[slim] Re: Infrared command f20a40bf stops Slimserver

2006-09-18 Thread netroman
I am using Logitech Harmony 885. I can reproduce the bug quite easily - I happens every time Harmony send several IR commands that start my audio system. -- netroman netroman's Profile:

[slim] Re: AARGGGHH Crash City!

2006-09-18 Thread bpa
If you are using Windows - there is usually an slimserver entry in Windows event log after a crash. It will give details about where slimserver crashed. -- bpa bpa's Profile:

[slim] Re: AARGGGHH Crash City!

2006-09-18 Thread joelunch
I don't get anyth8ing usefull from the event viewer. It just says; Event Type: Error Event Source: Application Event Category: None Event ID: 0 Date: 18/09/2006 Time: 11:01:11 AM User: N/A Computer: Description: The description for Event ID ( 0 )

Re: [slim] Re: Official 6.5.0 Beta 2 - Please Test!

2006-09-18 Thread Michael Herger
I want to upgrade from 6.3.1, however, all of these problems make me nervous. Also, I can't find anywhere a best practices for upgrading. 6.5 has not officially been released yet (to be expected today). I hope there will be some information about your concerns. locations, reboot, throw

[slim] Re: AARGGGHH Crash City!

2006-09-18 Thread bpa
That message could be helpful as it says the crash could be due to MP3 tag parsing. It would be better to run slimserver from a command prompt with a few debugging flags enabled such as d_scan and d_info - that way you will get a more complete list of message on the console. -- bpa

[slim] Re: Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??

2006-09-18 Thread cliveb
radish;137052 Wrote: There are ... several portable players [that support the LAME tags] including the Rio Karma and iPod (although it's not yet known if it actually reads the headers itself or has iTunes do it first). There's been a lot of discussion of the new iPod gapless feature over at

[slim] Re: Elapsed time jumps backwards just before end of song

2006-09-18 Thread cliveb
peterbell;137009 Wrote: No replies to this, so I guess I'm the only person to experience it? After some experimentation, I think that this may only occur after using fast forward/backward (ie press hold the forward/reverse skip button). You're not the only one. I've noticed it (using

[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update

2006-09-18 Thread roamingstudio
A webpage is CH (www.turbostation.ch) is listing a new firmware (not from Progressive) which adds UPnP and PHP support to the TS101. It now became a killer product!... -- roamingstudio roamingstudio's Profile:

[slim] Re: Transporter skin in SoftSqueeze 3.0

2006-09-18 Thread lrossouw
airbrush going to your ears? :D -- lrossouw lrossouw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3416 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27488

[slim] Music won't play

2006-09-18 Thread dick
My SqueezeBox 3 has stopped playing! Odd problem this; everything was OK untill I started messing around with the settings last week (I should know better really) and was adding a few new RSS feeds and selecting it as a screensaver. It may be a coincidence but since then any music has refused

[slim] Re: iTunes 7 (QuickTime 7.1.3) Rips Don't Play

2006-09-18 Thread bishopdonmiguel
dean blackketter;137041 Wrote: These are Apple AAC files ripped on a PC using iTunes 7? What platform are you running SlimServer on? Apple AAC (M4A 128kbps) files encoded on OS X using iTunes 7.0 (QT 7.1.3). Slimserver 6.3.1 running under Debian Sarge (stable) on a P4 2Ghz with 768MB RAM.

[slim] Re: Looks like Apple are joining the party

2006-09-18 Thread Steven Moore
I like the look of this itv thing but only if it plays dvd movies at full resolution. The idea of ripping most of my dvd collection onto a big hard drive/drives and playing movies from here rather than sifting through boxes of dvd boxes. In fact exactly what the squeezebox did for my cd

[slim] Re: Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??

2006-09-18 Thread badbob
Rockbox has gapless mp3 support, perhaps get their help? (open source as well) my H140 plays gapless flawlessy.. http://www.rockbox.org/ -- badbob badbob's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7358

[slim] Re: Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??

2006-09-18 Thread Michaelwagner
Both Radish and I updated the enhancement request today with pointers to information - Radish, the Xing header, and I a pointer to this thread so the thoughts here don't get lost or forgotten when someone starts to fix the problem. -- Michaelwagner

[slim] Re: Elapsed time jumps backwards just before end of song

2006-09-18 Thread Millwood
If I understand correctly, bugs http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3977 and http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4098 cover this issue, and are hard to fix. -- Millwood Millwood's Profile:

[slim] Asterisk 1.2 Raw TCP Stream for MOH

2006-09-18 Thread rchadwel
Is there a way to output a raw TCP stream (not using http) from the SlimServer Linux version? Reason: Asterisk v1.2 can use a utility called StreamPlayer to stream raw TCP output that will allow SlimServer to, well - serve, as the MOH provider for that PBX system without having to use MPG123

[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7

2006-09-18 Thread funkstar
Nostromo;136997 Wrote: What's the point of writing these suggestions here? Isn't it good to get a little discussion going? something we wouldn't have if we just filed feature requests in Bugzilla. -- funkstar funkstar's

[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update

2006-09-18 Thread funkstar
roamingstudio;137079 Wrote: A webpage is CH (www.turbostation.ch) is listing a new firmware (not from Progressive) which adds UPnP and PHP support to the TS101. It now became a killer product!... That is the same firmware available from Progressive. Has been for some time now -- funkstar

[slim] Re: Nokia 770 Skin

2006-09-18 Thread bklaas
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19369 Question:

[slim] Re: Asterisk 1.2 Raw TCP Stream for MOH

2006-09-18 Thread andyg
Have you tried this? http://www.voip-info.org/wiki/view/Using+Slimserver+for+Music+on+Hold -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread:

[slim] Re: Cannot change device with handheld skin

2006-09-18 Thread Mathiou
Michael Herger;120082 Wrote: Do you know whether there is a bug opened on bugs.slimdevices.com? I didn't find anything. Bug 3736 is related to the drop-down list. I hope it will be fixed in slimserver 6.5 -- Mathiou Do you know Viaduc:

[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7

2006-09-18 Thread Nostromo
In that sense its useful, yes. And maybe you'll get some people to vote for your bug report. -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Re: Cannot change device with handheld skin

2006-09-18 Thread Michael Herger
Bug 3736 is related to the drop-down list. I hope it will be fixed in slimserver 6.5 That bug has status resolved. Otherwise we'd be rather late to fix it for the 6.5 release :-). -- Michael --- Help translate SlimServer by using the

[slim] Re: Album art via CDDB on the fly?

2006-09-18 Thread kyleki
Would this allow me to do what I'm looking for?: http://printf.dk/itunes_7_fetching_artwork_for.html -- kyleki kyleki's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2510 View this thread:

[slim] Re: Qnap TS-101 Update

2006-09-18 Thread matharu
funkstar;136959 Wrote: I had to do this when i was playing around with a utility that interogated the server and tells MSN what you are listening to. SS didn't like that and hung. A re-install fixed that. I'll try that once I can access the TS-101...the HDD light has now been continously

[slim] Re: What handheld to use as a remote?

2006-09-18 Thread tuaski
I just sold my SB1 and now have an SB3. I have a Russound distributed audio system in my house that my SB3 is connected to, so I need to be able to control the SB3 from anywhere in my house or outside. I have used a number of different mobile devices as a remote and all have worked great. I

Re: [slim] Re: iTunes 7 (QuickTime 7.1.3) Rips Don't Play

2006-09-18 Thread dean blackketter
Ah, can you see if the file will play back from the command line with faad? On Sep 18, 2006, at 4:02 AM, bishopdonmiguel wrote: dean blackketter;137041 Wrote: These are Apple AAC files ripped on a PC using iTunes 7? What platform are you running SlimServer on? Apple AAC (M4A 128kbps)

[slim] Re: Failed to find Softsqueeze libraries error

2006-09-18 Thread andy_c
Here's an update: I have SoftSqueeze working now, but I had to use a workaround. The normal way of installing and running SoftSqueeze still doesn't work. Here's what I did. I went to the SoftSqueeze sourceforge site and found that one way to launch SoftSqueeze is to just double-click on the

[slim] Re: iTunes 7 (QuickTime 7.1.3) Rips Don't Play

2006-09-18 Thread bishopdonmiguel
dean blackketter;137184 Wrote: Ah, can you see if the file will play back from the command line with faad? Bit of a nix newbie. So I would try... faad -w -f 2 mytrack.m4a at the bash command line? Does slimserver use FAAD during the scan to obtain the tags? -- bishopdonmiguel

[slim] Getting cut off

2006-09-18 Thread WSLam
I play WMA Lossless. Running 6.5 beta3. SB3 Firmware upgraded accordingly. My music is constantly being cut off in the middle of a song. Usually about 30 mins or so. Very annoying. Any idea? Is this a known bug? It also happend with 6.3, that's why I tried to upgrade to 6.5 Beta... ws --

Re: [slim] Re: iTunes 7 (QuickTime 7.1.3) Rips Don't Play

2006-09-18 Thread dean blackketter
On Sep 18, 2006, at 9:46 AM, bishopdonmiguel wrote: dean blackketter;137184 Wrote: Ah, can you see if the file will play back from the command line with faad? Bit of a nix newbie. So I would try... faad -w -f 2 mytrack.m4a That should work. Does slimserver use FAAD during the scan to

[slim] display problems with 6.5 firefox

2006-09-18 Thread Eserim
OK, why does my default Slimserver in Firefox look like the attached? latest version of 6.5b3. Works fine in IE. Don't think it is a Firefoc setup thing as looks identical on my laptop -it looks like it is ignoring the CSS or something. Nokia Skin works fine as do one or two other ones, but

Re: [slim] display problems with 6.5 firefox

2006-09-18 Thread kdf
Quoting Eserim [EMAIL PROTECTED]: OK, why does my default Slimserver in Firefox look like the attached? latest version of 6.5b3. it's been fixed in more recent nightly builds. -kdf ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: display problems with 6.5 firefox

2006-09-18 Thread autopilot
Just clear your browser cache. -- autopilot *SlimServer Version:* 6.5b1 - Windows XP. *Amp:* Cambridge Audio 640a (living room) / Demon MD30 (bedroom). *Speakers:* Mission 701's (living room) / Kef Cresta 1's (bedroom). *Remote:* T-Mobile MDA Vario / Sony PSP / Cambridge Audio Explorer (IR).

[slim] iTunes 7 problems

2006-09-18 Thread tigershark
Hi I loaded iTunes 7 and everything seemed fine. Added some new tracks (wav's converted to mp3's in iTunes, I know I shouldn't do that for quality reasons but I did, and a CD rip) and then set SlimServer to rescan for new and changed music. Didn't find any of the new files. Then set it to

[slim] Re: Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??

2006-09-18 Thread stevieweevie
I happy with a fudge for gapless if that is what it takes. MP3 is a compromise - and there is no point implementing a perfect solution for a lossy format. -- stevieweevie stevieweevie's Profile:

[slim] Re: Asterisk 1.2 Raw TCP Stream for MOH

2006-09-18 Thread rchadwel
I tried that first - several days ago, with no success. I have tried just about every implementation of MPG123 with very limited results and none of them acceptable. Back to the original question with an addition: Is there away to limit to 8k on the stream from SlimServer (can't get much better

[slim] Re: display problems with 6.5 firefox

2006-09-18 Thread Eserim
cool - simple really. Many thanks. Eserim -- Eserim Eserim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1932 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27529

[slim] Browsing Speed Performance Tweaks?

2006-09-18 Thread pablolie
As I continue to scan more and more of my CDs (over 1,000, I an at 500-something) the browsing performance of Slimbox-Slimserver when I go from Browse to Browse Folders is becoming very cumbersome. There's a looong wait as things seem to spin up. Any performance tweak suggestion? I use an

[slim] Re: Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??

2006-09-18 Thread el payo
cliveb;137070 Wrote: 3. Only 5G and later iPds (possibly 4G colour, too) have a firmware update that support this feature. What seems certain is that there is no firmware update for the 4G greyscale or the old iPod mini, which of course are the ones my wife and daughter have. Bummer. The

Re: [slim] Re: Asterisk 1.2 Raw TCP Stream for MOH

2006-09-18 Thread andreas
rchadwel wrote: Back to the original question with an addition: Is there away to limit to 8k on the stream from SlimServer (can't get much better on a phone) - I did not see where the drop-down option allowed for it. When you connect to the stream a new player will be created. From the web

[slim] Re: Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??

2006-09-18 Thread b6662966
Michaelwagner;136910 Wrote: Some of the competitors who now claim to support gapless do it by cheating, that is, by merely truncating silence in a fixed way. Since the definition of silence is artificially imposed rather than a reproduction of the recording, the playback will still be in

[slim] Re: iTunes 7 problems

2006-09-18 Thread ChrisOwens
I've created bug 4143 about this issue (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4143) If everyone using iTunes 7.0 is having this issue it shouldn't be hard to reproduce, but it's been a busy day here at Slim World Headquarters. :) If someone wants to kick us off by attaching their iTunes

[slim] Re: Asterisk 1.2 Raw TCP Stream for MOH

2006-09-18 Thread rchadwel
Thanks for the reply. It seems that the server is now setup to stream correctly. I am guessing that Slimserver can't send raw TCP, so has anyone used Format_mp3 (Asterisk 1.2 native player) to get mp3 streams from Slimserver? What did your musiconhold.conf look like? Thanks, Rob --

[slim] Re: iTunes 7 problems

2006-09-18 Thread tigershark
Thanks Chris. Just as an aside, the v2.4 tags don't seem to work in SS or Windows. I've gone back to v2.3 as Windows likes that. Just asking SS to rescan the library directly has now at least brought the library back up and it all seems correct. My XML file doesn't zip down enough (586kb!) so

Re: [slim] Re: Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??

2006-09-18 Thread Ben Sandee
On 9/18/06, b6662966 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: now, you guys need to catch up.Or else...? Who are 'you guys'? Nobody from SlimDevices even participated in the thread so I'm not sure where your directive is, well, directed. Ben ___ discuss mailing list

[slim] Re: iTunes 7 problems

2006-09-18 Thread ChrisOwens
I meant attach it to the bug, not to the forum post. :) Dan has the bug database set up to accept even very large attachments! -- ChrisOwens Christopher Owens QA Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] (650) 210-9400 x717

[slim] Re: iTunes 7 problems

2006-09-18 Thread tigershark
XML file now in the bug -- tigershark tigershark's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7512 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27532

[slim] Re: iTunes 7 (QuickTime 7.1.3) Rips Don't Play

2006-09-18 Thread bishopdonmiguel
dean blackketter;137196 Wrote: faad -w -f 2 mytrack.m4a That should work. Well, something happens. A bunch of nonsensical stuff is output to the terminal (accessing server via SSH connection). If I use FAAD -i mytrack.m4a it correctly reports genre and other tag data missing in

Re: [slim] Browsing Speed Performance Tweaks?

2006-09-18 Thread Jack Coates
On 9/18/06, pablolie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I continue to scan more and more of my CDs (over 1,000, I an at500-something) the browsing performance of Slimbox-Slimserver when I go from Browse to Browse Folders is becoming very cumbersome. There's alooong wait as things seem to spin up. Any

[slim] Re: Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??

2006-09-18 Thread autopilot
I have been reading up on the new iPod gapless support too, and it seems like itÂ’s the real deal :) I might at last be tempted. Gapless is massively important to me too. For that reason i use ogg and flac, but i do have a large number of old MP3s i would like play back properly. No offence to

[slim] panic attack

2006-09-18 Thread willroberts
i have just blocked myself out of my qnap slimserver by stupidly hitting the 'block connections' button. I panicked when i saw a strange player attached and thought someone was fiddling. now i have fiddled myself in to a right pickle! Is there any way to overcome this? Will -- willroberts

[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7

2006-09-18 Thread autopilot
Nostromo;137159 Wrote: In that sense its useful, yes. And maybe you'll get some people to vote for your bug report. But, if understand correctly, nothing will be done by the developpers, unless we write bug reports. I dont think thats true, Slim Devices do pay close attention to the forums.

Re: [slim] Re: iTunes 7 (QuickTime 7.1.3) Rips Don't Play

2006-09-18 Thread dean blackketter
On Sep 18, 2006, at 3:21 PM, bishopdonmiguel wrote: dean blackketter;137196 Wrote: faad -w -f 2 mytrack.m4a That should work. Well, something happens. A bunch of nonsensical stuff is output to the terminal (accessing server via SSH connection). If I use FAAD -i mytrack.m4a it

[slim] Re: iTunes 7 (QuickTime 7.1.3) Rips Don't Play

2006-09-18 Thread mikerob
I've also come across a problem where a CD ripped to Apple Lossless by iTunes 7 won't play on Slimserver with log: ERROR: Couldn't open song System is Slimserver 6.3.1, iTunes 7, Quicktime 7.1.3 on Mac Mini G4 OSX 10.4.7. On first investigation it appeared to be related to adding cover art

[slim] Engadget Reader Meetup in Boston, Thursday, September 28th

2006-09-18 Thread Jez
We're recruiting - albeit on a temporary basis. Are you in the Boston area and willing to deemonstrate a squeezebox at the Engadget reader meetup? If so please email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] We'll provide you with a 'demo kit', you will provide the enthusiasm. You get to keep the Squeezebox at

[slim] Re: panic attack

2006-09-18 Thread willroberts
just so you know i created a new share to access the system files 'ubuntu' and then manually edited the slimserver.pref file et voila! Will -- willroberts willroberts's Profile:

[slim] Re: Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??

2006-09-18 Thread Michaelwagner
b6662966;137269 Wrote: fact is that MANY people desire gapless, even winamp and itunes support the LAME tag now, you guys need to catch up. Us Guys here in the forum are enthusiasts who help others out. We don't write code, at least most of us don't, we certainly don't work for Slim Devices

[slim] Re: Browsing Speed Performance Tweaks?

2006-09-18 Thread Michaelwagner
There is an enhancement request that browse music folder have an option to use the cache. Or that another equivalent function that does use the cache be created. You can vote for it. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's

[slim] Re: Thanks QTFairUse6-2.4 - I can now play iTunes purchased music on my SB3!!!

2006-09-18 Thread EnochLight
Nostromo;136928 Wrote: Beatport, for example, looks like an excellent music store for electronic music. You can download your tracks in MP3 @ 320kbps or in WAV. And no DRM. I was excited to read this post and check out Beatport; it does look pretty cool. But when I went to purchase my first

Re: [slim] Re: Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??

2006-09-18 Thread Greg Klanderman
Michaelwagner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: b6662966;137269 Wrote: fact is that MANY people desire gapless, even winamp and itunes support the LAME tag now, you guys need to catch up. Us Guys here in the forum are enthusiasts who help others out. I don't support b6662966's attitude, but it

[slim] Re: Official 6.5.0 Beta 2 - Please Test!

2006-09-18 Thread hughesie89
so it is now past the release date when is it coming out 6.5? -- hughesie89 hughesie89's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5191 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27259

Re: [slim] Re: Official 6.5.0 Beta 2 - Please Test!

2006-09-18 Thread kdf
On 18-Sep-06, at 6:21 PM, hughesie89 wrote: so it is now past the release date when is it coming out 6.5? as was already posted elsewhere, there are a couple of outstanding issues that will result in the release being postponed for a day. -k ___

[slim] Re: MAC Address changed?

2006-09-18 Thread montre8
My address changed for some reason. The address should match the MAC address printed on sticker under the SB3. Go to current settingsMAC Address. Scroll right to edit the address. My wireless network is again working after resetting to the proper MAC address. Mo -- montre8 To drink, make

Re: [slim] Re: Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??

2006-09-18 Thread dean blackketter
On Sep 18, 2006, at 6:02 PM, Greg Klanderman wrote: b6662966;137269 Wrote: fact is that MANY people desire gapless, even winamp and itunes support the LAME tag now, you guys need to catch up. Us Guys here in the forum are enthusiasts who help others out. I don't support b6662966's

[slim] Re: Album art via CDDB on the fly?

2006-09-18 Thread SuperQ
Code: ./make_cover.pl -p /usr/local/slimserver/ -m /data/music/mp3/Information_Society/hack/ -d Great test album :) -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile:

Re: [slim] Re: Gapless mp3 playback when is it going to be fixed??

2006-09-18 Thread Greg Klanderman
dean blackketter [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I don't support b6662966's attitude, but it sure would be nice if Dean or one of the other Slim folks who read these forums would chime in and let us know if they have any plans to support LAME gapless. Absolutely yes. It's been far too long.