lemmy999 wrote:
Peter;163189 Wrote:
Configure IP filters on your router and only allow certain IP addresses
in. That's perfectly secure and fairly easy to set up, provided your
'clients' have static ip's.
I have had 3 different routers (Linksys, Netgear and now a US Robotics)
and I
I've already gone and bought a SB3 as a replacement but was hoping to
find a way to get the SB1 repaired but it needs to be cost effective.
bte
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Robin Bowes wrote:
ModelCitizen wrote:
Robin Bowes;169010 Wrote:
I still can't believe you bought those bird flu protection kits at £30 a
pop. :)
R.I'm not sure of the relevance of that Robin but bird flu is still
bubbling under and history pretty much shows that it is
TiredLegs wrote:
I have successfully used 75 ohm coax (cable TV wire) to transmit S/PDIF
over a run of more than 200 feet.
However, any wire you use (coax or Cat5) cannot be carrying any other
signal at the time. And if you are using Cat5, it cannot be connected
to any active networking devices
Robert57;155789 Wrote:
I thought I would revisit this polarity (or phase) toggle feature
request, now that the relevant Bug 1976 (Polarity Control for SB2) is
coded Fixed and Resolved. Richard Titmuss noted on 9/18/06 that
this feature is included in Slimserver v. 6.5, but is only usable for
slimditty wrote:
I was about to buy a Transporter, too, until I saw that it didn't
natively support wma lossless (in the forum). I think that the
SlimDevices help files are very unclear on this issue. Not all
slimserver builds can transcode wma lossless (I am thinking of the
Infrant NAS running
After the above post, I went to Bug 1976 (mentioned at bottom of page 2
of this thread) to vote for it but it was already closed.
The bug was opened with specific reference to SB2, so I don't
understand why a fix was introduced for the Transporter only and the
bug was closed?
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DSK wrote:
After the above post, I went to Bug 1976 (mentioned at bottom of page 2
of this thread) to vote for it but it was already closed.
The bug was opened with specific reference to SB2, so I don't
understand why a fix was introduced for the Transporter only and the
bug was closed?
Gapless, from what I understand, is hard to do with MP3. It has to do
with how the audio frames are constructed. If I understand correctly,
the server has to monkey around and fill in the last frame or frames of
the prior song with the first frames of the next, and I gather that
process is
hickinbottoms wrote:
It doesn't help you (as it's Linux-only), but in case any Linuxers want
to do the same thing I've a strategy for this using some
commonly-available tools:
http://hickinbottom.demon.co.uk/development/script-to-maintain-a-transcoded-mp3-tree/
Aren't there any scripts
Peter wrote:
This is another cool sounding option for Linux users:
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/09/29/1525201
A userspace filesystem that transparently transcodes FLAC files to mp3.
I've no idea how it performs in practice since my mp3 player just
plays FLAC.
This is MP3FS,
Stuart Hickinbottom wrote:
Peter wrote:
This is another cool sounding option for Linux users:
http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/09/29/1525201
A userspace filesystem that transparently transcodes FLAC files to mp3.
I've no idea how it performs in practice since my mp3 player just
If I try to play one of my Last.fm playlists either using the remote or
via the browser interface SlimServer stops running.
I realise this is precious little info to work off, unless this is a
known issue. Any pointers please on how to start diagnosing the
problem?
Thanks.
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Hi,
Does someone know when they will be available in Europe? (found nothing
on Logitech site)
Here's the link : (sorry it's in french)
http://www.clubic.com/actualite-68058-ces-tres-petites-nouveautes-chez-logitech.html
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Do you have access to your log file?
Or if you're running the default installation on Windows can you check
the Event Viewer for errors from SlimServer?
James
NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not
When you say Last.fm playlist do you mean a default station (loved,
personal, recommendation) or one you've created (similar artists / frou
frou for example) ?
I found that using the wrong syntax to set up a radio station could
crash Slimserver on 6.5.0.
If not, try going to Server Settings /
Does someone know when they will be available in Europe? (found nothing
on Logitech site)
They are, search for SlimDevices Squeezebox. I don't know about France,
but I've bought my first a few years back in Switzerland.
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Didn't the OP just mean Squeezeboxes in the Logitech branded box, as
seen at the link?
The picture of the SB itself wasn't good enough to make out if the logo
had been changed or removed...
James
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Here's the link : (sorry it's in french)
http://www.clubic.com/actualite-68058-ces-tres-petites-nouveautes-chez-logitech.html
voir aussi:
http://www.slimdevices.com/au_resellers.html#france
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/zd/20070108/tc_zd/197884
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No, this is already available with 6.5.1.
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Not just 7.0. You should aslo be able to access with 6.5.1, as
discussed in this thread:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31438
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Siduhe;169213 Wrote:
When you say Last.fm playlist do you mean a default station (loved,
personal, recommendation) or one you've created (similar artists / frou
frou for example) ?
I found that using the wrong syntax to set up a radio station could
crash Slimserver on 6.5.0.
This could
Just thought I'd post what I did, so when I detele it one day, I'll know
where to find it. :)
# textsize modes
size= dead
size.single = modefunction_PLUGIN.RandomPlay::Plugin-tracks
size.hold = textsize_toggle
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That's pretty much what I was wondering. I've noticed that the 7 branch has
disappeared from the nightly builds, so I'm looking forward to trying it out.
Aynsley
Siduhe;169221 Wrote:
Not just 7.0. You should aslo be able to access with 6.5.1, as
discussed in this thread:
As I read it - the Rhapsody service will be available only on
Squeezenetwork so the upgrade to Squeezenetwork will be on Jan 15.
WRT to Slimserver, this is my understanding -
6.5.1 is currently in beta and will be the next official release.
7.0 is in development with a lots of work being done
Michael Herger;169217 Wrote:
Here's the link : (sorry it's in french)
http://www.clubic.com/actualite-68058-ces-tres-petites-nouveautes-chez-logitech.html
voir aussi:
http://www.slimdevices.com/au_resellers.html#france
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Therefore is 15 Jan the official launch date of 7?
No, development for 7 is in its early stages - and Dan just left for a
holiday.
6.5.0 is still the official version.
I expect 6.5.1 to be official by mid january.
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SteveEast;169058 Wrote:
I just checked a second PC running iTunes 7 and it's using iTunes Music
Library.xml.
I had assumed iTunes kept this info in the registry, but a registry
search doesn't find it on my PC. Still, you might want to try
deinstalling and reinstalling iTunes - that's been
Thanks, but I was talking about a Logitech branded squeezebox.
It's not that I don't like the imported ones, but I thought I would
have easier support if it is an official logitech product (no need to
send it back to the US if I have a problem).
I don't think there's a difference between the
CCRDude;168983 Wrote:
I watched the updates on engadget yesterday getting updated and updated
and updated... I assume we speak about this here?
http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/09/the-apple-iphone
Where exactly does it tell about batteries or memory extensions? Except
in dozens of
Michael Herger;169241 Wrote:
[snip] - and Dan just left for a holiday.
HOLIDAY?!!
That makes sense - the current beta 6.5.1 live on 15th Jan. Not sure
where the 7 came from then. One of life's mysteries.
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Peter;169190 Wrote:
TiredLegs wrote:
I have successfully used 75 ohm coax (cable TV wire) to transmit
S/PDIF
over a run of more than 200 feet.
However, any wire you use (coax or Cat5) cannot be carrying any
other
signal at the time. And if you are using Cat5, it cannot be
connected
Ben Sandee;169159 Wrote:
On 1/10/07,
Is it a problem with Apple Lossless files too?
Ben
OK, I haven't noticed it with ALAC files.
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Eric Seaberg's
HOLIDAY?!!
Should I have said vacation?
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Eric:
I do not intend the following as an insult - this is to help.
This is an informal user support forum. It is not the official means
of obtaining Slim Devices/Logitech support. So continuing to insist
several times a day on immediate assistance here may or may not help as
the developers
jpj;169145 Wrote:
Better check again and figure out what you really saw before jumping to
conclusions.
Good advice. I'll revoke my statement until further investigation.
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vandermerwe;165976 Wrote:
Use Mp3Tag to change the Album Artist Field to Albumartist.. This
field is recognised by slimserver, whereas Album Artist is not. Set
ss to display albums by band and all artists when viewing by artist.
Then set ss enable album and band in album browse view
I have
dgstrat;169153 Wrote:
I'm running a PC, Laptop and Squeezebox from my router. The reason i
liked the Nas is the Raid capability and the hot swappable function.
It probably is overkill for me, though. Any alternate ideas? I've got
about 1700 plus cd's and I want to back everything up.
I just got my N800 and it's pretty cool. We don't have any WiFi at work
so it's home for lunch today. I guess that's when my wife will find out
I bought it...
As far as the screen protector goes, it really is difficult to see.
Nokia put an additional adhesive tab on the front to aid in
shawkie;117344 Wrote:
Here's a new release. This one has been tested with
SlimServer_6_3_x_v2006-06-22.
Are you still trying to fix the bug so it will work with slimserver
6.5?
Keep up the good work!
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SteveEast;169262 Wrote:
Do you currently have all your CDs ripped to that external USB drive you
mentioned?
Steve.
No not enough room and I've just begun ripping . I'm all the way up to
the letter C ha ha . I'm deciding if I just want to replace my
internal drives with larger ones (maybe
is there anything specifit wrong with it, or does it just not work any
more?
For instance, if it is a dodgy power connection, that could be repaired
very easily. But if there was anything wrong with the screen or the CPY,
then you are probably SOL.
Have you contacted [EMAIL PROTECTED] to see if
Re the OS on the N800 - it is a new version and not backwards
compatible.
i.e. OS 2007 does not run on N770.
The different processor was reported as the key reason. I have also
seen comments that some of the apps are making serious use of the extra
power and would be way to sluggish for N770.
Another newbie question. I'm running Itunes using Apple Lossless. What
happens when I fill up one HD? Will I be able to have my library across
2 locations? Maybe I'll have to change destination , then add the files
from the original location back to the Itunes library.
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The external backup is a really good idea!
Steve.
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Hi Funkstar,
It's dead, appears as if no power is going in but have tried the power
supply from my SB3, makes no difference.
I've emailed support, they suggested trying factory reset, which didn't
work. Awaiting a further reply from them.
Just wondered if there was anywhere in the UK that
bytheedge;169282 Wrote:
I reckon it will actually be going in the bin :(
bte
Before you throw it away I'd open it, and inspect with a magnifying
glass all the smd's and caps to see if anything looks strange. There
was a fix for Mac wireless base stations on seanadams.com which
involved
jpj;168876 Wrote:
Here's the Texas Instruments spec sheet for the OMAP 2420:
http://dspvillage.ti.com/pdfs/omap2architecture.pdf
Excellent, thanks for that.
Looks like full screen video should be a reality on that device then.
There is an Imaging Video Accelerator and a 2D/3D Graphics
Wow, so much steam and blather in this thread and no one has mentioned
the only thing that's relevant to Slim/Squeezebox?
The web UI (or a fuure custom application once people are able to
install them - this will come) would make for a fine Squeezebox
controller.
It's clear that Apple will sell
Wow, so much steam and blather in this thread and no one has mentioned
the only thing
that's relevant to Slim/Squeezebox?
The web UI (or a fuure custom application once people are able to
install them
- this will come) would make for a fine Squeezebox controller.
Ha! At last! Like I said,
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the
results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31443
Question:
MelonMonkey;169291 Wrote:
It's clear that Apple will sell more iPhone units in the 24 hour period
of the launch day than Nokia will ever sell N800 or 770 in their
lifetimes. It stands to reason if you want to make a portable UI for
SS/SB then this platform will definitely have the
Michael Herger;169257 Wrote:
HOLIDAY?!!
Should I have said vacation?
No no, holiday's the word to use this side of the Pond. I was just
messing around at the suggestion that these fine folk are allowed time
away from the office.
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GoCubs;169251 Wrote:
I'm not sure what a switch would do.
Basically nothing. The unused pairs would typically have some ESD
suppression, eg a high voltage cap to ground.
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I had the same problem with iTunes playlists with SS 6.5 on my brand new
SB3. I ran slim.exe from the command line, but this is, to say the
least, an inelegant solution. I don't know yet if new playlists will be
pickup up by SS or if I'll have to re-run the command.
Is there any chance of
MelonMonkey;169291 Wrote:
Wow, so much steam and blather in this thread and no one has mentioned
the only thing that's relevant to Slim/Squeezebox?
steam and blather - nice. Sorry if we stopped being slim fanboys for
a moment and decided to have a discussion about another music device.
The
After having problems with 6.5.1 I have been trying to downgrade to
6.5.0. Although I am able then to run slimserver 6.5.0, as soon as I
turn on my SB3 it causes ss to crash, and so does not give me the
option of downgrading the firmware. I have tried doing a factory reset,
but that does not
I cannot get my wireless SB2 to work with any flavor of Slimserver 6.5
or 7. I can run 6.3, 6.2 or any earlier version with no problems. I
even completely wiped my XP PC and started with a fresh virgin install
but it still does not work (even with anti-virus disabled). Slimserver
6.5x 7
bytheedge wrote:
Just wondered if there was anywhere in the UK that might be able to
have a quick look rather than having to send it to the States. I reckon
it will actually be going in the bin :(
Send it to me before you put it in the bin.
If I can fix it easily I'll send it back to you.
If
[
And to put it right back on topic.. The i doesn't appear to stand
for idiot. But I suspect such a question to have come from someone
acting idiotic.
No, the question came from someone with a sense of humor, which you don't
seem to have.
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You probably need to delete the contents of the database when going
backwards (and possibly other files too.)
Try deleting the contents of the directory Cache under Program
Files\SlimSever\server and restarting the server.
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Triode
Thanks for the tips. When browsing, I was selecting the right arrow
button for albums in the left pane, thus adding the entire album to the
playlist. I didn't realize you can click on the album name in the left
side, then select individual tracks instead. I also didn't see the
save button at the
Here's an odd one.
Since upgrading to SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11067 - Windows Server
2003 - EN - cp1252 (and also had to upgrade S3 firmware), the
Squeezebox 3 reboots by itself usually a minute or so into the second
song I play.
Basically. I switch it on, choose an album, and press Play.
Not exactly a playlist creator, but have you looked at MusicIP (formerly
MusicMagic) ? It's more of a playlist generator, but is supported from
within Slimserver and will create playlists with relative paths.
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?MusicMagicMixer
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I've definitely been planning on using Music Magic. I'm still only about
a third of the way through ripping my CDs: I want to have all my music
digitized before I give it a try. It's really good to hear it generates
relative paths.
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tomjtx wrote:
No, the question came from someone with a sense of humor, which you don't
seem to have.
sigh
Alas, a quality all too conspicuous by its absence on these forums of late.
R.
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I think that there is a limitation in that you would have to use the MIP
GUI to create the mixes (rather than creating a mix from within
Slimserver) because MIP uses relative paths for playlists on disk
based devices only (but you can mount your music folder as a disk
based device to get round
Robin Bowes;169349 Wrote:
Alas, a quality all too conspicuous by its absence on these forums of
late.
I dunno, I was pleasantly surprised by the traction of the wormcable
discussion.
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The playlist creation in Slimserver isn't totally horrible, just a
little clunky. One thing to remember is that whenever you are playing
music, the current queue is essentially an unsaved playlist. Saving it
and giving it a name puts it in the permanent playlist folder.
The + button of course
Yeah I have an account there and was going to submit an 'official'
request this weekend. Thanks for the kind post!
I stayed home yesterday and had a lot of time to research it more...
which is why there are so many posts in one day. I WAS ON A MISSION!!!
Thanks again
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Have now done a complete uninstall before re-installing 6.5.0. It worked
but is a pain as have to enter all the config changes made over time.
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i am curious to know what other members think of the new apple tv media
streaming box? obviously there are many differences between the
sqeezebox and appleTV such as the dependence on itunes - a TV - a
Computer etc. however they are obviously similar in function i.e.
streaming music wirelessly.
I'd suggest you try switching your players, put the SB3 where the SB2
was, and the SB2 where the SB3 was. What I'm getting at is I believe it
might be a networking issue at the location. Or it's possible theres an
issue with the player, this should point us in the right direction.
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I'm not sure if anybody here even cares but I managed to create my own
firmware for the N5200 to allow for ssh access on their latest firmware
(ver 1.00.05). In 1.00.05 they disabled ssh. I also created a user
account called toor with a password of 123456 so you can login via ssh.
Enjoy! I
Good question, iTunes does make it tougher. I use iTunes myself, but
I've never looked at having it support multiple hard drives.
I think you'll use iTunes' advanced preferences to change the iTunes
Music Folder location. Then you *wont* consolidate the library because
that would copy all the
Amp is a Cambridge Audio 540A
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Peter;169197 Wrote:
slimditty wrote:Anybody with any sense should choose open protocols.
Luckily, any
lossless protocol can be converted losslesly to any other, so as long
as
you can find the proper tools (I'm sure Microsoft won't have provided
you with any) you can convert to FLAC.
Siduhe;169351 Wrote:
I think that there is a limitation in that you would have to use the MIP
GUI to create the mixes (rather than creating a mix from within
Slimserver) because MIP uses relative paths for playlists on disk
based devices only (but you can mount your music folder as a disk
Oops, you threw out the baby with the bathwater. You only needed to
delete the database, ie, the files under Cache, like triode
suggested. But anyway, for future reference you can make a backup of
your slimserver.pref (might be slimserver.conf on some systems) and
keep it when you change
Malor;169200 Wrote:
Gapless, from what I understand, is hard to do with MP3. It has to do
with how the audio frames are constructed. If I understand correctly,
the server has to monkey around and fill in the last frame or frames of
the prior song with the first frames of the next, and I
Hi all. New Squeezebox 3 owner here, trying to get Wake-on-LAN to work
over a bridged network.
The configuration is as follows:
. Squeezebox connected wirelessly to a Belkin F5D8230-4 wireless router
(which works well according to
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?RouterStatus).
. Slimserver
I do what some of the other folks do: keep parallel directories of FLAC
and MP3. To rip CDs, I use Exact Audio Copy, and for it's compression
I use Mareo, which is really just a program that lets you run multiple
compressions. In my case I configure LAME to compress to MP3 and and
FLAC to
since I've gotten no response I gotta ask, is this a request that anyone
else would like to have as a feature? For me, the need to set in points
in songs comes up relatively often and not just for live music.
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morberg;169400 Wrote:
I don't quite understand what you're saying so this comment might be way
off, but I have no problems creating MusicIP playlists through
slimserver; either via the web interface or directly from the remote.
You need to install MusicIP as a service though, see
htto://www.domadoo.fr/ sells SqueezeBoxen in France. Not an endorsement
of the shop, I just noticed they did the other day.
They probably don't have the Logitech logo as I think no such beast
exists yet. IMHO this won't change anything wrt to support.
HTH
Fred
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Zaphilosophile;169383 Wrote:
i am curious to know what other members think of the new apple tv media
streaming box? obviously there are many differences between the
sqeezebox and appleTV such as the dependence on itunes - a TV - a
Computer etc. however they are obviously similar in function
Hmm, that's odd, because I thought I had posted a reply to your first
post. You don't say what format your files are in, but I strongly
suspect that you'll have to go back to a raw format, like WAV. Then
use cutpoints to define the tuning/crowd noise as a separate track. You
can do this using a
Yeah...this is a bummer. I've been trying for a while but none of the
odeo feeds work. Just a bunch of parsing errors.
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I'm fairly sure that SS can cope with absolute paths in playlists,
though at least one version I had early on interpreted different paths
to the same file (e.g. C:\Docs etc\... and \\My Served Music\...)
as two different files, so if two playlists used different paths to the
same file, I'd get
Brian Ritchie;169457 Wrote:
Memo to self: must sort out remote desktop stuff for non-Professional XP
Have you looked at RealVNC?
http://www.realvnc.com/
Cheers.
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[shabbs]
*Rip/encode:* 'EAC' (http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/) 0.95b4 [secure] w/
'Lame'
Has anyone experience running S/PDIF over a vacant Cat6 pair? I need to
get S/PDIF about 30 feet and already have the Cat6 in place, so that'd
be easiest. I could pull RG6 but pulling cable is such a pita...
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Michaelwagner;119280 Wrote:
I know I'm the weird guy in this crowd, but any reason the SB doesn't
have / couldn't have balanced outputs?
The DAC chip itself is unbalanced, unlike the AK4396. Even so, I assume
there is a way of changing the output stage to make it balanced because
of products
Robin Bowes;169349 Wrote:
tomjtx wrote:
No, the question came from someone with a sense of humor, which you
don't
seem to have.
sigh
Alas, a quality all too conspicuous by its absence on these forums of
late.
R.
Alac, perchance the humor is proprietary:-)
Tom
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I just got a refurb (roxorz!) Fujitsu Stylistic 3500 on ebay. Win 2K,
wireless networking, 10.4 touch screen, two batteries, charger, the
works! $232 + shipping.
Plan is for reading ebooks and controlling slimserver. Oh yeah,
bathroom web surfing... Stop by my house sometime and I'll let you
If you don't mind paying for it (mass-conversion functionality is part
of the paid-for version, I think, as opposed to the free version),
MediaMonkey's a pretty great program. I like it better than iTunes,
and it has a very active community of people involved in it, writing
scripts, etc.
Take a
At 95% off retail ($3,900 ca 2001), the WAF is off the charts. Good
find.
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Rhuffman, I'm another MusicIP (MIP) supporter. I generate playlists from
the Slim Server remote and these days rarely save them, I just generate
another using the same seed song. There is a parameter in the MIP
plugin that you can set to adjust the variety, set it to 0 and you will
always
I tried using my wife's Palm TX to control slimserver and it was a PITA.
Screen too small and browser doesn't cache so pages have to load each
and every time you access them (at least that's how the built-in
browser behaves). I also tried reading some ebooks on it- .pdf's that
I converted to
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