Re: [slim] Infinite menus in 6.5.1

I am using freenas and Michael Herger's slimserver extension so looks Now this is catching my interest :-) like permissions or a directory not exiting i guess... If you go to FreeNAS web page and open the Diagnostics/Logs page, do you see some message about a full root / filesystem?

Re: [slim] How to handle a large music collection

Or you could set up genres called Random Easy Listening, say, and use it for random, er, easy listening. Using multiple genre tags is the way forward, I reckon. Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium

[slim] Squeezebox plays back too fast

I'm having a problem with my squeezebox which seems to play back some MP3 files too fast. When playing, it skips through the file slightly too fast. Its not much faster than you would expect, but still makes the track uncomfortable to listen to. It seems to apply to about 5% of the tracks I have,

Re: [slim] Announce: Official SlimServer v6.5.1 Release

Although the latest version seems to have cleared up the performance issues with Random Mix it seems to have introduced a bug. I asked SS to prepare a Random Song mix looking 200 ahead and 5 behind and this is what I get: A-Ha - I've Been Losing You from The Singles: 1984-2004 A-Ha - Velvet

Re: [slim] How to handle a large music collection

adamslim;177126 Wrote: Or you could set up genres called Random Easy Listening, say, and use it for random, er, easy listening. Using multiple genre tags is the way forward, I reckon.In my opinion it's not a good idea to incorporate random as a genre. The risk is that if you like to change

Re: [slim] Announce: Official SlimServer v6.5.1 Release

That's very interesting. I've only used random mix a couple of times since updating, but I do recall noticing a few artists featuring twice in a row, now that you mention it. -- Fifer Fifer's Profile:

Re: [slim] Announce: Official SlimServer v6.5.1 Release

And this is what the list looks like when I reverted to the version of 6.5.1 released by Infrant on 13 December as part of their v3.01c1-p6 [1.00a034] firmware upgrade. The bug seems to have crept in between then and the 6.5.1 final. Paul Lamb The King Snakes - Good Rockin' Tonight from Paul

Re: [slim] Announce: Official SlimServer v6.5.1 Release

I had this problem somehow... I used the debugging thing and it mentioned a mysql problem. I thought i would reinstall mysql using adept with 6.10 kubuntu and did so to move up to 5.0. I then purged slimserver reinstalled and the web access returned. whether doing this helped I don't know, but

Re: [slim] FLAC to MP3 player on the fly -- no sound

I reverted to 6.5.0 (completely removed 6.5.1 first) and had to leave the computer running all night to scan my library. Finally I reinstalled LAME (from a different D/L location) in the /server/bin directory. Unfortunately I still get nothing out of my remote MP3 player -- it connects but

Re: [slim] Batteries and Beer Hang my SqueezeBox

Could others who use Live365 please test this? I just did on my SB2 and SB3. No surprise, same behavior on both systems. Steps: - On the player, Internet Radio - Live365 - Search - by Station - search for BEER - try to play the station When I do that, I see the usual Checking stream Connecting

Re: [slim] Batteries and Beer Hang my SqueezeBox

Here's a link to the bug I just opened on this: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4727 -Peter -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread:

Re: [slim] PC + SB3 + Wireless Speakers - possible?

juniper wrote: Thanks Aubuti. Sadly extra SBs are out of the current budget. What I would really like to understand is how I could technically achieve this with wireless speakers. I have read that the Saitek A-250 is a reasonable wireless stereo speaker - possibly not at a quality that would

[slim] web skin: per-browser settings?

I would like the ability to have Slimserver use different web skins for different browsers. For instance always use the Handheld skin when I'm using my PDA, but otherwise use a more normal skin. Is this possible now (6.5.1)? It seems like it'd be an easy code change with one more checkbox on the

Re: [slim] web skin: per-browser settings?

I would like the ability to have Slimserver use different web skins for different browsers. Bookmark http://yourserver:9000/Handheld/ or http://yourserver:9000/EN/ or whatever skin you want. -- Michael -

Re: [slim] web skin: per-browser settings?

I assume you know you can append the skin to the URL: http://localhost:9000/fishbone , and bookmark that page in the browser/desktop. I've always thought a browser sniffing feature would be nice. -- Skunk Skunk's

Re: [slim] web skin: per-browser settings?

peterw;177193 Wrote: I would like the ability to have Slimserver use different web skins for different browsers. For instance always use the Handheld skin when I'm using my PDA, but otherwise use a more normal skin. Is this possible now (6.5.1)? It seems like it'd be an easy code change

Re: [slim] web skin: per-browser settings?

I'm embarrassed to admit I didn't know you could append skin names to the URL. That'll do just fine for me. Thanks! -- peterw peterw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2107 View this thread:

[slim] V3 now dead

Does anyone have an address of a repair shop - preferrably in Europe for the V3? It gave up the ghost - I suspect in protest to my choice of music. -- dewi dewi's Profile:

Re: [slim] V3 now dead

Does anyone have an address of a repair shop - preferrably in Europe for the V3? It gave up the ghost - I suspect in protest to my choice of music. How dead is it? What's the issue you see? Bad smell? :-) -- Michael -

Re: [slim] V3 now dead

Nothing burning, no nasty smells of frying plastic, just refuses to power up. The power pack is OK. Cheers -- dewi dewi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10045 View this thread:

[slim] If you like the knob...

I thought this link might interest you: http://www.immersion.com/industrial/touchscreen/ Now that would indeed be the ultimate remote. -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685 View

Re: [slim] V3 now dead

Nothing burning, no nasty smells of frying plastic, just refuses to power up. The power pack is OK. Whatever it is, I'd first contact support at slimdevices dot com. They will also be able to give you the best procedure for a repair or exchange. -- Michael

[slim] Is the delay between songs configurable?

I notice a brief - 1 to 2 second - delay between songs with my Squeezebox v3. Is there any way to configure this to have no delay? Thanks! -chasfs -- chasfs chasfs's Profile:

Re: [slim] V3 now dead

Cheers, thanks for the help. Dewi -- dewi dewi's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10045 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32404

Re: [slim] Is the delay between songs configurable?

I notice a brief - 1 to 2 second - delay between songs with my Squeezebox v3. Is there any way to configure this to have no delay? It seems this depends on your file format and even the program you used to encode them. My songs are almost gapless - I can't hear anything between two tracks

Re: [slim] Squeezebox plays back too fast

Can you post some technical info about the tracks in question? Like bitrate, frequency, encoder version, etc? Does that differ from tracks that sound OK? Steve. -- SteveEast SteveEast's Profile:

Re: [slim] Squeezebox plays back too fast

This probably means there are errors (invalid mp3 data) in the file which is causing our mp3 decoder to skip through them. Do you know what software was used to encode the files in question? -- seanadams seanadams's

Re: [slim] Control SlimServer _from_ iTunes

Hi all, Almost since I got my Squeezebox back in September 2006, I've been looking for a way to control it directly from iTunes. I found these old instructions in how to control a SlimServer from iTunes on a Mac (finally). And after fiddling a bit around with Anton's version, it seems that it

Re: [slim] SlimServer and VISTA

Alright, got it to work! However, only on 6.3.1. Worked immediatly! I only told Windows Vista Firewall to allow Slim.exe. It appears to be an issue on 6.5.1 and also the nightly builds 6.5.2 -- fingers fingers's

Re: [slim] Slimserver and Mediacenter

you could just use the media centre music interface? (I do realise that it sucks) I too would appreciate a SlimServer/Squeezebox plugin for media centre -- monkie monkie's Profile:

Re: [slim] V3 now dead

Have you tried pressing AND HOLDING the Power button? Most likely it is a problem with the SB, but I've noticed a change since going to 6.5.1. Sometimes after my computer is asleep, the SB remains when the computer wakes up. Before 6.5.1 pressing the Power button gave a waking SlimServer,

Re: [slim] Poll: What is your library size and hardware

5664 albums with 82933 songs by 5522 artists. 6.5.1 on a multipurpose windows (XP Pro) server machine: - Athlon XP @2Ghz - 1GB RAM - 400GB 2x250GB 160GB HD Only SoftSqueeze right now, but SB3 in the future :D -- Raptus

Re: [slim] Poll: What is your library size and hardware

Raptus;177262 Wrote: 5664 albums with 82933 songs by 5522 artists. Crikey. Are they all tagged correctly? :-) MC -- ModelCitizen Now what? Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. http://modelcitizen.mine.nu/music.txt http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen

Re: [slim] Poll: What is your library size and hardware

ModelCitizen;177268 Wrote: Crikey. Are they all tagged correctly? :-) You've hit the soft spot, actually it's a mess, but I'm slowly working through the files... -- Raptus Raptus's Profile:

Re: [slim] V3 now dead

it gave up the ghost LOL... Is that really a proper english term or just a translation of es gab den Geist auf? Dont think that does work if transaltet one to one. I guess you are on the wood way. -- Soulman Soulman's

Re: [slim] Upgraded to 6.5.1 and NO SOUND

Btw, MPC files also weren't playing until I updated to this new socketwrapper. -- Raptus Raptus's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1852 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Poll: What is your library size and hardware

Die Musikbibliothek enthält 11371 Alben mit 113705 Titel von 5166 Interpreten. (You get the numbers I guess...) Should be some 800 artists more, but I rencently lost a drives and its not back from repair so far. Running OS X Tiger on a 1 ghz G4 Cube... slow machine, rescan the DB takes up to 4

[slim] Where did Browse Music Folder go?

I'm an long time user with an new (to me) problem. I no longer see Music Folder as an option on Browse. Was it eliminated along the way or is something else wrong? My music is on a USB drive attached to my music server. I have a very large database.(150K songs. I'm running 6.5.1. I use browse

Re: [slim] Where did Browse Music Folder go?

I'm an long time user with an new (to me) problem. I no longer see Music Folder as an option on Browse. You'll have to set up a music folder even if you're using MusicIP or iTunes as the main source for SlimServer. Please check that path setting (Web interface - Server Settings) --

Re: [slim] PC + SB3 + Wireless Speakers - possible?

These two questions are probably so basic that I apologise. but if you dont ask you will never know My 1 x SB3 is currently connected to my old stereo amplifier which feeds the speakers. Posters here have talked about having multiple SB3s (lucky them) - does this mean multiple amplifiers? Q1.

Re: [slim] Windows Media Encoder talking to SB3

Has an answer for this ever been discovered? I would like to use WME to re-stream a stupid online Flash stream to my Squeezebox, but it of course doesn't work. I've looked at the Icecast junk but it's a pain in the rear to setup and make work it seems and the documentation is terrible. If

Re: [slim] V3 now dead

gave up the ghost is a proper english expression. But thanks. I didn't know the expression existed in German too. -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=428 View this

Re: [slim] Looking for the truth

I only started using XP recently. On a very small number of computers. That really needed it (laptops). So I think I'll be ready for Vista around 2009 :-) -- Michaelwagner Michaelwagner's Profile:

Re: [slim] Windows Media Encoder talking to SB3

I got WME to work with SB with no problems. Once installed it played everything (Pandora, CDs, DVDs) through Sb but with about a 8 sec delay. 1. Download Install windows media encoder 2. Choose the Broadcast a Live Event wizard (whatever is playing on your computer) 3. Hit Ok. 4. Hit

Re: [slim] I want a Squeezebox boombox

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[slim] SB 3 stops playing

I've had the SB for about two months now. Every once in while it stops playing. It sometimes stops for a while then starts again, then sometimes stops for a second then starts again. Any suggestions? I don't know what to do. -- jtwrace

Re: [slim] I want a Squeezebox boombox

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Re: [slim] PC + SB3 + Wireless Speakers - possible?

Yes, you need an amplifier to drive your speakers. The SB does not have an amplifier in it. -- jeffmeh jeffmeh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3986 View this thread:

Re: [slim] PC + SB3 + Wireless Speakers - possible?

The SB3 has no amplifier (beyond the headphones amp). However, some wireless speakers take the headphone jack and use that. So it may be no amplifier is necessary. I echo the sentiments about wireless speakers. They're low-fi. If that's all you want, great. We run them in one installation. But

Re: [slim] Where did Browse Music Folder go?

(I dont use MusicIp or iTunes)I had a folder named in settings a day or so ago. Then I had a crash which made my favorites disappear and apparantly blanked out the folder name as well. Thanks very much - also explains the current instance of can't find playlist -- wdwyer

Re: [slim] PC + SB3 + Wireless Speakers - possible?

An SB needs to be connected to at least one of (a) an amplifier, (b) amplified speakers (aka powered or active speakers), or (c) headphones. Think of the SB like a CD player or tape deck in your stereo setup -- the output needs to be amplified to drive speakers. So for Q1, the SB can be

[slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server

I was not sure where to put this so I decided to try here. I just finished a program which provides a Windows Graphical interface to control players connected to Slim Server. The program communicates only with Slim Server and does not communicate with any player. It is reasonably fast with

Re: [slim] I want a Squeezebox boombox

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Re: [slim] SB 3 stops playing

Try http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?DiagnosingPerformanceIssues and post the log output from the second part here. -- Mark Lanctot It's like, you know, a New Age religion, but with better treble response. - Jon Heal

Re: [slim] Looking for the truth

ModelCitizen;177353 Wrote: It should be ready for you by then I'd have thought. MC Good point, ModelCitizen. That should give Micro$oft enough time to blunt the worst of the bleeding edge of it. -- Michaelwagner

Re: [slim] Looking for the truth

Truth be told, if I had $3,500, I'd just go out and buy a Mac. While Microsoft spent the last 6 years and 6 billion dollars on Vista, Mac has released about 5 major updates to their OS. Now, for reality. Vista was worth the $125 price of admission for the 32 bit home premium edition (OEM copy

[slim] Getting better performance out of MySQL

Hello there, as in the default configuration the DB wasn't handling my 80K+ songs well and noticing much disk activity during queries I looked into how to increase buffering. The settings below (to be found in my.cnf) really made SlimServer fly. Changed variables: key_buffer_size = 32M

Re: [slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server

Barry: I'm very pleased to see you went ahead with this! I can't wait to try it out. For those that didn't see this, Barry released a very interesting testing application here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31858 It seemed to be very fast and felt like the native Windows app

Re: [slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server

Good. I'll try it. Love the name, BTW. Fat Gooey :) -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32414

Re: [slim] SlimServer and VISTA

Have now managed to get it working on System Bootup with firewall and UAC enabled by setting the SlimServer Startup Type under Services to 'Automatic (Delayed Start)'. Using 6.5.1. -- mertles mertles's Profile:

Re: [slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server

Hi Barry. Using Win2k with zone alarm firewall, I'm not able to get past Initialization due to: 2/3 19:26:15 TCP Socket Error Fired * Connection is forcefully rejected; SocketState=9 (Error) Same result with Zone alarm off. Sorry if it's covered elswhere or a basic networking ?. Thanks,

Re: [slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server

Quoting Skunk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): Hi Barry. Using Win2k with zone alarm firewall, I'm not able to get past Initialization due to: 2/3 19:26:15 TCP Socket Error Fired * Connection is forcefully rejected; SocketState=9 (Error) Exact same error here, no firewalls involved.

Re: [slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server

Skunk;177376 Wrote: Hi Barry. Using Win2k with zone alarm firewall, I'm not able to get past Initialization due to: 2/3 19:26:15 TCP Socket Error Fired * Connection is forcefully rejected; SocketState=9 (Error) Same result with Zone alarm off. Sorry if it's covered elswhere or

Re: [slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server

To the fellows having problems: Did you download the installation package or just the files. I just took a look and the installation package includes a couple of programs for Windows that I thought were on every system but perhaps not. In particular: mswinsck.ocx SocketX.OCX which have to do

Re: [slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server

barrygordon;177381 Wrote: The CLI port is 9090 your host of SLIM Server must have that port available to be connected to. Sorry about that, I forgot I disabled the plugin for CLI. It is opening now. After initializing, the player shows the correct song info but fails to update new songs.

Re: [slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server

Quoting barrygordon ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): To the fellows having problems: Did you download the installation package or just the files. I just took a look and the installation package includes a couple of programs for Windows that I thought were on every system but perhaps not. In

Re: [slim] low volume

yes... im telling ya, it's playing about 3db to 5db lower than anything I got going on. something is not right!! -- jlrood jlrood's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9156 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server

I'm going to attach my screenshot, because not updating song info may have something to do with the fact that my control buttons aren't loading. ps again- Another reason for posting it is the fact that I wasn't able to see the screenshots in your documentation, because I don't have MS Word

Re: [slim] SB 3 stops playing

This is what Network performance I get when I go to plug ins. Is that what you were asking me to do? 128-100% 320-100% 1000-100% 1500-100% -- jtwrace jtwrace's Profile:

[slim] Problem: Server Disconnected

Just got a Transporter on Friday (yesterday). I set it up in less than 10 minutes and all was working perfectly (hurray!). For some unknown reason, it stop working properly. The first symptom was that the songs would show as play on the web interface and then stop on their own. If I hit play

Re: [slim] SB 3 stops playing

The Sqeezebox depends on a regular supply of bits from the computer where you store your music. There is a fair chance that the interruptions are on your PC's side of things. Is your PC a general use box that gets used for other things? There are not only programs that you are actively running

Re: [slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server

To all my beta helpers. I really appreciate the help. As you can imagine It works fine for me, I lost my arrogance many years ago. Writing code for others to use can be so humbling. F Brooks (a major player in the software world at one time), said that the difference in cost between a program,

Re: [slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server

Thanks for the effort. I used the installation package, and starting Fat Gooey (from a Win2K laptop) crashes slimserver (running on a debian-based LinkStation) every time. I haven't enabled Fat Gooey logging, but the slimserver log shows: *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid next size (fast):

Re: [slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server

Skunk, I updated the web site (Files download only not the installation package) with a new version. It should fix your problem (so far). What kind of system are you running the slim server on? Windows or other? If other what kind? It seems Fat Gooey crashes slim server for those not running

Re: [slim] Getting better performance out of MySQL

I made some of the mods you did, albeit not as extreme, but I did add innodb_buffer_pool_size=64M. My collection is about half the size of yours (properly tagged though :P) and I've never had performance issues under Linux, but Windows is an altogether different story. The tweaks definitely sped

Re: [slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server

Skunk, Also I see the text is not fitting well. Do you have the Arial Narrow fonts installed? I guess they are not as common as I thought they were. I need to look at the sizing of text and the fonts I select. -- barrygordon

Re: [slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server

barrygordon;177394 Wrote: Skunk: Please send me your ini file, I want to check some things. I assume you have just one player, but the player is not selected in the players list which is wrong. Everything works for me if I remove the comment notation from the start player command. I did

Re: [slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server

barrygordon;177396 Wrote: Skunk, I updated the web site (Files download only not the installation package) with a new version. It should fix your problem (so far). What kind of system are you running the slim server on? Windows or other? If other what kind? It seems Fat Gooey crashes

Re: [slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server

yes I had a badly formatted piece of code. The version on the web site (files) fixes it. I will also reWork all of the text to use Arial as opposed to Arial Narrow. I like Arial Narrow as long text then shows up, but no big deal. probably post it tomorrow. I am going to take a break and catch

Re: [slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server

Had a quick look. A couple of minor comments: the display can't seem to handled (utf8) accented characters. Also, it would be nice to be able to resize the window (on my notebook, the whole thing doesn't fit on screen unless I auto-hide the windows task bar). -- smc2911

Re: [slim] low volume

On 2/3/07, jlrood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yes... im telling ya, it's playing about 3db to 5db lower than anything I got going on. something is not right! Maybe all your other hardware is just too loud? Ben ___ discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] low volume

jlrood;177385 Wrote: yes... im telling ya, it's playing about 3db to 5db lower than anything I got going on. something is not right!! It's worth noting that only a turntable can be plugged into the 'phono' input of a preamp. Like Steve said, switch the cd player and Sb3 connection on the

Re: [slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server

barrygordon;177403 Wrote: yes I had a badly formatted piece of code. The version on the web site (files) fixes it. I will also reWork all of the text to use Arial as opposed to Arial Narrow. I like Arial Narrow as long text then shows up, but no big deal. probably post it tomorrow. I am

Re: [slim] SlimServer and VISTA

mertles;177370 Wrote: Have now managed to get it working on System Bootup with firewall and UAC enabled by setting the SlimServer Startup Type under Services to 'Automatic (Delayed Start)'. Using 6.5.1. Those are the only settings you've applied? I have mine set to automatic start, but not

Re: [slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server

Skunk, I will add a revisions log to my web site as I make changes. I will look at the exit issue, did not notice that on my system, but then again I never looked(:-) I am changing the font from arial narrow to arial and resizing the text and label windows. I assume you have Arial as that is

Re: [slim] PC + SB3 + Wireless Speakers - possible?

juniper wrote: These two questions are probably so basic that I apologise. but if you dont ask you will never know My 1 x SB3 is currently connected to my old stereo amplifier which feeds the speakers. Posters here have talked about having multiple SB3s (lucky them) - does this mean

[slim] starting and stopping services using SB ?

All, I use my server PC for running slimserver and GBPVR. The latter is a little flakey at times, and I sometimes have to stop and start the gbpvr recording service on the host pc. Doing this means VNCing into the server from another PC. Is it possible (ie easy for a complete beginner!) to add a

Re: [slim] SlimServer and VISTA

t2t;177411 Wrote: Those are the only settings you've applied? I have mine set to automatic start, but not delayed start. I'll have to look at that option. Yes, everything else is back to how it was originally. -- mertles