Lost Viking wrote:
It takes ~45secs from clicking to diplaying the result page. Is this
normal? Will it be as slow using the Transporter (once I have it in my
hands, it is still on its way..)?? *shudder*
No, that's definitely not normal. IMHO, the Slimserver web interface
could be a lot
I haven't seen any comments on my problems playing Ogg files with 6.5.1.
Can anybody confirm that they *can* play Ogg files on 6.5.1 and a
Squeezebox 2 or 3 with firmware version 71 without server decoding?
Phil
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tyler_durden wrote:
Before you get an external drive, make sure the USB ports on your PC are
USB 2 ports, NOT USB 1. USB 1 is found on old machines and is not fast
enough. It might be OK to stream audio off the drive, but transferring
all that music to the HDD will take weeks at USB 1 speed.
Some questions:
1. Are there any events in the Event Viewer ?
2. Have you tried to perform a rescan with clear library and rescan
everything ?
3. Is there anything special with your setup ? Are you for example
using the iTunes or Music Magic integration or have you just specified
a Music Folder ?
Just to chip in with a few assorted views...
- while I agree that Windows isn't much of an OS, please don't get the
idea that you can't run SS satisfactorily on it. You can. Scanning
doesn't take forever for everyone.
- if you're lucky, it may well be that simply building a new box will
avoid
Recoveryone;165992 Wrote:
And with the new Pioneer receiver I just got that has the ability to
re-config compressed music files back to its original state (needs to
be optically connected).
Ummm... if you think that it has the capablity to get the original
sound quality back from a
NauticusLX,
I think you don't understand what content is provided by
Squeezenetwork. IIRC only Slim Picks menu content is provided by
Slimdevices. Other menu items such as ShoutCast, RadioTime etc hand
over to that operator and they (i.e. Shoutcast etc.) provide the menu
content, how it is
Lost Viking;165970 Wrote:
Diabling the virus scanner didn't help. mp3 wasn't scanned anyway.
(exception already set). Canceled after two houers of scanning...Do you have
any playlist files in the directories that are scanned ?
I think I have heard people having performance problem if
Marc Sherman;166003 Wrote:
Are you running Windows? Perl on Windows has a known bug seeing files
with non-ascii file names.
Thought it might be that, and indeed it was. I note that my other
accented names (such as Bartók, Béla) have the accents in sensible
places, so presumably are ascii.
bpa, I believe you're wrong. ShoutCast, RadioTime, and Pandora, etc.
are, of course, separately owned and operated, and notice I did not
mention them in my post, because my criticism does not concern these
separately owned and operated project - and notice they're all at a
high level, which is
Can you give a specific example beyond level 2 with the path to get
there.
I've looked at my Suqeezenetwork Internet radio menu and I have the
following entries
Slimdevices Picks
Live Music Archive
Live365
Pandora
Radio.com
RadioTime
ShoutCast
Except for Slimdevices Picks - all the rest
I use DBPowerAmp for my ripping and I really like it. Have used all the
R12 releases and they have been stable since early alpha. My music is
ripped to Flac.
I like extra control of tagging so tend to re-tag after ripping with
MP3tag
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Slimpy! I prostrate myself in front of your superior knowledge. Did as
you suggested. Seems to be working. I can now pause and turn off my SB
and still retain stereo when I resume/turn it on.
Thanks a bunch,
Happy new year!
Deskjockey.
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see this thread
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Yeah, I know. I have most of the required hardware (the serial interface
and 4 appliance modules) but my house has 3-phase wiring, which means I
can only reach a small area from my PC until I hire an
adamslim;166052 Wrote:
Thought it might be that, and indeed it was. I note that my other
accented names (such as Bartók, Béla) have the accents in sensible
places, so presumably are ascii.
So removing the accents in the filename solves this, and presumably
several Eastern Europeans are
I've read that Vista includes a new technology called Sideshow which can
feed simple imformation to a variety of small screens such as might be
found on mobile phones.
I wonder then if Sideshow might be used in conjunction with Slimserver
to display album artwork perhaps on a digital picture
Thanks for the ideas Brian. Here are the answers to your questions:
1) My guess is that tagging is the issue, I'm hoping that there is a
way to change a number of files at once.
2) I can find them when I go to Browse Music Folder, but they won't
play on SB.
3) I can play the ex-WAV WMAs in
Thanks for the info Ben!
I'm a little curious however does that mean that someone who continues
to use Slimserver 6.2.1 will continue to get the free 128k streams for
the forseeable future or will the old feeds be switched off at some
point therefore forcing an upgrade? Also, with the old
jonheal wrote:
adamslim;166052 Wrote:
Thought it might be that, and indeed it was. I note that my other
accented names (such as Bartók, Béla) have the accents in sensible
places, so presumably are ascii.
So removing the accents in the filename solves this, and presumably
several Eastern
Peter;166095 Wrote:
jonheal wrote:
adamslim;166052 Wrote:
Thought it might be that, and indeed it was. I note that my other
accented names (such as Bartók, Béla) have the accents in sensible
places, so presumably are ascii.
So removing the accents in the filename solves this,
might be related to this, which doesnt seem completely solved
yet...http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18985
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Thanks for the info Ben!
I'm a little curious however does that mean that someone who continues
to use Slimserver 6.2.1 will continue to get the free 128k streams for
the forseeable future or will the old feeds be switched off at some
point
In the wake of (another's) solved Mystery of the Missing Janacek, I
present in hope and anxiety and with a plaintive request for aid, a
further Christmas conundrum: the Case of the Walkabout Bach.
Last week, according to Slimserver, I had around 600 albums ripped.
This week, I seem to have 335.
Phil Karn;166039 Wrote:
Lost Viking wrote:
It takes ~45secs from clicking to diplaying the result page. Is this
normal? Will it be as slow using the Transporter (once I have it in
my
hands, it is still on its way..)?? *shudder*
No, that's definitely not normal. IMHO, the Slimserver
Hi,
I'm on f/w 71 and local ogg-vorbis files -q6 are playing just fine, the
only issues i have are with a few radio stations that refuse to play
with out unchecking oggogg box.
I can only suggest looking at the tags to make sure that they are
vorbis tags.
If it's a corrupted firmware you may
Although I have a VIP membership of Live 365 when I try to log in on
Slimserver I get 'no account information'.
Any good person know what's up here?
Simon
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Sorry,answered the question myself.
Just a beginner I'm afraid.
Happy New Year to all,
Simon
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Working with SlimServer 6.5.1 and an attached Squeezebox 3, in the right
hand pane of the web interface where the playlist for the squeezebox is
display it displays songs in a format like this:
19. All Things Dull And Ugly from Monty Python - Sings by Monty
Python
This is fine, except that
Says a lot about the apparent 'security' of NPF
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Try restarting SlimServer: it needs to start after MusicMagic, I am not
sure if just enabling the plugin will be enough.
There is also a checkbox on the first page of server settings to use
the MusicMagic tags... it is a bit misleading in phrasing, I think: the
question is really I have
Just wanted to let you know that squeezebox will on the Logitech stand
at MacWorld. Unfortunately this year the show clashes directly with CES
and we're putting our main efforts into CES, so there won't a specific
Slim presence at MacWorld.
If anyone is at either show - please drop by the
I just downloaded the 12/31/06 build as a zip and extracted it. But the
zip contains no Setup or Install file. No documentation either. How to
install the new build?
Thanks - Mike
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SheckieC;166084 Wrote:
2) I can find them when I go to Browse Music Folder, but they won't
play on SB.
...
I guess all of these leads back to tagging which I'll have to work on
slowly.
That one doesnt point to tagging: Browse Music Folder ignores tags
(which is why you can
if you are running on windows, you want to download the EXE file. The
zip is only an archive of the source modules without an installer.
-kdf
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After searching, I can't find hard answers.
First, concerning ALAC playback. The files play fine through my Mac
Mini. However, some files (always the same files) wont play
through the Transporter. They exhist on the wireless network and when
I push play, the song shows on the TP display, but
Woobag, what is the answer you answered yourself? I have the exact same
question but didn't come up with the answer!
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I have just acquired a squeeze box. It is excellent for playing all my
ripped CDs (now MP3s), however, I cannot get it to play BBC Radio 2 -
anyone any ideas? Many thanks
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Simon
On 31-Dec-06, at 12:07 AM, Phil Karn wrote:
I haven't seen any comments on my problems playing Ogg files with
6.5.1. Can anybody confirm that they *can* play Ogg files on 6.5.1 and
a Squeezebox 2 or 3 with firmware version 71 without server decoding?
I don't have many ogg files, but those I
In the new features section it lists:
Include discrete power on/off for folks who are using smart remotes
like Harmony's
Does anyone have the RC5 codes for power on and off?
I'd also be interested in finding the discrete codes, if they do
exist, to use with my URC MX-700 and MX-850.
Thanks
I've recently purchased a sb3 and loaded slimserver. I've upgraded twice
but still when I scan my music folder I only get about 50% of my songs.
I figured out a way to get them all by going to my music folder and
opening every album folder. this is very time consuming and every time
ther is a new
After you've worked with the menu for more than 4 hours it might make a
lot more sense to you, and you might see the thought that has gone into
its evolution over the years. What is obvious for you (talk radio is
important, LMA is pointless) is the exact opposite for other users.
Why would users
I'd also be interested in finding the discrete codes, if they do
exist, to use with my URC MX-700 and MX-850.
Well, now I feel a little daft. I've just checked the software that
the came with the remote and the discrete codes are now available.
Thanks anyway.
Richard
What URL are you using ?
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Just to chip in with a few assorted views...
- while I agree that Windows isn't much of an OS, please don't get the
idea that you can't run SS satisfactorily on it. You can. Scanning
doesn't take forever for everyone.
Yes, I thought so. For now, it will be
Same here. If it had such a bypass, I would have owned one already
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Lost Viking;166191 Wrote:
Meaning mp3 is a lossy format not living up to the expectations a
true (whatever this is..) audiophile listener should use?
Well, I did some testing (using a high qualitiy hifi set), comparing CD
to qualitiy mp3 using a blind testing setup and I have to say.
I am now ready with my 2.4GHz Dual as my new music server.
What I did so far:
Installing Windows XP, incl. servicepack updates
Installing the appropriate drivers
Installing the latest nighty version of SlimServer
Setting the permissions (see above)
nothing else (esp. no anti virus progs, etc.)
My friend has an SB3 and running wirelessly to SS 6.5.1 12/31 daily on
Win XP. All has been running flawlessly for the past 4 months.
The router is a Linksys WRT54G.
The problem he began having (quite suddenly) is that suddenly the SB3
lost connection with the server and could no longer connect
All of a sudden I have a pretty pronounced 60hz hum in my
Squeezebox. It goes away when I unplug it from the wall.
Any suggestions? Thanks!
Worked fine for about 6 weeks.
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All of a sudden I have a pretty pronounced 60hz hum in my
Squeezebox. It goes away when I unplug it from the wall.
Any suggestions? Thanks!
Worked fine for about 6 weeks.
Assuming you are in a country with 60Hz power, its a ground loop.
If you are in England, and have a 60Hz
To add to the above:
We tried a factory reset and soft reset as well.
I brought my laptop over and it was immediately issued an IP address
and connected to the Linksys, so the router appears to be fine.
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Restarted SlimServer with no luck.
I have gone through all the drop downs on the Server Steeings page, and
the only mention of MusicIp/MusicMagic are those on the Plugins page.
Am I missing something here?
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Thanks - It wouldn't kill Slim Devices to make this a little clearer for
non-programmers.
Mike
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