Response From SlimServer

2006-04-04 Thread frankL
notanatheist Wrote: Using a different shell won't affect your network share including your printer. You just lost the traditional look of Windows. How many processes on startup? Under MSCONFIG go to the Services tab, check hide all MS services and see what else is hiding around. The only

[slim] Fishbone skin Looks weird

2006-04-04 Thread James M
I upgraded to 6.5b1-6798 (from 6.2.1) and now the fishbone skin looks weird on the right panel. There's a question mark image where the album cover is supposed to go but the question mark shows up when the play list is empty. Some of the text lines as well are truncated. james

[slim] Re: Slow Response From SlimServer

2006-04-04 Thread radish
No, it's not normal. Pull up task manager and switch to the performance tab. What do the numbers at the bottom say when SlimServer is idle? -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77

[slim] Re: Slow Response From SlimServer

2006-04-04 Thread frankL
radish Wrote: No, it's not normal. Pull up task manager and switch to the performance tab. What do the numbers at the bottom say when SlimServer is idle? Processes:21 CPU: 1% Commit Charge: 206M / 1249M -- frankL

[slim] Re: Slow Response From SlimServer

2006-04-04 Thread frankL
Maybe this helps -- picture of Performance tab. The spike in CPU usage is when I Browse something. http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/1104/untitled6ea.png -- frankL frankL's Profile:

[slim] Re: Slow Response From SlimServer

2006-04-04 Thread Mark Lanctot
frankL Wrote: Maybe this helps -- picture of Performance tab. The spike in CPU usage is when I Browse something. http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/1104/untitled6ea.png Those spikes are 100%. You are running out of CPU cycles. And you shouldn't be, your server is fast enough. Now nearly

RE: [slim] Re: Fishbone skin - Handheld skin (Modified)forbrowsingSpeed

2006-04-04 Thread James M
Hmm..i just ran the SlimServer_v2006-04-02.exe and installed over my current slimserver directory. What should I do to correct the problem? James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kdf Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2006 5:22 PM To:

[slim] Wireless Bridging

2006-04-04 Thread Andyoz
I have wired SB's running off my home ethernet. My house is wired up for it so I have avoided any wireless networking. Was wondering if I were to buy a wireless SB and run that wired into my ethernet, can I use the wireless cabability of the SB to connect to my wireless laptop/pda (to act as

[slim] Re: Slow Response From SlimServer

2006-04-04 Thread frankL
Mark Lanctot Wrote: So are you using an Artist/Album folder structure? Yes. To be sure, here is an example: Music - The Beatles -- Abbey Road -- Let it Be...Naked --- Track 1 --- Track 2 --- Track 3 I also get those spikes when I browse albums or artists. Could it be a problem with my

Re: [slim] Wireless Bridging

2006-04-04 Thread kdf
What you are requesting is a wireless access point. The squeezebox can serve as a bridge only. Use as an access point is not possible, at least not at this time. -k ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] Naxos Music Library

2006-04-04 Thread swasivious
Naxox makes 8700 CDs available online for a fee ($250/year for CD Quality less for Near-CD and even less for FM quality. One must input subscriber name and password. Does anyone know how to configure Slim to access this source and stream it wirelessly to Squeezebox? Thanks -- swasivious

[slim] Re: Wireless Bridging

2006-04-04 Thread Andyoz
Thanks for the quick reply. Thought it was too good to be true. Andy -- Andyoz Andyoz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4864 View this thread:

[slim] Re: Slow Response From SlimServer

2006-04-04 Thread Mark Lanctot
Hmm. I guess it wouldn't hurt to double-check the tags in an alternate tagging program just to see if anything is amiss. Also check your music folder for recursive shortcuts, shortcuts pointing to a deleted folder or files, etc. Is your hard drive unusual at all? Seems like it's something in

[slim] Re: WPA Problems still unresolved!!!

2006-04-04 Thread oli
I have tried all of the above suggestions (thanks guys) without any success. I am also still to hear anything from Slimsupport. On this matter I have found Slim's customer service to be extremely poor, and am fast being turned from a very happy customer in to a very unhappy one. This simply isn't

[slim] Re: Slightly different wireless network problem!

2006-04-04 Thread cjhabs
geoffb Wrote: Once or twice a week, my girlfriend initiates a viscous DOS attack on our wireless network by heating up something in the microwave. The wireless phone used to cause problems as well, but I replaced that with a 5.8Ghz model and that fixed it. Cheers Geoff I have a

[slim] Cannot Open SlimServer Preferences

2006-04-04 Thread cubaninkendall
Am running Mac OS X (10.4.5) 512 MG RAM I've just bought SB3 and have downloaded version 6.2 of Slimserver but I'm getting the following error message and cannot start SlimServer: You cannot open SlimServer preferences pane on this computer. Contact the developer of this software for a newer

[slim] Re: WPA Problems still unresolved!!!

2006-04-04 Thread oli
Just a quick update. On re-installing 6.2.1, Slimserver said the player needed a firmware upgrade. The player updated itself and is now version 36 (previously 28). Thinking this might make a difference I tried installing 6.2.2 again and this time it worked. Unfortunately this has done nothing to

[slim] Re: How Do I View Podcasts?

2006-04-04 Thread baconrad
Ahh, that was the problem. I was looking on the web interface. Thanks for taking time to reply. -- baconrad baconrad's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1985 View this thread:

[slim] Re: Rescan Music Library Takes Forever.

2006-04-04 Thread rudholm
I've seen some weird behavior as well with this version: 6.2.2 - 6804 - Linux - EN - iso-8859-1 When rescanning the library from scratch, I noticed the db files stopped growing. After a few hours I looked to see what it was doing and it seemed to be stuck in a recursive symlink while trying to

[slim] Re: Slimserver PC going into standby

2006-04-04 Thread bigjules
ok.. Here's a plugin that fixed my problem.. I've never written any Perl before.. so be kind. I used the Win32::API module from CPAN to access the Windows function SetThreadExecutionState(). The plugin simply checks all clients every minute, and if any of them are playing it resets the

[slim] Re: Consistent Crash with MIP 1.6b3 and 6.2.2 nightly

2006-04-04 Thread erland
Could you try with the TrackStat version attached with this post, it contains some more log messages which should make it possible to see if there are TrackStat code executed at the moment or not. Also, in the log it looks like a track is removed in the following line: 2006-04-04 06:12:45.1008

Re: [slim] Cannot Open SlimServer Preferences

2006-04-04 Thread Michael Herger
Am running Mac OS X (10.4.5) 512 MG RAM Is this one of the Intel based Mac computers? 6.2.1 won't be available, you'd have to give 6.2.2 a try as only the recent builds have universal binaries. -- Michael --- Help translate