I'd be very careful before I let this app lose on my MP3 collection.
Make sure you have a backup and test the Case conversion action on a
couple of files before doing a Ctrl-A.
Unless set up correctly this app will strip tags from files. Also, the
help is useless.
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And you can buy software that broadcasts streamed audio, and set
SlimServer (and the SBs) to pick up the broadcast.
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funkahdafi Wrote:
See, that is EXACTLY the problem: I do not WANT to spend a lot of time
finessing tags. I don't have the time. I want to listen to my music,
not do some geek tech stuff.
You don't want to do geeky tech stuff, yet you are wasting your time
posting long rants to an internet
I don't think it recognizes them by IP, it recognizes them by the
virtual MAC addess listing on the networking page of the settings. I
just started two instances and changes the MAC address slightly in the
second instance and Slimserver sees them as two seperate entities.
They are both playing
Ok, I recently added classic German speed metal albums
'Keeper of the Seven Keys' parts 1 and 2 by Helloween
to my music folder (on an infrant ReadyNAS, 6.2.2)
(As MP3s, tagged with ID3v2 and APEv2). No multi-disc tags set or
whatever.
They're done as separate discs (they were separate
You would need to feed the audio into a PC card, either analogue or
digital. If the PC is Windows based than use WinAmp with the oddcast
plugin. Set oddcast to live recording and install Ice cast on the PC.
Configure the oddcast to feed Icecast and tune your Squeezeboxes into
the Icecast URL. The
Hi all,
I am a proud and happy user of three SB1. Having waited this long to
upgrade, I can/might wait some more, but I am lusting for that better
DSP and for that larger screen and...
There have been numerous discussions on this list of smaller form factor
units or outdoor units or speaker
maybe not the same thing, i've written a plugin to playback CDs from a
pc drive. it uses cdda2wav or cdparanoia to get an exact(ish)
extraction and cddb to get track titles etc. you can add CD tracks in
your normal playlist and if you have more than one drive then you can
add tracks from both
mherger Wrote:
But internet access otherwise does work? Do you have another local web
server you could try to connect to?.
Yes internet access works fine. I can look at the router setup using
its IP, and the other PC's in the network see slimserver, so I know the
IP address is
dangerous_dom Wrote:
I use the MDA Vario as a remote. It's really good, especially when PIE
is set to fullscreen.
Did you have to change any setup in the vario to get it to work?
dangerous_dom Wrote:
You are probably getting the IP address wrong. I did this until i used
the Squeezebox
Yes, my suspicion was the router. The hint was that my pda no longer
sees the SID being broadcast.
Yes the wired network still works fine.
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I doubt you will hear anything other than speculation as to what's
coming next. It's not really in Slims interest to talk about RD.
Doing so will slow sales of existing units, and also give the
competition some insight as to whats in the pipeline, which can hurt a
small company. Personally I
Are you using MAC address filtering?
Just that I had a similar problem with the WAP54G AP where on the
previous FW MAC address vanished. The latest version 3.04 has fixed
this problem but this is an AP not a router.
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My WRT54G works well after the previous firmware update. The latest
1.00.9 firmware is 'here' (http://tinyurl.com/e3cqx).
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M200 monos -- ACI
On 5/23/06, rudholm wrote:
I thought to myself I'll take about fifty
billion --that ought to be enough for my danish.
We're obviously talking British billions here, right? :)
Geoff
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On 5/24/06, bossanova808 wrote:
Ok, I recently added classic German speed metal albums
'Keeper of the Seven Keys' parts 1 and 2 by Helloween
to my music folder (on an infrant ReadyNAS, 6.2.2)
(As MP3s, tagged with ID3v2 and APEv2). No multi-disc tags set or
whatever.
They're done as separate
On 5/24/06, Davidy80 wrote:
dangerous_dom Wrote:
You are probably getting the IP address wrong. I did this until i used
the Squeezebox 3 to check the slimservers IP address and realised my
mistake.
No, the IP is correct - I can access it from other PC's in the
network.
Do you have any
I want to be able to see an artist called Soundtracks when I browse by
artist. For an album where all the tracks are by the same artist this
works
fine if I add an Albumartist tag of Soundtracks:
Artist = Queen
Album = Flash Gordon
Albumartist = Soundtracks
Browse by artist shows both
geoffb Wrote:
On 5/24/06, Davidy80 wrote:
Do you have any filtering set up in the Server | Security settings?
Password protection? (maybe the handheld browser isn't comprehensive
enough to prompt for login details?)
Maybe the browser can't render the page for some reason - try
accessing
I am currently running a wireless network at home using a Linksys 4 port
wireless B router with a signal booster/extender attached. On the
network is a new SqueezeBox, a Linksys wireless ethernet bridge having
a fixed IP address connected to a print server and four late model Dell
laptops all
Well, as a general rule having a server (your laptop in this case)
connecting wirelessly isn't ideal, especially over a B network, as
every communication between SB and server has to make two wireless
hops. But it doesn't sound like that would be the cause of what you
describe. Have you checked
On 5/24/06, Davidy80 wrote:
geoffb Wrote:
On 5/24/06, Davidy80 wrote:
Do you have any filtering set up in the Server | Security settings?
Password protection? (maybe the handheld browser isn't comprehensive
enough to prompt for login details?)
Maybe the browser can't render the page for
On 5/24/06, Glenn Coombs wrote:
I want to be able to see an artist called Soundtracks when I browse by
artist.
This may not help, but I achieve the same end result by tagging the
genre as Soundtrack (or Rock;Soundtrack as appropriate). Then I
just
Browse Genres
- Soundtrack
- All albums.
I understand the two hops. Earlier with a complete network melt down I
got linksys on the phone and they found an IP conflict on my laptop,
cleared that and reconfigured the router by assigning a new IP address,
enalbling MAC cloning and changing the channel. This got us all back
on-line but
On May 24, 2006, at 2:32 AM, Peter Nõu wrote:
What is Sean working on right now? ;-)
His taxes.
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Perhaps a better solution would be to stop SlimServer from messing with
DB entries once they've been populated. That way, anyone could write
an external app to populate the db without worrying about tags, sorting
algorithms, etc.
As it stands now, SlimServer updates DB entries whenever it
Peter wrote:
Or try this:
mms://radioio-dead-hi.wm.llnwd.net/radioio_dead_hi?MSWMExt=.asf
(note the underscores)
Works for me in 6.2.2. Thanks!
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On 5/24/06, JSonnabend wrote:
Perhaps a better solution would be to stop SlimServer from messing with
DB entries once they've been populated. That way, anyone could write
an external app to populate the db without worrying about tags, sorting
algorithms, etc.
As it stands now, SlimServer
JSonnabend Wrote:
Perhaps a better solution would be to stop SlimServer from messing with
DB entries once they've been populated. That way, anyone could write
an external app to populate the db without worrying about tags, sorting
algorithms, etc.
As it stands now, SlimServer updates
mherger Wrote:
The idea was having it on the player's screen. Everybody doesn't have
a
computer in the living room.
Exactly! Is there somewhere I can request someone to make a plugin that
will be able to do the job?
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@geoffb:
I disagree that the tags are the actual data. I keep my actual
data in an Access DB (I use CATraxx). A real DB is more efficient
than file-to-file tags, whose real purpose is to allow players to
extract data about tracks they're playing.
@JJZolx:
How does one set the relevant date
Davidy80 Wrote:
Hi Geoff,
Just tried both of your suggestions to no avail, but thanks anyway.
This PDA runs Windows Mobile 5. When I point it to slimserver it tells
me that it cannot connect using my current network settings. As far as
I can see, the only thing I could change would be
On 5/24/06, JSonnabend
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@geoffb:
I disagree that the tags are the actual data. I keep my actual
data in an Access DB (I use CATraxx). A real DB is more efficient
than file-to-file tags, whose real purpose is to allow players to
extract data about tracks they're
Well, thanks for everyones suggestions and help.
I just fixed it and it's working great.
How? I don't really know. I was browsing the router setup when Windows
mobile 5 threw up an error message and seemed to freeze.
I selected the next address down in the IE address window (which
happened to
Garbage in, garbage out.
If you don't like the garbage, clean it up.
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Exactly! Is there somewhere I can request someone to make a plugin that
will be able to do the job?
You can always file a feature request on bugs.slimdevices.com - this helps
in not forgetting it, but doesn't mean it will be implemented in the next
release.
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dean blackketter wrote:
On May 24, 2006, at 2:32 AM, Peter Nõu wrote:
What is Sean working on right now? ;-)
His taxes.
Reassuring. In Sweden taxes were due May 1st. Say hello to Sean from all
of us ;-) /p
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Pale Blue Ego Wrote:
Garbage in, garbage out.
If you don't like the garbage, clean it up.
Wow, that clears things right up. Thanks for the insight.
The point, which you've apparently missed, is I -have- cleaned
everything up. My Access database is pristine. I should be able to
simply
surely what is needed here is some neural network to process the
information, how about building Slim Industries 2000 based on a cluster
of Crays and some genetic algorithms and a STM16 to the internet for
reading musicbrainz and lots of flashing lights and burying it in a
Mountain somewhere near
I think Nokia 770 is very nice, but all reviews said it's slow. I like
the size, display, etc. Is there any other choices?
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DrNic Wrote:
Eh?
What else would you call them then?
I think interconnects is rather descriptive and needs little
translation - they are cables that inter-connect devices! :)
All the same, no slight taken
Nic
to me interconnects are used to patch together switches between telco
JSonnabend Wrote:
I disagree that the tags are the actual data. I keep my actual
data in an Access DB (I use CATraxx). A real DB is more efficient
than file-to-file tags, whose real purpose is to allow players to
extract data about tracks they're playing.
I agree. I, too keep my
Well, I *tentatively* think the answer was behind door number 3. It's
been about 4-5 hours since I pulled the wireless card out, and the SB1
has stayed up. Recently, it would have shut off by now, so I'm hopeful
that this solved it.
For future reference, what exactly is the TOSLINK LED?
lovemov Wrote:
I think Nokia 770 is very nice, but all reviews said it's slow. I like
the size, display, etc. Is there any other choices?
I don't have a 770, but all the AJAX work that Ben Klaas (770 skin
developer) has put in should make using it pretty tolerable with
minimal page reloads.
TOSLINK = digital optical output
LED = the red light inside the connector
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It wasn't included in SlimServer, because it was very easy to enter
the search accidentally just by pressing the right arrow a couple of
times. But it was very difficult to cancel, because *all* the
characters needed to be deleted with the left arrow separately. This
is very awkward and just
The Dead's site has lossless FLAC downloads if you folks did not know!
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I agree. I, too keep my music info in a database. That database is
conveniently and automatically built and maintained for me by
Slimserver based on my tags.
That characterization is as self-serving as it is inaccurate. Slim
collects limited information from file tags and allows -zero-
It's behind flap number 2 :-)
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On 5/24/06, JSonnabend [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:Seriously, though, instead of telling me why I'm wrong to not want to
use Slim as my data management program, why not admit that users shouldbe allowed to populate the Slim DB without fear of SlimServer muckingwith the data?Because there is probably
JSonnabend Wrote:
Seriously, though, instead of telling me why I'm wrong to not want to
use Slim as my data management program, why not admit that users should
be allowed to populate the Slim DB without fear of SlimServer mucking
with the data?
I'm really not opposed to this
Ben, azinck3 -
Maybe I just don't understand. Could you explain to me -why-
SlimServer needs to alter database records? In particular, why when a
db record has an artist name, album name and track name does SlimServer
need to alter that based on it's understanding of what those fields
should
This seems inherently backwards to me.
Clearly the database is the tags in the songs themselves. That's the
real data. So what you put into the tags, or how you change the tags
with a tagger like Tag Rename or whatever, that's the real data.
I defend this position by pointing out that if,
JSonnabend Wrote:
Slim collects limited information from file tags and allows -zero-
central management of your data.
Which is why that function should be provided by a tagger (perhaps
aided by a side database, but not the one that slimserver uses for its
own purposes).
The slim database
Well, the weekend's come and gone. What were your findings? :-)
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Michael Herger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Is the code still available somewhere?
It actually was checked into subversion and most is still in the
current sources. Just see the changes to the file
Slim/Buttons/TrackInfo.pm around 6 month ago to find the removed
lines. In my development
fairyliquidizer Wrote:
to me interconnects are used to patch together switches between telco
networks. For example as an ISH (In-Span Handover). They are used in
Circuit Switched voice networks and packet switched data networks.
Hmmm so RCA cables sounds good to me :)
They also form the
Hi 2gether
Is there a way to watch on the display which will be the next song
playing? If I listen some music, sometimes I skip 10 or 20 songs till I
got one which I want to listen. that's not so nice. Better would be to
listen the current song and zap through the what's next song while
the
mrtaber Wrote:
I know, I know, they both are lossless. However, ALAC is transcoded on
the server to AIFF, while FLAC can be transcoded to WAV on the server,
or decoded directly on the Squeezebox.
It's the transcoding (using this 'mov123') that I want to test. Can I
hear a difference? My
Even though the music has been there for several days, it has this
morning magically appeared for the first time in the new music list
(about 4 albums above the part 1 entry, added at the same time, and
above music added later). I forced a tag re-write in MP3Tag and this
seems to have done the
MarcoKohler Wrote:
Hi 2gether
Is there a way to watch on the display which will be the next song
playing? If I listen some music, sometimes I skip 10 or 20 songs till I
got one which I want to listen. that's not so nice. Better would be to
listen the current song and zap through the
It isn't meant to be a replacement for a music database, and it
shouldn't be misconstrued as such.
Great, you've finally made a valid point. Now go back and re-read the
thread and see if you're arguing with me or against me. I think you'll
see that you've simply restated my original position.
cool, thank U very much, it works perfectly.
Marco
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*I* didn't say you are arguing against me.
You seem to think so. Not sure why.
I'm saying the same thing I have said, repeatedly, on this topic, for
over a year now.
For squeezeboxes to be a complete solution, something, other than
slimserver, should be maintaining the information you want,
JSonnabend Wrote:
If all player software allowed import/export of db's, then all this
would be irrelevant, and tags could go back to their original purpose
-- to support portable players.
Wow, I was tagging mp3's long before portable players existed.
id3 tags were created in 1996... what
Michaelwagner Wrote:
You think tags are only for portable players. I disagree. I think
they're for O/S=application independence.
And for filesystem independence.
I organize my music in a 'tree'.
Example:
/mnt/Music/Artist/Albumname/tracks
But that's annoying when you have an artist with
One of my ripped albums does not play in the correct order. There are
12 tracks and instead of playing 1 through 12 in order, it plays 1, 12,
2 - 11 (2 through 11 are in order). The player is not set to play in
random order. The tracks are listed in order when browsing the album,
just not when
Michaelwagner Wrote:
For squeezeboxes to be a complete solution, something, other than
slimserver, should be maintaining the information you want, in the way
you want it, and stuffing them into the tags.
I agree for the most part, except that it's necessary to stuff[] them
into tags
whereas
JSonnabend Wrote:
Well, you and Snarlydwarf make a good point about -portable- players.
So strike portable and you're left with the proper statement, namely,
that tags were created so that -players-, portable or otherwise, could
display information about the file.
And since a
Always noted with curiosity that adverts are dialed into Pink Martini.
Entertaining band.
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With a detached database, you still have the problem that if I move a
file to a new place in the directory hierarchy (or to another machine)
nothing ensures that the detached data moves with the file.
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oiler1fan Wrote:
I don't know how to check tags or what to look for.
Download 'Mp3tag' (http://www.mp3tag.de/en). It's free.
Load the affected albums and compare those tags to other, working
albums.
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JSonnabend Wrote:
That doesn't solve the problem of data races or other failures -- it
simply adds another layer.
This isn't highly dynamic data and for the most part, it isn't racing
(the number of times played count inside the slimserver database is
*somewhat* dynamic, but even that's pretty
Hi Fellas,
I have a SB3 which has been working perfectly since January. No
glitches whatsoever until today.
I usually keep it powered off (disconnected from the supply) when not
in use.
I powered it up today as usual and it couldn't find SlimServer. Turned
out the computer where SlimServer is
I forgot to mention I left the SB3 unplugged for a few minutes and then
plugged it back. It did nothing.
Right now, it's warm to the touch like it usually is when working
normally. Thinking about letting it cool down for more time, perhaps a
few hours...
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I'm a late responder to this thread, but here goes:
funkahdafi Wrote:
I don't have the time. I want to listen to my music, not do some geek
tech stuff.
Then listen to it! And don't panic if the songs don't appear exactly as
you want. The time required to fix your faulty data would be far less
If you play from the Browse Music Folder, it does that: it deliberately
ignores tags (you did ask to look at the folder structure..) so
filenames matter.
Your ripper -should- number things with leading 0's so that they sort
correctly even when looked at in the plain directory order.
What ripper
u this is more than greek to me. The ripper is Easy CD-DA
Extractor.
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Thanks for your reply. I tried that too after checking older threads in
the archives. No dice.
I kept the key pressed before and after plugging in the connector.
I also experimented with the power and 1 buttons...
The fact that it stays warm to the touch means there's some activity in
there.
BTW, because of the SB3's failure I had to press my CD/DVD player back
into service. It's a Denon DVD-2910 that also plays SACDs.
Well, the sound is decidely inferior to my SB3. I had gotten used to
the smooth sound quality of the Squeezebox. Even when using the same
outboard DAC, the Denon is
Sorry, had to postpone the test, since work got really busy really
quickly. I'm thinking the results should be consonant with
chance--i.e., I can't tell the difference. One good thing did come out
of the postponement, though. I'm typing this from my brand new 17
MacBook Pro. I'm loving it.
On 5/24/06, JimB [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Always noted with curiosity that adverts are dialed into Pink Martini.Entertaining band.
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tom permutt Wrote:
For your Danish pastry, you mean.
Yep. danish is elliptical for Danish pastry (it's even in the
dictionary this way).
Dad's from Copenhagen and he refers to such a pastry as a danish so I
figure it's fair game for me...
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geoffb Wrote:
On 5/23/06, rudholm wrote:
I thought to myself I'll take about fifty
billion --that ought to be enough for my danish.
We're obviously talking British billions here, right? :)
Geoff
I think that would burn it.
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