this is a great post, i appreciate the consideration given without ire,
i'll try to truncate my responses:
erland;174700 Wrote:
I'm not a GPL expert but I think it probably would be possible to do
this as a separate thing from slimserver, the result would be that you
wouldn't have to license
another great post, i didn't see it b4 my last one...
Listener;174719 Wrote:
Sorry, I just can't get excited about out of sync visualizations. A
good laugh maybe.
Staying in sync with video when you are using a Squeezebox for audio
output is a much more serious problem. If you make the
MrSinatra;174722 Wrote:
i agree on the visualizations, not my concern. i don't necessarily
agree users would demand video sync just because esp if a disclaimer
was present at download.
however, if the audio had the necessary bw locally, how behind would
it be to any video? would it
don't miss my reply to you as well, its the post b4 the one of mine you
just quoted.
real quick: i think SD would gain adoptions with a device driver. i
don't think it would tax their resources too much, and be well worth it
in the long run. i only ask that it pass the audio on. features
*MrSinatra*, I just search a bit on google and found SHOUTcast:
http://www.shoutcast.com
If I understand it correctly it is a server software you can install on
your computer to publish internet radio. There is a WinAmp plugin to
send things played through WinAmp to SHOUTcast.
SqueezeBox is
erland;174728 Wrote:
*MrSinatra*, I just search a bit on google and found SHOUTcast:
http://www.shoutcast.com
If I understand it correctly it is a server software you can install on
your computer to publish internet radio. There is a WinAmp plugin to
send things played through WinAmp to
MrSinatra wrote:
also, i know less than u about device drivers i'm sure, but i gather
from what the other poster said that the driver itself could buffer at
least some of it, esp local files. i'm not sure how well it could do
that in real time things like net streams though.
Drivers can't
Puggie wrote:
I'm looking alternate control methods dor the squeezebox for my proposed
squeezebox in a car project. would it be possible to control the SB2
from an RS232 interface?
if the Aux I/O port on the SB2 could receive serial data at 5V ttl and
understand single byte commands to emulate
Some ideas:
If there is a problem navigating to T-V and you suspect it to be due to
artwork, I assume this is because you have the display mode set to album
artwork, rather than text listing. What if you change the mode to text listing
before clicking on the T-V link?
How about using Browse
a nice media player and iTunes don't belong in the same sentence ;-)
Phil
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i have this problem with my squeezebox occasionally turning itself off
whilst in use. When this happens, I need to unplug the power supply and
plug it back in to get it started up again.
anyone else have this happen to them or have a reason/solution?
I have started to see the same effect on my
Wow, I feel bad for you guys that seem to have so much trouble with
SlimServer. It works well for me, although I'm only in my second week.
I have designated my bedroom a computer free zone but now I have all my
music in there. And I like the Internet radio - the 4 radio stations I
listen to all
I am a Sympatico customer and have problems with both the radio-1 and
radio-2 feeds from CBC. When I listen to these (either through my
slimserver or through the slimnetwork) the feeds cut out after ~5
minutes. If I hit play again, it will rebuffer and then start to
play, only to cut out.
I have
Is your Squeezebox wired or wireless ?
What model Squeezebox do you have ?
Do you get the same problem when using SoftSqueeze ?
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I use PRTG Graphic Grapher (http://www.paessler.com/prtg).
It's free for personal use (restricted to 3 sensors). I use it to monitor
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I have Mcafee a/v and personal firewall. Yes, I've noticed that
slimserver needs permissions granted to the local exes to run.
Previously I had to open ports in the firewall in order to access
slimserver from a remote machine, but not on the local machine.
Are there any log settings I can turn
Dear Slim Devices/Logitech:
Had I known the wired-only Squeezeboxes were being discontinued, I
would have bought another one right away (I've been waiting for a deal
on two -- as in the past deals).
I have no need to pay for wireless capability that I will never ever
use.
Please, if any of
I got the following error appear -
The instruction at 0x28085b62 referenced memory at 0x0004 could
not be written.
I'm running the following version of slim server
SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252
Server IP address: 192.168.2.2
Perl Version: 5.8.8
MrSinatra;174721 Wrote:
but i would imagine that if i used any of their info in any way, they'd
have the right to use my work. very reasonable imo. it just means that
i probably couldn't make money off it, as someone else suggested i
should try to, not that that was ever my intent.
Foobar2000 produces perfect gapless playback. What's so difficult to
build it into Slimserver? A few months ago I read gapless playback was
covered but now I understand that gaps still exist (but as a sort of
stutter).
I thought that by removing trailing silence-frames at the end of the
track
the log file
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Hehe
Yes, it still sounds in my ears. I can still picture the 'space' it
creates. The Squeezebox is wonderful, but the Transporter really
impressed me.
This makes the current clicking doubly irritating.
Giacomo
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The alternative socketwrapper handles a A/V problem but it usually only
happens with AlienBBC. The code was going to be adopted by the
Slimserver developers but the Author (Ian Cook) has become
uncontactable.
To see if McAfee is the problem - you should test with McAfee
uninstalled, just
Recently (in the past 3 months), I have experienced an increasing amount
of pops, pauses and glitches in music playback. At this point, I cannot
play a song without at least one of these happening. In fact, once a
minute is not uncommon now.
My set up:
Original Squeezebox connected via wired
This is a users' forum, not customer support. Even though Slim Devices /
Logitech staff participate, your message would be better directed
directly to the company. The discontinuation of the wired-only model
was a bit abrupt, unlike the phasing out of the SB2s. But that's the
way it happens
Totally agree with Victor.
Mr Sinatra has admitted he knows nothing about developement, device
drivers or the GPL but still believes all his grand plans are possible.
But what really made me laugh was this pearl of wisdom
yeah, for OPERATING SYSTEMS, not pass thru device drivers.
besides, i
andyg;174518 Wrote:
Here's what I'm going to do: I will add a pref to 6.5.2 that allows you
to disable direct-streaming mode for mp3 streams. This will revert to
the pre-6.5 way of streaming that you all report works just fine. I
should have this in today so you can try tonight's nightly
MrSinatra wrote:
well vic, my guess is that if i developed the software, i'd have to give
them the source code, which they then could use and develop freely and
distribute, so who would pay for what i did?
You should really _read_ the GPL. The only people you have to distribute
source to are
both of you guys need to knock it off...
its not like i ever said i WAS a developer or i knew this stuff like
the back of my hand. i am free to propose things, and i am HAPPY to be
corrected, civilly. try it.
also, i did help get andy to fix a bug re:winamp/shoutcast, (new in
todays nightly
After installing 6.5.1 and then installing the web proxy address to get
around my windows firewall, I am unable to access RSS feeds...
following is the error message for all feeds:
RSS: Error loading feed: Failed to connect to
http://news.com.com/2547-1_3-0-5.xml (404 Not Found)
, skipping
Any
I just installed 6.5.1. It all went fine, but I want to continue to use
the firmware vesion that was already installed on my SB3. How do I tell
Slimserver to stop alerting me to install the latest firmware?
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MrSinatra;174794 Wrote:
its not like i ever said i WAS a developer or i knew this stuff like
the back of my hand. i am free to propose things, and i am HAPPY to be
corrected, civilly. try it.
Then why do you feel the need to pontificate, discuss, and argue on
topics you clearly know
The only 2 issues I have with itunes are the directories with weird
characters and the inability to handle flac (someone there pointed me
to a quicktime extension dll, but it didn't seem to help me).
I can see why people like it though, having switched from alac/itunes
to flac/eac/the
Well, doesn't it just figure that after weeks of on and off looking for
solutions that I find some help after I post. Of course it's in the
FAQ which I thought I had read thoroughly.
Anyway, I think (after about 30 minutes of playing) that the glitches
are somewhat solved. I've set the MTU on
tonyptony;174804 Wrote:
I want to continue to use the firmware vesion that was already installed
on my SB3.
The firmware and the server software are closely coupled, so it is
strongly recommended not to try running an older rev of the firmware
with a new version of the server. Why would you
jamullian
did you do the setting for your sb to always use ss as proxy?
it seems to work for me.. had a few buffer underruns on bassdrive, but
i think that's a bassedrive issue, as i didn't have it with groove
salad (listened to it for approx 3h) and pausenraum (the one i posted,
for about 1h)
chefgrill;174818 Wrote:
jamullian
did you do the setting for your sb to always use ss as proxy?
Yes I did. And see the update to my last post: after another restart of
SS. I appear to have a stable and rebufferable stream for now.
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lairdo wrote:
Well, doesn't it just figure that after weeks of on and off looking for
solutions that I find some help after I post. Of course it's in the
FAQ which I thought I had read thoroughly.
Anyway, I think (after about 30 minutes of playing) that the glitches
are somewhat solved. I've
Please look at
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?DiagnosingPerformanceIssues and
post what results you get
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I know why this happens, at least on my machine.
I dual boot between windoze and Linux. The Linux server is updated to
6.5.1, but the windoze server is still 6.5.0.
When I change OS, the server tells me that the firmware in the player
needs to be updated.
The problem is solved by getting
I've been using the Touch-Screen interface to control Slimserver via a
tablet PC for a few days now and I gotta say anyone who is complaining
about the browser interface is just nutz. It works very well.
Browsing by cover art is such a nice way to select music, and if you
don't use gigantic
my old kenwood amp died today been out and brought a new one , a
Cambridge Audio AZUR 640A V2 Black ,sounds great through my wharfdale
9.1 speakers and sb3 good quality speaker cable Cambridge pacific
interconnects. im happy mrs not ha well.
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Well, I edited the squeezebox2.version file and fixed the problem.
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tyler_durden;174834 Wrote:
I found a bug that affects the playlist display. When I first go to
the playlist page, it shows the songs in the list along with all the
artists, but for some reason, after several seconds, the artists all
change to read the same 4 digit year number, as if
tonyptony wrote:
Well, I edited the squeezebox2.version file and fixed the problem.
No, you really didn't. What you did was silenced the alert about the
problem. Running the wrong firmware will cause you problems in the long run.
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tyler_durden;174834 Wrote:
Another bug is that when browsing by cover art with the discs sorted by
artist, the letters to select the search near the top of the page don't
agree with the actual pages that come up. For example, the page that is
supposed to display R, S, T actually displays
I'm wondering if you have any tracks that iTunes has embedded cover art
images into.
I don't think I've ever had an SB2/3 reboot on me before today when I
was playing back a track with embedded cover art.
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linuxtuxie wrote:
Peter;168468 Wrote:
There are several solutions to this problem:
- Some active speakers have an auto power switch triggered by audio,
perhaps that goes for in-walls as well.
- You may use the AmpSwitch plugin with a home made circuit (I'm using
this)
- You may use X10
Victor;174807 Wrote:
Then why do you feel the need to pontificate, discuss, and argue on
topics you clearly know nothing about?
Well, to be completely honest, we all do that! It's only by doing so
that we get corrected and learn from the experience.
The Slim fora can get very hostile to
Marc Sherman wrote:
MrSinatra wrote:
well vic, my guess is that if i developed the software, i'd have to give
them the source code, which they then could use and develop freely and
distribute, so who would pay for what i did?
You should really _read_ the GPL. The only people you have to
Now getting back to the original reason you started posting. Something
in 6.5 broke your favourite radio stream.
...and Andy did check in a possible fix for it. Did anyone of you test it
or are you too busy designing device drivers for the SB?
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badbob;154032 Wrote:
I've re-ripped encoded my entire collection, tried a couple. Here is
what I've done.
1) EAC ripping to flac 8, normalized disabled
2) Foobar, scan all files with album mode
3) Enable Replaygain in SS, set to smart mode
DO NOT NORMALIZE TRACKS, if you do make sure
tyler_durden;174834 Wrote:
I've been using the Touch-Screen interface to control Slimserver via a
tablet PC for a few days now and I gotta say anyone who is complaining
about the browser interface is just nutz. It works very well.
Browsing by cover art is such a nice way to select music,
i've been having this problem with apple lossless and aac files and am
very keen to try and get on top of the problem. i'm using the latest
6.5.2 server build for windows, am streaming apple lossless as wav
using alac and aac as wav using mov123.
i have one particular song i'm using as a test
A second person just got their ALAC music to play using the alternate
socketwrapper. Maybe it's worth trying...
Steve.
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I would like to tidy up the tags etc in my music collection. To do so
it would be very helpful to be able to print out all of the music that
I have in the music directory.
Does anyone have an easy way to do so?
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Hi! I'm a brand new SB3-user (just gotten mine last monday). One of the
more important reasons for me to buy the SB3 was to listen to premium
DI.fm channels where I have a subscription - you guess what, I have the
same issues as described here. I am a software developer, but I have
never touched
Please try 6.5.2 and enable Proxied Streaming mode, and see if it
improves.
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IIRC The use of socketwrapper by the ALAC decoder is different to the
use by wmadec so I don't expect the alternative socketwrapper to solve
the problem. However each new version of these security software get
more and more zealous in blocking apps which network in unexpected
ways.
It would be
I currently have 23832 songs by 4631 artists stored on my 750GB hard
drive. I have invested in 2 additional 750Gb hard drives which I use
for backuping up my music database. I use an application called
SyncBackSE V4.1.1.0 to backup changes to my database to both backup
hard drives.
Just
andyg;174899 Wrote:
Please try 6.5.2 and enable Proxied Streaming mode, and see if it
improves.
Will do so, I'm installing the testing atm, looking at the package file
it should be 6.5.2. I'll try it tomorrow when I get home.
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I loaded 6.5.1 today in windoze and it I think it was behaving the same
way. I'll check again. I went to 6.5.1 in Linux as soon as it came
out. I don't know which OS was running when I was having the problems,
maybe windoze with 6.5.0.
A few minutes later...
I just checked and the bugs are
Nostromo;174879 Wrote:
I use SlimServer 6.5.1 (Fishbone skin) on a Windows XP PC (AMD 64 3000+
with 1 GB of ram) and SS is slow. Even if there's nothing else worth
mentionning running. For example, when I rate a song, it takes about 2
to 3 seconds for the change to take place.
I don't
For example, when I rate a song, it takes about 2
to 3 seconds for the change to take place.
That's not the most representative example for slimserver as it's a third
party plugin. Its author might have an explanation, but core SlimServer
has nothing to do with it.
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How can I have it so when I hit the X (or ALT-F4) on the softsqueeze
interface, flac.exe and wmadec.exe exit memory also? I would like for
the X to act as a power off button + exit since I dont even have a
Power button on my softsqueeze interfaces that I use.
The two are called by the server,
When it works right, they both dissapear. There have been several times
where they will stay stuck there and the wmadec.exe grows and grows..
never stops (while softsqueeze is not in memory anymore). There doesnt
even seem to be a hotkey the POWER/stop to at least tell slimserver to
close those
Just wondering if there are any utilities I should run on a regular
basis to check all my music files are ok on both the live drive and the
2 backup drives?
I don't know about a utility. Probably DOS' fc or something like diff?
More important seems to be not to keep one single copy, but more
There surely has to be a way to do this. No??
Using the task manager you can always kill them...
What happens if you Forget this player (SlimServer web interface, Player
Settings - at the bottom)?
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Hi Michael, yes, task manager is what I use to kill these two processes.
However, this isn't a reasonable solution... to kill both processes
after closing softsqueeze every time. Forget this player doesnt
really have any affect on what I'm trying to do.
I'd like to be clear that I'm just
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