[slim] Re: Octoshape streaming

2006-05-06 Thread empty99
I thought it was a new Slimserver version 6.2.2 upgrade but turned out to be the Octoshape plugin, too bad I loved the improved streaming 192k audio but had to uninstall to keep my PC from locking up. -- empty99 empty99's

[slim] Re: Version 6.2.2 NOT ready for showtime...

2006-05-06 Thread empty99
New update 2300hrs 05/05/06: System freezes twice today w/ Slimversion 6.2.1 so all bets are off. I did remember downloading Octoshape plugin to play 192k streaming radios a few nights prior to V6.2.2 upgrade. So here it is: Slimserver Version 6.2.2 is NOT the cause of PC freezes on MY system, I

[slim] Re: RSS Plugin Failed to retrieve RSS feed

2006-05-06 Thread willem
Hi, I'm having the same problem with a few RSS feeds. Currently I run 6.2.2 but have tried a 6.5 nightly as well on my server and another PC. All running the Windows version. A few RSS feeds from a local newspaper do not work anymore with my SB3 but did work some months ago.The url:

Re: [slim] Re: RSS Plugin Failed to retrieve RSS feed

2006-05-06 Thread kdf
Looks to me like they've closed it off to registered clients only according to this: http://www.kbcafe.com/rss/whatisthis.html#whatisusm ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Slim Devices phone support hours

2006-05-06 Thread Peter
Great, I'l remember that if I ever get a big enough problem. Hasn't happened so far... Regards, Peter On Fri, 5 May 2006 22:03:11 -0700, dean blackketter [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On May 5, 2006, at 11:30 AM, Peter wrote: How about a Skype account for those of us on entirely unconnected

[slim] Re: Squeeze box dropping off Wireless network constantly usingDraytek Vigor 2600 router

2006-05-06 Thread dave w
Greg - thks for confirming that I am not alone with this problem. To be honest as a I had a 'workaround' (using the 2600 for the dsl and the 2800vg for wireless) I had not pursued draytek for help..but hearing you have the same symptoms I have just submitted a problem to UK Draytek Support.

[slim] Re: SB2 Power Supply Compatible with SB3?

2006-05-06 Thread twynne
On a related note, anyone know if the Slimp3 and SB3 (UK) power supplies are interchangeable?? Cheers, Tom -- twynne twynne's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1326 View this thread:

[slim] First sec of song getting clipped off

2006-05-06 Thread 4mula1
After upgrading to SS 6.2.2 I've noticed that when I manually advance to the next song it will sometimes not play the first second or so of the track. I don't remember this with 6.2.1 but recently I have been converting my collection from mp3/ogg to flac. So far this issue only seems to occur

[slim] Plays for Sure/Janus/WMP10/Subscription Music

2006-05-06 Thread fairyliquidizer
I know many or most of the regulars here are anti-DRM, and to some extent I agree. However I think their is a growing market for Microsoft Subscription DRM streaming. e.g. Napster, Yahoo Music Unlimited. This may be a difficult problem for slimserver, although perhaps slimserver doesn't need

[slim] Re: Squeeze box dropping off Wireless network constantly usingDraytek Vigor 2600 router

2006-05-06 Thread dave w
tried the darytek firmware 2.6.4.1rc2 - no improvement (2.6.4.2 was a typo below) I'll await feedback from draytek -- dave w dave w's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5170 View this thread:

[slim] Re: SB2 Power Supply Compatible with SB3?

2006-05-06 Thread Michaelwagner
The very first SLiMP3s used an IOMEGA branded power supply. The later ones use the same unifive power supply as all the subsequent SBs. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile:

[slim] Music collection cataloguer

2006-05-06 Thread Kyle
A good program to scan and list music files has been discussed here many times. A new one has been developed and is worth a try, IMHO. See this link: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23671. EDIT: Oh, yeah: it's free. -- Kyle

[slim] Re: Slim Devices phone support hours

2006-05-06 Thread Michaelwagner
Any chance of a Vonage phone number too? -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23631

[slim] Re: How to always start playlists at track 1?

2006-05-06 Thread dborn
I found a way to get what I want, I just remove the first line (CURTRACK...) in the file and slimserver doesn't add it back and the playlist always starts at track #1. Daniel -- dborn dborn's Profile:

[slim] Re: SB3 stopped working - (long)

2006-05-06 Thread hifiresource
Good news, I found the culprit! I'm using a Motorola Surfboard900 as my wireless cable modem and the SB2 would drop after about 5-15 minutes, onle when WPA was enabled. The Motorola Surfboard is also connected to a Netgear 8 port switch which connects my wife's Mac G4, a Vonage VOIP router and

[slim] Re: How to always start playlists at track 1?

2006-05-06 Thread Kyle
Under Player SettingsAudio try changing Power On Resume to Reset Playlist at Power On. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Re: 6.5 / 6.3 - Web UI Kills It

2006-05-06 Thread Jack Coates
that's upgrade. rpm -e to erase the rpm.-- I spent all me tin with the ladies drinking gin,So across the Western ocean I must wander -- traditional ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Synchronized Squeezeboxes

2006-05-06 Thread TorbenGB
What happens if the Squeezeboxes are playing an internet radio stream? Do they ever re-sync? Each Squeezebox can *either* connect to the SlimServer *or* to the SqueezeNetwork for internet radio. Players that are connected to the slimserver can be syncronized, but players that are on

[slim] Re: Dedicated skin for Dell Axim x51v

2006-05-06 Thread shawkie
I still have shedloads to do but in case anyone is interested I'm uploading an early (I haven't even named it yet) version of my new skin. Now playing is working and so is Browse artwork. Everything else is pretty badly broken. If you have a PocketPC running Windows Mobile 5.0 then I recommend

[slim] Re: First sec of song getting clipped off

2006-05-06 Thread radish
I have heard others mention this problem, but I forget who. It also sounds like it may be related to this bug : http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1434 as there has been some suggestion that it's missing the start of the next track rather than the end of the current one. It's often hard

[slim] Re: First sec of song getting clipped off

2006-05-06 Thread shawkie
I'm sure that the problem I was having was with the end of tracks. I haven't re-tested it recently to check its still there but since nobody is claiming to have fixed it... -- shawkie shawkie's Profile:

Re: [slim] Re: 6.5 / 6.3 - Web UI Kills It

2006-05-06 Thread Michael Haan
Here what I did to get it working: Clean-out 6.5 by manually deleting everything. Install 6.3 from RPM. Create a symbolic link /usr/local/slimerserver pointing to /usr/local/SlimServer_v2006-05-06 Verify it works. Delete /usr/local/SlimServer_v2006-05-06 Install 6.5 using tar -xzvf

[slim] 6.5 - Weird Time Display

2006-05-06 Thread Michael Haan
Installed 6.5 and the date/time display was fine. Then I enabled the rescan plugin and *boom*, the time is now displayed as 12,42. Anyone else seen this? ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] I would like better flac to MP3

2006-05-06 Thread bephillips
Now that I have rid myself of CDs by flac-ing my collection, I need some portable solution, for the car and when traveling. Maybe a big iPod with the RockBox replacement firmware to play my flacs, but probably a smaller solid state player like a Nano, converting my flacs to MP3 when I'm on the

Re: [slim] Re: Power over Ethernet

2006-05-06 Thread kdf
On 5-May-06, at 2:38 PM, Bart wrote: kdf Wrote: Is that measuring with or without the squeezebox connected? -k Without it connected - when I measure it with the squeezebox connected it does, indeed, drop by .6v Would this be enough to stop it working? it would seem from your results thus

[slim] Re: SlimServer buffer settings

2006-05-06 Thread Virgus
Thanks Radish! I was wrong this time too: I kept listening to squeezebox and after killing slim.exe task it took 47 seconds to the buffer to empty! Wow I didn't expect a 128k buffer took so long to be emptied! I shouldn't do tests too late at night, it's easy to get wrong conclusions ;-) On the

[slim] Re: 6.5 - Weird Time Display

2006-05-06 Thread James
Yes, this happened to me after an upgrade of 6.5 a couple of days ago. I had to edit the prefs file manually to restore the correct settings as all the screens claimed ; was in use! James -- James James's Profile:

RE: [slim] Re: 6.5 - Weird Time Display

2006-05-06 Thread Michael Haan
Yes, this happened to me after an upgrade of 6.5 a couple of days ago. I had to edit the prefs file manually to restore the correct settings as all the screens claimed ; was in use! Do you recall which setting it was? ___ discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Re: SlimServer buffer settings

2006-05-06 Thread kdf
On 6-May-06, at 11:37 AM, Virgus wrote: If I press stop/pause/skip on the server AND press play on the client player then the command is accepted and executed instantly by the server instead of the 6-8 seconds wait. This would be due to the client making a new request. This flushes the

[slim] Re: 6.5 - Weird Time Display

2006-05-06 Thread kdf
looks like it is the result of the date and time screensaver settings. in server settings-plugins my guess is that they are now improperly reflecting teh current settings, and thus default selection is wrong and when you click change on one plugin, ALL changes are submitted. changing it back

[slim] Re: Power over Ethernet

2006-05-06 Thread Michaelwagner
Bart Wrote: when I measure it with the squeezebox connected it does, indeed, drop by .6v Would this be enough to stop it working? If I could find a 6v power supply rated at about 1.5 - 2A would it be safe to use it? If I did my figuring right, this means you have roughly .6 ohms of

[slim] Re: Market for older Slimp3 and Squeezeboxes?

2006-05-06 Thread larryrowland
Ok, I am having trouble selling these. The Slimp3 has been sold but the two squeezeboxes are still available. I am in Baltimore, MD and would prefer selling to someone in the US. The Squeezeboxes are v1 with the graphical update and the latest firmware. They are the wireless models. I'll come

Re: [slim] Re: 6.5 - Weird Time Display

2006-05-06 Thread kdf
I've added an upgrade script (svn 7321) that will run on startup and set the new screensaverDateFormat and screensaverTimeFormat to the users' current pref for timeFormat and longdateFormat. This presets the new pref so that the user will not see any change unless s/he specifically decides

[slim] Squeezenetwork access via Slimserver

2006-05-06 Thread giwatani
Is there anyway to add Squeezenetwork to the Radio settings within Slimserver? It seems control over the SB via Squeezenetwork removes player control from the Slimserver (and vice versa). It would be great if SqueezeNetwork were accessible via Slimserver. Does anyone know if this is

Re: [slim] Squeezenetwork access via Slimserver

2006-05-06 Thread kdf
Unfortunately, it is one or the other for the moment. there are plans and dreams to make SQN a seamless experience with SlimServer. There is a lot to do and likely to come in bits and pieces. stay tuned. -k On 6-May-06, at 2:29 PM, giwatani wrote: Is there anyway to add Squeezenetwork

[slim] Re: SlimServer buffer settings

2006-05-06 Thread radish
Virgus Wrote: Thanks Radish! I was wrong this time too: I kept listening to squeezebox and after killing slim.exe task it took 47 seconds to the buffer to empty! Wow I didn't expect a 128k buffer took so long to be emptied! If you mean the softsqueeze buffer, I don't think it's 128k.

[slim] Help with SlimServer Error 403 Forbidden: status.html

2006-05-06 Thread ramiles
When I try to change volume I get the error screen with the following: In order to request this URL from a Bookmark/Favorite, or some means other than following a link from the SlimServer web interface, you will need to use a URL with a \cauth\ security parameter. If you received this error

[slim] Re: xAP slimserver connector ?

2006-05-06 Thread i2ben
Since this week, you can find xAP Slimserver Connectorat http://www.mi4.biz and start playing with it. I have written a guide (in French) for xAP with Slimserver installation, and xAP with Homeseer. here http://membres.lycos.fr/i4ben/ -- i2ben

Re: [slim] Re: How much longer for a really slim SlimServer?

2006-05-06 Thread bill fumerola
On Wed, May 03, 2006 at 09:09:03PM -0700, Mark Lanctot wrote: The device's RAM may be sufficient. 64 MB is what the Linkstation has. But the ROM is 16 MB - this has to house the Linux kernel and all its associated services. Trying to stick Perl and SlimServer on top of that wouldn't work.

Re: [slim] Re: How much longer for a really slim SlimServer?

2006-05-06 Thread bill fumerola
On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 05:59:40AM -0700, Mark Lanctot wrote: Michaelwagner Wrote: Why does all that have to be in ROM? It's a flash-based, embedded platform. at least for the terastation, it boots the majority off of a RAID-1 striped across the four disks. if the linkstation is

[slim] Re: How much longer for a really slim SlimServer?

2006-05-06 Thread Mark Lanctot
bill fumerola Wrote: On Thu, May 04, 2006 at 05:59:40AM -0700, Mark Lanctot wrote: Michaelwagner Wrote: Why does all that have to be in ROM? It's a flash-based, embedded platform. at least for the terastation, it boots the majority off of a RAID-1 striped across the four disks.

[slim] Re: How much longer for a really slim SlimServer?

2006-05-06 Thread Michaelwagner
but since you'd need to have a disk in order to make a gumstick into a slim server platform, why not put linux and perl on the disk? -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile:

[slim] Re: How much longer for a really slim SlimServer?

2006-05-06 Thread Mark Lanctot
Michaelwagner Wrote: but since you'd need to have a disk in order to make a gumstick into a slim server platform, why not put linux and perl on the disk? Linux is already in the ROM. You'd put Perl and SlimServer on the disk. Although I'm beginning to think it's more of a Rube Goldberg

[slim] Re: SlimServer buffer settings

2006-05-06 Thread azinck3
I reenter this thread with some trepidation, recognizing the expertise of some of the other people who are helping you. That being said, I think the difference you're seeing between the behavior of your icecast stream and slimserver's stream.mp3 can be chalked up to stream.mp3 not being a true

[slim] SB2 won't play

2006-05-06 Thread Bubba
Please excuse me, as I'm not well versed in the technical lingo. This AM, my Slim Server would not open. Just kept saying Opening Slim Devices, but it stalled. Eventually, I downloaded the 6.3.3 version. Now, it will open, it will populate the library, I can browse and select songs with the

[slim] Re: SB2 won't play

2006-05-06 Thread ceejay
Well, lets start with a couple of basics. Can you confirm your operating system (Windows XP??) and slimserver version (6.2.2 ??) ? What format files are you playing? (FLAC, MP3...) Is iTunes involved at all? Next, have you tried using softsqueeze instead of your SB2? If not, now might be a