My system works perfectly with Fishbone, doing just as you have
mentioned.
Were your clean installs totally clean? Deleting everything?
Over the past year I have had several instances of hangovers from
previous versions. In each case the biggest problem was with the skins.
A delete everything,
Have you cleared your browser cache?
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To that end, I would absolutely love to hear from the community about
what you think is great about Slim Devices/Squeezebox/Transporter and
about what we can do to make them better. I plan to bring in
additional resources to help expand the community
Improvements I'd like revolve around:
1) I managed to get Slimserver running fine, but I'm a techie. I agree
with others who ask for a more automated method for installation. Test
it on someone who just about knows what an mp3 file is and see how they
get on. Many problems resolved around
I updated to the nightly release on Friday (Server and Firmware) and my
SB3 reset itself 3 times in a 12 hour period. No problems prior to
that.
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It doesn't really matter which you buy. Sure, some brands may be more
likely to fail than others, but the relative reliability of brands will
change from one month to the next.
There's an old saying: -There are two types of people: those who do
regular backups, and those who have never had a
EnochLight;167589 Wrote:
Hi Jim! I picked up my Squeezebox about a year ago and haven't looked
back, but I must agree - the need for a Harmony-type remote with native
Slimserver support, along with some sort of 2-way communication is
absolutely key to Squeezebox's expansion and success.
All irreplacable data is backed up nightly to 'rsync.net' by -cron-. (I
thoroughly recommend 'rsync.net', by the way!)
Wow. That's exactly the type of service I've recently (and unsuccessfully)
been looking for. Thanks for the pointer.
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Gary_W;167799 Wrote:
This means I have 500 odd albums ripped as MP3 and another 150 or so
ripped as FLAC. All the FLACs have MP3 duplicates so I can listen to
them on the iPod. I want Slimserver to ONLY play the best quality of
song it can, so if there is a FLAC version I don't want it to
I'm having trouble with my sb1 not connecting in the morning.
I recently changed my router from a netgear dg814 to a netgear dg834g,
I needed wireless for a new laptop. The sb1 is wire connected.
The main difference is the router remains on all the time now,
previously I switched it off at
$1.80 per GB per month? It would only cost about $450 per month to back
up my music library. I could buy another HDD for for the first month's
payment and forego all the future monthly payments.
TD
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tyler_durden wrote:
$1.80 per GB per month? It would only cost about $450 per month to back
up my music library. I could buy another HDD for for the first month's
payment and forego all the future monthly payments.
It is expensive, but there's a lot more to offsite backups than just
buying
It is expensive, but there's a lot more to offsite backups than just
buying a second hard drive.
In fact I was considering setting up a box at my hosting services'
facility and share it with my family and friends. Recently I got more and
more requests from them on how to handle backups of
I'm happy with my 770. (I wonder how long that'll last ... )
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The official Nokia flash thingy didn't really show anything that the 770
can't do. My guess is that it would require a hands-on to really get a
feel for whether big improvements had been made performance-wise.
Screen res is the same, and Opera 8 is still the browser (the OS
package in its
Does the IR blaster allow me to change the input/channel on my amp as
well as control volume?
I'd like to be able to leave the amp powered on and on the 'TV/DVD'
input until I turn on the SB3, and then it switches to AUX input (for
the SB) and returns to TV/DVD when the SB is turned off. Any
I would love to see the page but arghh!, Flash7.
Logitech should make one of these things, but I guess it's a PC moreso
than peripheral. I bought my girlfriend a 32 LCD HDTV with tuner for
$500, so there's a margin to be made :-)
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I would love to see the page but arghh!, Flash7.
Skunk-- that statement makes me think you are a linux guy. You might
want to check out the Flash 9 beta that's now available for linux--
http://labs.adobe.com/technologies/flashplayer9/
I had to jump through some ugly
Skunk wrote:
I would love to see the page but arghh!, Flash7.
Yeah, me too.
R.
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Hi,
I currently use password protection on my slimserver instance so that
there is some control over access over the internet (using port
forwarding 80-9000 on the DSL modem). For obvious reasons I want to
keep this in place.
Is there a way to turn off password protection for IP addresses
bklaas;168236 Wrote:
Skunk-- that statement makes me think you are a linux guy.
Thanks Ben, I actually use windoze. It wouldn't load for me initially
so I searched the Web and saw someone blogging that they couldn't see
the site on their Nokia due to Flash7.
It loaded last time w/ the same
Yes, it can do that.
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Hi,
I am getting pretty close to ordering some SB3s but have a question
regarding remote controls. I have looked at the various threads
concerning PDAs and either Michael Hergers or TelCantos software.
These interact directly with Slim Server so am I correct in assuming
that they are only
in the case of ANY server crash, the discussion goes nowhere until
someone can post the message from the event viewer or log related to
the crash.
btw - the subject line just about had me refuse to offer help on this.
no need to always open with insults people.
-kdf
Regarding HDs of different ilks.
They're all very reliable.
They all break.
Take your pick.
Keep two sets of everything on different drives. Replace your drives
every two or three years. You can't do a whole heck of a lot more than
that.
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Jon Heal says:
Have a nice day!
I couldn't get the TelCanto software to run on my PDA (Windows Mobile
2005) and don't like Java, but I'm interested in other possible
solutions as well.
About your question: interacting with Slimserver can control the output
of every Squeezebox attached. You could install Slimserver and use
Can someone help me?
I'm trying to make a SystemTray application with slimserver and the
PerlTray tool (ActivateState). the problem is that the application runs
in the background but the icon doesn't appear in the SystemTray area.
The code for this is so simple, that it should works, but it
Excellent. Thank you!
I don't suppose anyone knows where to get one in the UK, do they?
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These interact directly with Slim Server so am I correct in assuming
that they are only controlling the output from the PC?
SlimRemote can control any player connected to the slimserver. You can
even sync them if you want.
What I am
looking for is the ability to browse my music library
I couldn't get the TelCanto software to run on my PDA (Windows Mobile
2005) and don't like Java, but I'm interested in other possible
solutions as well.
There's no java involved, is there? The fact that there is a version
running with a Java runtime doesn't mean it's developped in java ;-).
CCRDude;168249 Wrote:
About your question: interacting with Slimserver can control the output
of every Squeezebox attached. You could install Slimserver and use
Softsqueeze (a software player that acts as if it would be a real
Squeezebox) to test how the web interface controls a player.
Hi
@Countryman: I know only about the default skin, but there, the right
half of the browser window is dedicated to the player, and it has a
pulldown list to select the player you want to control. Couldn't be
simpler :)
Did a Google images search and found a screenshot:
Quoting lampis [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
use PerlTray;
sub PopupMenu {
return [[ActiveState, Execute 'http://www.ActiveState.com'],
[Exit, exit],
];
}
from just this, looks as if nothing is calling PopupMenu in order to
execute what you want. Try adding:
---
PopupMenu();
1;
---
at the end of
Also, run the script from an open command prompt so that you can see
any errors that come up.
-kdf
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CCRDude;168269 Wrote:
@Countryman: I know only about the default skin, but there, the right
half of the browser window is dedicated to the player, and it has a
pulldown list to select the player you want to control. Couldn't be
simpler :)
Did a Google images search and found a screenshot:
Sonos will apparently support 'Microsoft DRMd music'
(http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/01/08/sonos-now-plays-microsoft-drmd-songs/)
- not that I would buy *EVIL* music files.
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Excellent. Thank you!
I don't suppose anyone knows where to get one in the UK, do they?
what stereo do you have?
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I recently upgraded to 6.5.1 (nightly build) to be able to use the
iTunes update plug-in. Since the upgrade, I've noticed that songs seems
to start with no gap between them which I don't think was the case on
the official 6.5.0. I've confirmed that my Crossfade settings haven't
changed and I
Hi,
My squeezebox has worked completely fine for a year hwever earlier
today it jumped off of the shelf it was on and its taken a knock -
since that point there is still power (i can tell that from the optical
slot glowing) but I can't get the display to work and if I plug it
directly into my pc
Gapless playback is a requested feature that's been implemented in
6.5.1
There should be a gap between songs that were not gapless on the CD
although it may be shorter than on the original CD.
Since I have x-fading enabled, I don't know what the default gap is.
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I also had problems with Fishbone on 6.5. It made SlimServer crash every
time. I never figured it out either.
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tyler_durden;168214 Wrote:
$1.80 per GB per month? It would only cost about $450 per month to back
up my music library. I could buy two or three HDDs for for the first
month's payment and forego all the future monthly payments.
Now I see- for 250 GB it would be 40% off. I'm still out
Quoting ezkcdude [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
I also had problems with Fishbone on 6.5. It made SlimServer crash every
time. I never figured it out either.
and again...event viewer or log information please.
It is also recommended that for any issue, try the latest of the 6.5.1
nightlies, as many
Hi all,
I've been trying to supress the display of multiple artists in my
artist list. For instance, I currently see...
* Adam Duritz
* Adam Duritz/Ben Mize/Charlie Gillingham/Dan Vickrey/David Bryson/Matt
Malley
* Adam Duritz/Charlie Gillingham/Counting Crows
* Adam Duritz/Charlie
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Is there a setting to do what I want?
try the COMPOSER, BAND AND ORCHESTRA IN ARTISTS settings in Server
settings/Behavior
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aubuti wrote:
Sounds like it will be a great setup when you are done. I might not be
understanding something, but it seems to me that your proposed solution
of running a double set of cables (SB to centrally-located NAD amp, then
amp to speakers) for each room is a lot more cable soup than
bklaas wrote:
Increased CPU, from 220 to 320Mhz. This may be nice, but I think the
real performance upgrades on this platform needed are in WiFi and
battery life.
You might not want to discount the CPU speed bump just based on the MHz
diff. I haven't seen the CPU model number posted, but
mflint wrote:
tyler_durden;168214 Wrote:
$1.80 per GB per month? It would only cost about $450 per month to back
up my music library. I could buy two or three HDDs for for the first
month's payment and forego all the future monthly payments.
Now I see- for 250 GB it would be 40% off. I'm
Michael Herger wrote:
It is expensive, but there's a lot more to offsite backups than just
buying a second hard drive.
In fact I was considering setting up a box at my hosting services'
facility and share it with my family and friends. Recently I got more
and more requests from them on how
I've had a colo server for that purpose for a few months now. It works
Is this your own machine colocated at some facility? How much does this
cost where you live (where?)? I considered this, but at my hosting
service's facility this costs a whoppy 55-60USD/month - too much for me
and
Hi,
In my opinion it is best to copy all new files to cds. Just search all
your music for files newer than your last dump and then drop the files
onto discs. Do this with DVDs and the number of discs falls but the
risk increases.
Mike.
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And why I think Java would be involved is that I found a Java and an
Ewe version of your page(I was looking for a version to run on my
PocketPC), and even for Ewe, you wrote Ewe is a programming system
that allows you to write applications, using Java.
Did I misunderstand that? If so, I'll
You might be interested in this news... :)
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31438
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What an awful thread.
Keep some large internal hard disks for your music that copy all
changes to an external USB drive on a nightly basis (like a Maxtor
OneTouch... but having had one crash I find it difficult to recommend
this brand). Use something like RSync, Robocopy or my particular
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mswlogo;167344 Wrote:
I think the most useful feature of FLAC is that the file is
checksummed
but WAV is not.
So when you mass convert your library you basically check the
quality
of your masters. If you use WAV it will happily read
Peter;168314 Wrote:
aubuti wrote:
Sounds like it will be a great setup when you are done. I might not
be
understanding something, but it seems to me that your proposed
solution
of running a double set of cables (SB to centrally-located NAD amp,
then
amp to speakers) for each room is
hi Jim,
as you can see, SD forums are basically two camps, cheerleaders and
cranks.
i'm a crank.
i guess my problem is that i know exactly what i want, and no one makes
it.
i have a SB2, and like most people, i think the web UI stinks. sorry,
but thats my opinion cheerleaders, and i'm
bklaas;168232 Wrote:
The official Nokia flash thingy didn't really show anything that the 770
can't do. My guess is that it would require a hands-on to really get a
feel for whether big improvements had been made performance-wise.
Screen res is the same, and Opera 8 is still the browser
a poll to see who thinks what about the web ui
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i would guess you've read my posts and threads on this subject.
here are my conclusions:
IF someone can stream a station via winamp with no problems, then their
connection is GOOD ENOUGH TO DO SO! (sounds obvious, but sometimes
around here it needs stressed).
if winamp, (or whatever), has
boerner;168343 Wrote:
In appreciation for the work on the 770 skin that Ben has done, I will
be the first to drop $30 USD into a Paypal account, working towards the
$399 USD the N800 costs.
Thoughts?
I'm in if you set up the account (possibly only $20 though, I don't use
the skin ATM :)
boerner wrote:
bklaas;168232 Wrote:
The official Nokia flash thingy didn't really show anything that the 770
can't do. My guess is that it would require a hands-on to really get a
feel for whether big improvements had been made performance-wise.
Screen res is the same, and Opera 8 is still
This is a very interesting thread. Jim - glad to see your request for
input from the community.
For a frame of reference, I am computer and home networking savvy and
though not an audiophile, I have pretty high standards regarding audio.
I have a large collection of music (2,000+ CDs) that was
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Another interesting poll would be about the different skins.
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Yes, I have seen your posts MrSinatra.
And I have tried going back - I think as far as far as 6.3, but I have
spent so much time messing with this that memory no longer serves, but
at least to versions that appeared to work in the past and do not now.
Whether SD must make their products,
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aubuti;168334 Wrote:
I thought about active speakers, but I'm not aware of any in-wall
actives. Do they exist?
I did not came across any...
aubuti;168334 Wrote:
I also agree about a centralized amp being contrary to the SB
philosophy. But I have come around to thinking that an SB can be
so i take it when u went back it didn't fix it?
well, you might then want to try 6.2.x which i am POSITIVE did not have
problems tuning in streams, and which i am also positive did not send
the stream directly to the SB, (meaning thats what i've been
told/read).
i know it is a huge pita to
one other quick point...
the SB couldn't even handle a 32kbps stream, while winamp and even
multiple computers on my network could all play the 128kbps stream (via
winamp or wmp or whatever) simultaneously, np.
if SD can't handle a single 128, 96 or even 32kbps stream that other
solutions do
kdf;168301 Wrote:
and again...event viewer or log information please.
I think I have found the event viewer log message for my failure. I
have been playing with the Fishbone skin again today and it seems to be
working ok (so far).
Hope this helps.
Event Type: Error
Event Source:
I have an SB1 w/ a broken IR receiver. I verified this by jumpering the
IR board from a working SB1 to my broken one and IR then worked. I am
trying to find out the part number of the IR receiver so I can replace
it myself. I've emailed support but have not heard back in days.
Anybody know
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hi Jim,
as you can see, SD forums are basically two camps, cheerleaders and
cranks.
I'd actually rename those camps to those who bought what they want and
those who want something else but bought a Squeezebox anyway :)
i'm a crank.
i guess my
I think we've already been over this... the streams you claim don't
work, do in fact work fine for me and others. I have yet to find a
stream that works in Winamp and does not work on an SB, so I really
can't do any sort of debugging or anything.
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But if the broadband was the culprit, Winamp would not be able to keep
the stream playing either.
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I think we've already been over this... the streams you claim don't
work, do in fact work fine for me and others. I have yet to find a
stream that works in Winamp and does not work on an SB, so I really
can't do any sort of debugging or anything.
While you are lucky to
andyg;168378 Wrote:
But if the broadband was the culprit, Winamp would not be able to keep
the stream playing either.
Then, in the (paraphrased) words of Sherlock Holmes, the only possible
cause is the one remaining culprit, however improbable.
I am not a software author. I am however a
BTW, please don't just say something 'doesn't work' on the SB. Please
report what happens to the buffer level, and read/understand this FAQ
item:
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Could be other things such as a wireless SB vs. a wired computer.
Anyway, until we can find a reproducible case where something works in
Winamp and fails in SB for everyone regardless of their internet or
network setup, we can't really make any progress on this issue.
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andyg;168391 Wrote:
BTW, please don't just say something 'doesn't work' on the SB. Please
report what happens to the buffer level, and read/understand this FAQ
item:
http://faq.slimdevices.com/index.php?action=artikelcat=4id=236artlang=en
I have read the FAQ thoroughly and have described
There are a number of ways in which the issue can arise - most often
the stream never starts (with an Error no items found in playlist
showing on the SB3) or at best it plays for a few seconds or minutes,
runs out of buffer and does not rebuffer.
There are 2 completely different issues
Quoting SumnerBoy [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
information is part of the event: Can't use string () as a subroutine
ref while strict refs in use at C:\Program
Files\SlimServer\server/Plugins/Live365/Web.pm line 775.
Looks like you were trying to use Live365 at the time. I As the
plugin pages are
andyg;168400 Wrote:
There are 2 completely different issues here. The error about no
playlist items is related to a Shoutcast issue where their server gets
overloaded and can't return you a playlist. We don't need to talk
about this issue here. To avoid this problem you should find the
andyg;168370 Wrote:
I think we've already been over this... the streams you claim don't
work, do in fact work fine for me and others. I have yet to find a
stream that works in Winamp and does not work on an SB, so I really
can't do any sort of debugging or anything.
Andy,
i realize that
andyg;168390 Wrote:
Could be other things such as a wireless SB vs. a wired computer.
Anyway, until we can find a reproducible case where something works in
Winamp and fails in SB for everyone regardless of their internet or
network setup, we can't really make any progress on this issue.
kdf;168403 Wrote:
Slimserver, prior to 6.5 plugins used custom pages for each skin.
These are no longer required, but were left behind accidentally during
the 6.5.0 install. Getting rid of the plugins folder and re-installing
would clear this up. 6.5.1 builds take care of cleaning up this
jamullian;168402 Wrote:
OK, let's not talk about the fact that Winamp simply tries the next
stream in the list and the next until it finds one it can connect to.
Time elapsed till connect and playing can be as long as 60 seconds, but
once it plays it never drops. I'm currently playing
np. One thing to note, the Fishbone skin remembers which page you
last chose from the pulldown menu. If, for instance, you were using
Live365 prior to the update, it might have remembered the page in a
way that isn't right post-upgrade. Unfortunately, clearing cookies
isn't covered in
andyg;168410 Wrote:
The only things I can think of that would cause the drop-off of audio
bandwidth are wireless problems, internet problems, problems with the
broadcaster, or an ISP that throttles the traffic. I think there is at
least one ISP (in the UK) that does this for certain ports
There was one commonality to all but one of the problematic directories:
funny characters in the name.
I run on windows, and got most of my music into flac by transcoding
from my itunes alac tree. Itunes put what looked like weird windows
(ie, not even utf8) characters on some of the names of
Title says it all.
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for a few weeks, so that's even stranger. I'm really at a loss for
ideas at this point.
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You're welcome to take apart your player and see if you can fix it.
But, it's not always easy, so we're here to help. Contact support AT
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andyg;168410 Wrote:
This station tuned in right away for me, maybe 1 or 2 seconds. To avoid
the Shoutcast problems, enter that 205 URL directly in 'Tune In' or you
could use a SqueezeNetwork favorite.
Entering that 205 URL directly still gets me the no items found in
playlist msg
andyg;168418 Wrote:
Yeah, your wireless seems fine. You said your SB has been working fine
for a few weeks, so that's even stranger. I'm really at a loss for
ideas at this point.
it could be, (and i hope), that it was all a result of adelphia
clumsily switching over to comcast. thats my
MrSinatra;168431 Wrote:
i would create a test environment that simulated a flaky isp, and see
how well SD handled it. does the SD solution fail far easier then
winamp in the environment? try different collisions and other tcp
stuff, and combos of them.
i realize how difficult it is for
my wireless is at 100%, it sits 2.5 feet from my router, i have no
neighbors nearby and likely few if any of them have broadband, and i
play local music flawlessly.
and the OP stated quite clearly earlier in the thread that his setup is
totally wired.
why do u insist its probably the wireless
MrSinatra;168436 Wrote:
my wireless is at 100%, it sits 2.5 feet from my router, i have no
neighbors nearby and likely few if any of them have broadband, and i
play local music flawlessly.
and the OP stated quite clearly earlier in the thread that his setup is
totally wired.
why do u
if i'm defensive, its b/c i KNOW its not the wireless. this isn't the
first thread this has been gone over in, don't assume i haven't
tackled all the possibilities it was in my power to do so. probably
half my posts are on this topic.
fyi, it was only SOME streams that had the problem, not all
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