[slim] Re: Slimserver No Album No Artist

2006-05-19 Thread oiler1fan
I have a similar problem. Of the 4300+ songs in my database, I have 34 files that show up as No Artist, No Album. I am using iTunes as my database. If I mark the albums in question as Compilations, then everything is where it should be and all is well, but if I mark the albums as no to

RE: [slim] New user alert!

2006-05-19 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Giving up iTunes after all this time (about 3-4 years) is going to be a big change for me. ... Also any potential traps/things-to-watch-for for someone coming from OSX iTunes? It's not entirely clear what you mean but there is no need to ditch iTunes when using SlimServer. If you already

[slim] Re: 6.2.2 Playlists Empty

2006-05-19 Thread boblegg
Pays to read things properly. I had filled in the path names for Itunes folders when leaving them blank was the right thing for my setup. On deleting the pathnames and leaving them blank it all works fine now. -- boblegg

[slim] Re: ID3 editor?

2006-05-19 Thread Koenraadr
Thank you folks! I am easytagging away and it's very easy! -- Koenraadr Koenraadr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5142 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23975

[slim] Re: Where is the DB located?

2006-05-19 Thread Koenraadr
Where is the DB under Linux? -- Koenraadr Koenraadr's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5142 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=24018

[slim] Re: 30-second freeze?

2006-05-19 Thread Morbius
duff138 Wrote: I made a similar post a few days ago. Mine worked fine for several months then this started to happen. Freezes while I'm scrolling though the menus/browsing. I'm using Windows XP. SB2 6.2.1 firmware 15. ..are you still having the problem, or have you solved it? I changed

[slim] Re: Where is the DB located?

2006-05-19 Thread smc2911
It's in a file called slimserversql.db and in the debian package it's in /var/cache/slimserver. I think that the rpm and tarball may stick it somewhere else (user's home directory perhaps), but you can always just use a find / -type f -name slimserversql.db Sean. -- smc2911 Slimserver 6.5b

[slim] Re: 30-second freeze?

2006-05-19 Thread duff138
Morbius Wrote: ..are you still having the problem, or have you solved it? I changed my WiFi channel to 13 last night just in case there was some clash with other wireless networks near me (I can see two other wireless networks around me both on channel 11). I'll see if that improves things.

Re: [slim] Re: Where is the DB located?

2006-05-19 Thread Michael Herger
It's in a file called slimserversql.db and in the debian package it's in /var/cache/slimserver. I think that the rpm and tarball may stick it somewhere else (user's home directory perhaps), but you can always just use a find / -type f -name slimserversql.db With the rpm file it's

[slim] Re: Monitoring SB3 Playback on SlimServer Computer

2006-05-19 Thread fcm4711
Hi cherryplinth If you're only interested in what is playing without the music also being streamed to SoftSqueeze you could also try the ShadowPlay plugin, which mirrors the display of your SB on SoftSqueeze. http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?PluginRemoteControls Cheers Felix -- fcm4711

[slim] Re: harmony 880 and squeeze 3

2006-05-19 Thread neilcoburn
jmpage2 Wrote: does anyone know if it will work with a remote controlled Inday component video switcher? Harmony remotes can learn any IR codes if they are not already on their database, so the answer is almost certainly 'yes', assuming you have the orginal remote. You can also add extra

[slim] Re: SlimServer on a Synology Diskstation 101j How To

2006-05-19 Thread jampot
For those in the UK Scan computers have the 101j on Today only this weekend for £115 inc vat. 300Gb Maxstor is £65. http://www.scan.co.uk/todayonly/ Seems like a good deal. Jim -- jampot jampot's Profile:

[slim] Dropouts on streaming audio

2006-05-19 Thread drtart
In the last few days started getting severe dropouts on streaming mp3 stations, such as the Shoutcast ones. This maybe related to my isp as recently my adsl has recently been upgraded. The symptoms are audio dropouts and breakups on these stations which occur is the data rate is more than 64Kbps.

Re: [slim] Re: Monitoring SB3 Playback on SlimServer Computer

2006-05-19 Thread Dr Lovegrove
On 19/05/06, fcm4711 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi cherryplinth If you're only interested in what is playing without the music also being streamed to SoftSqueeze you could also try the ShadowPlay plugin, which mirrors the display of your SB on SoftSqueeze. Not forgetting Moose too for simple

[slim] Re: New user alert!

2006-05-19 Thread aubuti
Actually one question I do have is what people have found the best method for re-ripping protected AAC files? What a lot of people do is use iTunes to burn CDs of the DRM'd songs, and then rip those CDs to a lossless format like Apple Lossless or FLAC. Of course, you don't gain back what was

Re: [slim] Re: Monitoring SB3 Playback on SlimServer Computer

2006-05-19 Thread Michael Herger
Not forgetting Moose too for simple display / playlist management stuff.. ;-) Did I mention SlimRemote? This is turning into a bazaar :-) -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the SlimString Translation Helper

[slim] Re: harmony 880 and squeeze 3

2006-05-19 Thread jmpage2
neilcoburn Wrote: Harmony remotes can learn any IR codes if they are not already on their database, so the answer is almost certainly 'yes', assuming you have the orginal remote. You can also add extra commands to Harmony 'activities', for example within 'watch a DVD' tell it to switch your

[slim] Re: KCRW podcasting problem

2006-05-19 Thread azinck3
andyg Wrote: OK I see what you mean. I'll take a deeper look into it. Thanks! I'm really curious to see what you find out. From what I can tell it's just a standard mp3, but who knows...something must be different. -- azinck3

[slim] Treo 700p

2006-05-19 Thread Doug Wise
I want to get one of thenew Treo 700p phones whichhas a 320x320 resolution display. Does anyone have one yet, or know if the Nokia 770 skin will work on this device? Thanks,Doug___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: New user alert!

2006-05-19 Thread GeeZa
Many thanks for the responses guys, very helpful information all round. :-) I will most certainly be trying out the Nokia skin tonight, looking forward to it. Also quite pleased to know I can continue using iTunes to manage my songs, that's quite a bonus. I'm guessing the server simply refreshes

[slim] Re: Anyone looking to sell their old Squeezebox?

2006-05-19 Thread Kevin O. Lepard
Where in Oregon and how much do you want? Klamath falls. I have accepted an offer for it, however. Thanks though. Kevin -- notanatheist notanatheist's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2642

Re: [slim] Treo 700p

2006-05-19 Thread Michael Herger
I want to get one of the new Treo 700p phones which has a 320x320 resolution display. Does anyone have one yet, or know if the Nokia 770 skin will work on this device? Even if it technically worked on the treo, it wouldn't be fun as that skin is optimized for the Nokia's high resolution

[slim] Re: Dropouts on streaming audio

2006-05-19 Thread JimB
This happens to me from time to time as well. Do you use a router? I often find that by rebooting routers, (unplug em)etc the issue goes away. Also, update the firmware. Im not an expert but somehow resetting the IP stack with netsh command works too. This might be a placebo though.

[slim] Re: Poll: What is your library size and hardware

2006-05-19 Thread CarlOtto
Your music library contains 1776 albums with 10049 songs by 1277 artists. Almost all in FLAC (I was lucky to come in rather late and I didn't have a large MP3 collection). Classical CD's (Album = Symphony no.1... etc so each CD is tagged as typically a couple of Albums). Around 900 complete

[slim] Re: Where is the DB located?

2006-05-19 Thread Koenraadr
Odd, I've entered the search command exactly as above and no hits. I've been looking for a while and cant find it! I'm running FC5, and Slimserver 6.2.2 if that makes a difference?? -- Koenraadr Koenraadr's Profile:

[slim] World Cup Football Games...

2006-05-19 Thread dwc
So who knows which online radio stations will be streaming World Cup coverage? I spent nearly the whole game looking for a station that was straming the Arsenal/Barcelona match and finally got one just *after* the game finshed. :( Here's the site I used to find streams:

[slim] Re: Problem with iTunes playlists

2006-05-19 Thread wduncan
Thank you -- wduncan wduncan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4319 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23993 ___

Re: [slim] World Cup Football Games...

2006-05-19 Thread Patrick Cosson
If there's enough good streams, we can add a directory in Slim Devices Picks on SqueezeNetwork for the World Cup. Send your suggestions my way. Patrick --- Patrick Cosson V-P, Sales Marketing Slim Devices, Inc. Over all, you have to love this sweet, satisfying machine. Its creators have

[slim] Re: Where is the DB located?

2006-05-19 Thread MrC
Koenraadr Wrote: Odd, I've entered the search command exactly as above and no hits. I've been looking for a while and cant find it! I'm running FC5, and Slimserver 6.2.2 if that makes a difference?? Try locate slim | grep db -- MrC

[slim] Re: How long to ship expedited?

2006-05-19 Thread lovemov
I am impressed, both the device and the service. I received it today! Thanks Mac. -- lovemov lovemov's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5528 View this thread:

[slim] Slimserver 6.3 not picking up new playlists?

2006-05-19 Thread ModelCitizen
I've made a few new playlists referencing existing music in the SlimServer database and music repository but I can't get SlimServer 6.3 to pick them up. My SS is set rescan every night but it's been three nights now and still my new m3u playlists do not show in the SS interface or via the remote.

[slim] Re: World Cup Football Games...

2006-05-19 Thread mactavish
is radio 5 live (BBC radio via AlienBBC) not playing most of the games, or at least the England Games. -- mactavish mactavish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4795 View this thread:

[slim] Re: World Cup Football Games...

2006-05-19 Thread dwc
I think it is, but it's showing as a real audio stream. Not an easy drop-in (i.e. it won't play). I have not set up alien-bbc which I understand is required? I guess this may be the 'killer app' that pushed me to install alien... -Dan -- dwc

[slim] Re: Slimserver 6.3 not picking up new playlists?

2006-05-19 Thread ModelCitizen
It's just struck me, for me at least, it would be very useful if I could get SlimServer to scan Playlists only. I make playlists in Foobar2000 and save them to the Playlists directory used by SlimServer. To get SlimServer to pick up the playlists I have to rescan my whole music collection...

[slim] Re: Dropouts on streaming audio

2006-05-19 Thread drtart
I do use a router/firewall but I don't that's the problem as rebooting doesn't help and streams work fine when played directly through mplayer. I doubt it's a resource issue either as dropouts appear with Squeeze Network which obviously doesn't go through my pc. It makes no sense to me - can't

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[slim] Re: Slimserver 6.3 not picking up new playlists?

2006-05-19 Thread aubuti
In the dropdown list for rescanning on the web interface there's an option Only rescan playlists. -- aubuti aubuti's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2074 View this thread:

[slim] Re: World Cup Football Games...

2006-05-19 Thread oreillymj
UK based listeners may not be aware of this, but the BBC will allow/deny streams based on IP address for certain games. The Beeb only has UK rights for premiership games, so it blocks access to streams for users whose IP addresses are not in the IP range allocated to UK based ISP's. Not sure

[slim] Re: New user alert!

2006-05-19 Thread can't post
GeeZa Wrote: On the DRM'd AAC front I was thinking of either setting up an Audio Hijack session or (as someone else told me) doing the convert in iMovie. I have quite a few files so I really want to try and automate it, it's a difficult one really. That'll teach me to upgrade. If I settle

[slim] Re: World Cup Football Games...

2006-05-19 Thread aubuti
dwc Wrote: I think it is, but it's showing as a real audio stream. Not an easy drop-in (i.e. it won't play). I have not set up alien-bbc which I understand is required? I guess this may be the 'killer app' that pushed me to install alien... World Cup as 'killer app' . . . I like it! I

[slim] Re: Slimserver 6.3 not picking up new playlists?

2006-05-19 Thread ModelCitizen
aubuti Wrote: In the dropdown list for rescanning on the web interface there's an option Only rescan playlists. rr Thanks. I've done that. 50 minutes later SlimServer is still scanning my playlists and hasn't yet found the new playlists. My playlists all reference music already included in

[slim] Re: Slimserver 6.3 not picking up new playlists?

2006-05-19 Thread dip
I have yesterday filed a bug report under http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3427 -- dip dip's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=902 View this thread:

[slim] Re: IE7 and Fishbone

2006-05-19 Thread timmorris
Doesn't work for me either. I'm running 6.2.2. I'll try installing IE7 on a different PC and see if it works. Tim -- timmorris timmorris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4147 View this thread:

[slim] Transcoding failed. Please help~

2006-05-19 Thread juichien
Hi, The on-the-fly transcoding of my slim server suddently stopped working someday after I upgraded to 6.2.2. I reinstalled 6.2.1 , 6.2.2, and 6.3.0, none of them worked anymore. I created a z:\audio folder , with only 3 files: 1.mp3, 1.ape, and 1.wav and let this folder to be the slimserver's

[slim] Re: New user alert!

2006-05-19 Thread GeeZa
Alright, I'm officially gob-smacked by the software and the Nokia skin. Just got all my music scanned and have been playing around for the last hour or so. Wow. The box hasn't even arrived yet! Eeeek. -- GeeZa GeeZa's

[slim] New promos on www.slimdevices.com

2006-05-19 Thread Patrick Cosson
All, Today we launched a new promotion for anyone who orders 2 or more players. If you enter the code FreeGift, we'll add 2 sets of RCA cables by DH Labs (retail value of $99.98). We also extended SlimSaver discounts to small orders (such as remotes and cables) shipping internationally. Before