Re: [slim] faq.slimdevices.com - Logitech

TorbenGB;178756 Wrote: And how long will there be a SlimDevices forum? The forum is absolutely NOT going away, although in time the branding will change along with everything else. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile:

Re: [slim] Warranty replacement of defective SB3 ??

It must be the SB3 being defective, and I've submitted a support ticket to SlimDevices (actually to the Logitech support system...) and to the vendor (in Germany, Europe). Can you tell me what I can expect from now on? You've opened a (two?) ticket(s). They will contact you. -- Michael

Re: [slim] Is It Possible To Get AOL-XM Radio Stations?

Use the XM Radio plugin, available here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29867 This gives you access to all the XM Radio Online stations, including AOL Radio, via SlimServer and Squeezebox. -- Ron Olsen

Re: [slim] Is there a way to configure the buffer on the Transporter ?

I'm fairly sure there's no wy of changing the buffering behaviour, but you should not be hearing glitches between tracks. First check that crossfade is turned off. Also confirm that you are not synchronising players. If neither of these is the case, then there is some sort of problem. It

Re: [slim] Is there a way to configure the buffer on the Transporter ?

It may not be a buffering problem. What do the glitches sound like? What is their duration? Do they sound exactly the same every time for a given pair of tracks? -- seanadams seanadams's Profile:

Re: [slim] Microwave oven causes dropouts

randybrand;178636 Wrote: Does anyone know whether channel changes might help this, or should I move the router closer to the SB3? There is a very good chance that changing channel would work. Why don't you just try it? Ceejay -- ceejay

[slim] SlimServer doesn't connect Artists right

When I search my music by Artists then SlimServer won't show me all albums the artist is present on, mostly it lets out some - but not all - samplers. This is strange, as all my files are converted to FLAC and are ripped and tagged in the same way. Any idea? I wanted to completely erase the

Re: [slim] How can i tune in 'The Jazz'

If I use http://mediaweb.musicradio.com/V1/playlist.asx?streamid=91 on IE I get the station playing through Windows media player. IF I place this in SS playlist I do not get anything. Any suggestion? Ben -- bmccall

Re: [slim] SlimServer doesn't connect Artists right

You'll need to give a few more details like what OS you're using ? If Windows - just stop Slimserver, delete the Slimserver/Server/Cache folder entirely and then start Slimserver back up. It sounds to me from the little information you've given like you might have the setting Group Compilation

Re: [slim] Fixing playlists

I spoke to the author of m3uconv recently - he's taken the program down for a reason, but is very happy for someone else to make it available (i.e. me !). Give me a day or so and I'll have a page for it. Pascal, if you drop me a PM with an email address, I can send it straight to you. --

Re: [slim] SlimServer doesn't connect Artists right

Sorry for offering too few information, here it comes: OS: WinXP - SlimServer-Ver.: 6.5.1 I uninstalled SlimServer and erased all of its data. Still the same result. The behaviour is set to Group by individual artist. As I mentioned: Some samplers are connected to the artists, some are not -

Re: [slim] SlimServer doesn't connect Artists right

Can you describe a little more what you mean by samplers not connected to the artists ? Are you saying that when you browse to a particular artist and go right / click to list all albums by that artist - the samplers don't appear as an album by that artist or are you trying to list all songs by

Re: [slim] SlimServer doesn't connect Artists right

LOL, I am from Germany so my English might be unprecise. Sorry for that. I do the following: I click on Browse by Artist I click on the artist's name ...and as far as I do understand it now there should be shown all albums where the artist appears on, right? But I do not get shown all of the

Re: [slim] Getting better performance out of MySQL

I am not able to add innodb_buffer_pool_size=64M to my.tt. After restarting all, I see a wrong value if I use the admin-tool. Does anybody can send me the my.tt file with innodb_buffer_pool_size=64M? Thanks Christian -- Schindler

Re: [slim] Warranty replacement of defective SB3 ??

Got an agreement with the vendor - that was a lot quicker than expected :) -- TorbenGB TorbenGB's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4443 View this thread:

Re: [slim] SlimServer doesn't connect Artists right

Not at all. Dein Englisch ist besser als mein Deutscher ! It still sounds to me like a possible problem with various artist logic, assuming that these samplers have tracks with more than one artist on. The easiest way to resolve this is likely to be to open up two files (one which works and

Re: [slim] In the news today

Slim Devices' latest Squeezebox is extremely attractive, super-customizable, and packed with features for streaming MP3s and Internet radio to your stereo. Just don't expect easy-as-pie track navigation. http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,2090929,00.asp Spec Data ... Supports MP3: false !

Re: [slim] SlimServer doesn't connect Artists right

Have a look at this post - it sounds like the same problem as you are having (although you haven't mentioned playlists) http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32513 Roy -- Roy Roy's Profile:

Re: [slim] Gapless playback not working?

I've been looking at but 4750 (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4750) today to see why the files split by pcutmp3 don't work. dekaliber;174643 Wrote: Asking around on the pcutmp3 tool (the app I used to cut the MP3s) topic on Hydrogenaudio, it seems like the app creates abnormally

Re: [slim] Gapless playback not working?

I have noticed that [Bug 1026] Implement gapless playback for MP3 is been resolved. I am using the debian repository (deb http://debian.slimdevices.com testing main) from slimdevices for installing and using slimserver. When will I be able to test the solution? -- quick_snack

Re: [slim] Gapless playback not working?

quick_snack;178826 Wrote: I have noticed that [Bug 1026] Implement gapless playback for MP3 is been resolved. Gapless playback for MP3 has been working since the release of 6.5.1. A -few- tracks were not played back correctly, examples were posted by dekaliber earlier in this thread. These

Re: [slim] Ideal remote to browse slimserver? (not nokia 770 though)

tommypeters;178679 Wrote: We don't mention Harmony because it's not usable for what we want. You can't browse album art on it, or ues the screen for any other presentation of SlimServer info, since it has no wi-fi capability. Interesting, quite a few people here mentioned that most of the

Re: [slim] Ideal remote to browse slimserver? (not nokia 770 though)

325xi;178842 Wrote: I can imagine what could be said about constantly glowing 10 screen... The screen is off except when I am selecting music or reading a book on it. The unit is battery powered so it is impractical to leave the screen on constantly unless you want to be dragging the charger

[slim] Can't Connect To Slim Server via Web Interface

have tried techinques described in users manual: no success -- buckleup buckleup's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10142 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32566

Re: [slim] Can't Connect To Slim Server via Web Interface

Operating System? Browser? Slimserver version? Can you see Slimserver in your running process list? ... would do for a start... Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148

Re: [slim] Constant drop-outs after changing ISPs

u don't need an ISP to play local music. Yes, I know. I mentioned the ISP because that's when it started and I thought it might have something to do with changing my IP from static to dynamic. OS is Windows XP Pro. Belkin Router F5D7230-4 Wireless signal strength 85 Playing MP3 files...

Re: [slim] slimserver driving me nuts

exactly, danco's got it right. sometimes it does it w/o any provocation from me, ie the player screen goes blank and i run upstairs to see that slimserver has stopped, other times it seems to have been perhaps linked to actions via the remote. i did upgrade to 6.5.0 but had very weird tagging

Re: [slim] In the news today

Great review (NOT!) Spec page says it does not support MP3 (NOT TRUE), yet the review says it is MP3 compatible (TRUE.) The spec page and the first page of the review says you can stream Internet radio with your PC off (TRUE.) At the end of the review he says the Squeezebox already comes

Re: [slim] Can't Connect To Slim Server via Web Interface

Hi Ceejay, Thanks for your response. slim server 6.5.1 (SS) is installed on Windows XP on the computer that contains my music library. squueezebox 3 (SB3) is configured and able to communicate with SS via wireless network and I am able to stream music to my stereo. I can control SB3 via SS

Re: [slim] Can't Connect To Slim Server via Web Interface

Perhaps it's just a typo, but just to make sure. buckleup;178871 Wrote: type 'http://192.168.0.105/9000/' or 'http://127.0.0.0:9000' Should be: http://192.168.1.105:9000 or http://127.0.0.1:9000. You could also try http://localhost:9000 Bjorn -- bhaagensen

Re: [slim] slimserver driving me nuts

i would suggest using the newest nightly, it works pretty well for me, and fixes a lot of my issues. also, SS does not handle tags well imo, but apparently you can use mp3tag or similar programs, and if you clean up your own tags (to play by SS's arbitrary rules) it will work out correctly. --

Re: [slim] Digitize FM radio and stream to SlimServer

awesome post. first, do you mean digital FM or regular analog FM? i have seen receivers with FM abilities (obviously) and digital outs that one would presume output the FM digitally. however, while nice, FM is still FM... sure, it can sound good, but its not a CD. and if you guys knew how

Re: [slim] Digitize FM radio and stream to SlimServer

So you have an existing non-computer-based-tuner, and want to stream from it? Plug it into the sound card on your PC, and use Shoutcast. Create a playlist that tunes in that station so you can attach a pretty name to it. Situation solved excepting you can't change stations, but, then you said

Re: [slim] slimserver driving me nuts

Except for my Jeff Buckley Files. I have about 8000 tracks which appear correctly, but these two CDs don't show up under J for Jeff, they show up under B. Why? I don't know. -- topa topa's Profile:

Re: [slim] slimserver driving me nuts

i'll bet somewhere in your tags, some one of the tags is: Buckley, Jeff and for whatever reason SS gives that tag precedence. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram

Re: [slim] slimserver driving me nuts

topa;178887 Wrote: Except for my Jeff Buckley Files. I have about 8000 tracks which appear correctly, but these two CDs don't show up under J for Jeff, they show up under B. Why? I don't know. Because they have an ARTISTSORT tag defined. -- snarlydwarf

Re: [slim] In the news today

audio53 wrote: And yes the whole video thing. What don't people understand about that this is an AUDIO streaming device. Why would he even say it stands to face stiff competition from new challengers such as Apple TV. An apples and oranges comparison, mister (pun intended.) The Apple TV

Re: [slim] slimserver driving me nuts

On 2/8/07, snarlydwarf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: topa;178887 Wrote: Except for my Jeff Buckley Files. I have about 8000 tracks which appear correctly, but these two CDs don't show up under J for Jeff, they show up under B. Why? I don't know. Because they have an ARTISTSORT tag defined.

[slim] Streaming stops after 30 seconds

Since SoftSqueeze doesn't really work for me on Linux as I posted in the forum these days, I have to resort to some other way to connect to my slimserver while at work. I figured that streaming to mplayer or xmms should do the job. The streaming (http://slimserver.at.home/stream.mp3) initially

Re: [slim] Can't Connect To Slim Server via Web Interface

Bjorn's point was that the url should have ended :9000 not /9000 And 127.0.0.1:9000 is equivalent to localhost:9000 and won't work in your case, those are special addresses meaning this computer. so you need http://192.168.0.105:9000 to access it from another computer. If that doesn't work,

Re: [slim] Can't Connect To Slim Server via Web Interface

ceejay;178900 Wrote: you may have IP address blocking turned on in Server settings/security. Or you have a firewall problem on either or both computers. Ceejay, do server settings/security refer to Slim Server settings, Windows settings, or other? -- buckleup

Re: [slim] Microwave oven causes dropouts

So far I have tried a couple of channel change configurations, but no change. Microwave still kills connectivity. Also concerned about gonads. Looking for a device to measure leakage from the microwave. I am not expecting that to be a problem as it is only 1 year old, but ya never know! Last

Re: [slim] Ideal remote to browse slimserver? (not nokia 770 though)

325xi;178842 Wrote: Interesting, quite a few people here mentioned that most of the time they're satisfied with the remote coming with SB... Yes, when you know what to look for the original remote is good (for anything but mindless browsing). For anything to be significantly better you need it

Re: [slim] Microwave oven causes dropouts

randybrand;178906 Wrote: Looking for a device to measure leakage from the microwave. There are expensive testers, but I have heard a fluorescent bulb works well. But at this point it'd be safe to say you have leakage. No fear regarding various, umm, body parts. Microwaves are non-ionizing

Re: [slim] Streaming stops after 30 seconds

Kind of false alarm. Though I didn't think this would be related, downgrading to 6.5.1 helped. Sorry for bothering you. -- guardian_de guardian_de's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6882 View this

[slim] Alienbbc stops after about 6 minutes

With a message stopped on the display. SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - Windows XP - EN - cp1251 Any ideas about how I should go about debugging/fixing this? -- mini-itx mini-itx's Profile:

[slim] Cyrillic track names, display on screen but dont play

Any ideas about how I get these to work? I can search for them, via music folder, but they just dont play. The player displays the track length, but nothing happens. Ideas? -- mini-itx mini-itx's Profile:

Re: [slim] SlimServer doesn't connect Artists right

Thank you. That's it, absolutely. As soon as I removed my playlists and did a clean rescan all albums of the artists reappeared in SlimServer. So it simply is a bug, where playlists crash the search results - whatever reason that has. Thanks to everybody who tried to help! -- 8 Ball Deluxe

[slim] Random Mix enhancements in 6.5.1

I'm very pleased with the improved performance of Random Mix on 6.5.1--my display doesn't hang much at all between tracks where it used to hang for 5-10 seconds. It's considerably more usable. I also think it's more random. I hate saying things like that, but I'm hearing songs and stuff that I

Re: [slim] In the news today

Peter;178897 Wrote: audio53 wrote:[color=blue] The Apple TV device doesn't play music? If it does, it's competition. Regards, Peter I think it's a fine line, Peter. The review was for an audio only device. I don't think there is any validity or reasoning to compare it to a do it all

Re: [slim] Alienbbc stops after about 6 minutes

Does it happen with live streams or Listen Again streams or both ? -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32572

Re: [slim] Alienbbc stops after about 6 minutes

Live streams only. -- mini-itx mini-itx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6237 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32572

Re: [slim] In the news today

On Thu, 8 Feb 2007 12:34:38 -0800, audio53 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Peter;178897 Wrote: audio53 wrote:[color=blue] The Apple TV device doesn't play music? If it does, it's competition. Regards, Peter I think it's a fine line, Peter. The review was for an audio only

Re: [slim] slimserver driving me nuts

Ben Sandee wrote: On 2/8/07, *snarlydwarf* [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: topa;178887 Wrote: Except for my Jeff Buckley Files. I have about 8000 tracks which appear correctly, but these two CDs don't show up under J for Jeff, they show up

Re: [slim] Alienbbc stops after about 6 minutes

This problem has happened before with mplayer 1.0pre7 and is usually fixed byusing 1.0pre8 or later. However mplayer 1.0pre8 is the one bundled with AlienBBC 1.06 exe. Did you install AlienBBC from the zip or exe ? What version of mplayer have you got ? run it from a command line and look at

Re: [slim] What is the ideal way to store and serve your music?

short_y wrote: Peter;178172 Wrote: My colo costs me ~$16/mo Peter, please PM me. I'm interested where you're colocated cause I've been thinking of doing the same thing. I'm here: http://tinyurl.com/2fcoc7* ;) * It's really close to my house, but most likely pretty far from

Re: [slim] Alienbbc stops after about 6 minutes

The mplayer that I have been usign for a year or so gives this as output: MPlayer dev-CVS-060124-07:11-3.4.2 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team CPU: IDT/Centaur/VIA C3 Samuel 2 (WinChip C5B core)/C3 Ezra (Family: 6, Stepping: 3) CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 0 SSE: 0 SSE2: 0 Compiled with

[slim] Noise/Radio Interference in Headphone Output?

Hi, I have a brand new Squeezebox and I'm getting some low level but annoying local radio station interference in my brand new squeezebox. It's on the headphones output only, and only on the right channel. I'm using a set of Ultimate Ears Super.Fi 5Pro headphones. The radio station interference

Re: [slim] Alienbbc stops after about 6 minutes

mini-itx;178938 Wrote: The mplayer that I have been usign for a year or so gives this as output: MPlayer dev-CVS-060124-07:11-3.4.2 (C) 2000-2006 MPlayer Team CPU: IDT/Centaur/VIA C3 Samuel 2 (WinChip C5B core)/C3 Ezra (Family: 6, Stepping: 3) CPUflags: MMX: 1 MMX2: 0 3DNow: 1 3DNow2: 0

Re: [slim] Alienbbc stops after about 6 minutes

There are a number of processors which seem to confound the mplayer auto processor detect. One of the many things on my todo list - is to build a version of mplayer which uses no special instructions (SSE etc.) and a 386 instruction set. If Gerph has built a suitable mplayer for Windows, then

[slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

Some users are reporting problems getting Slimserver to run properly (or at all) under the recent Windows Vista commercial releases. Our preliminary tests on the Vista Beta revealed only minor problems with the installer interacting with Vista's firewall. (namely, it no longer opens the ports we

Re: [slim] SlimServer and VISTA

I have just installed a new computer which has Windows Vista Ultimate 32 bit. I have installed SlimServer Version: 6.5.2 - 11363. The SlimServer web interface is running ok, but my SqueezeBox 1 is not connecting. Windows Firewall is currently turned off. I am running McAfee Security Center.

[slim] Forums and RSS

I couldn't find any Site Feedback forum so apologies if this is the wrong place to post... I'm trying to follow threads on these forums via the RSS feeds - however they always seem to pitch me mid-way through a thread and never at the start. I'm using Sharpreader and all other sites' RSS feeds

Re: [slim] Can't Connect To Slim Server via Web Interface

I meant Slim Server. In the SS web interface, go to Server Settings-Security and look for Block Incoming Connections If this is set to Do not block then something else must be obstructing your laptap, almost certainly a firewall. Can you ping your slimserver computer from the laptop? (from a

Re: [slim] Alarm Plugin no longer working

My alarms are set correctly, but the Use Current Playlist option causes the playlist to load an empty playlist. This was working fine until I installed the latest 3.5.1 version. (6.5.1 - 11206 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252) Any ideas what I can try. Thanks. -- argofanatic

[slim] nokia 770 for sale

last go at this before it goes on ebay. Im selling my nokia 770 with a 1 gig card - as you may have read it makes an excellent slim wifi remote with the nokia 770 skin. Dunno what to expect from ebay but Id like a slim fan to have it. So for a couple of days (until this thread drops off

Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

Devans;178958 Wrote: * What version of Vista are you running? (Home Premium, Ultimate, etc.) Also specify if it's 32-bit or 64-bit. * What version of Slimserver have you installed? * What error messages are you getting? (if any) * What additional Security software are you using?

Re: [slim] Reset the auto-refresh interval for slimserver?

Michael Herger;178309 Wrote: You can set the refresh rate to some huge amount (10 minutes should be fine). It will then only update every song once or twice. This doesn't seem to work for me - I still get lots of refreshes happening repeatedly. Any other ideas? M -- maxst

Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

I am unable to get SlimServer to connect to my SqueezeBox 1 1. Vista Ultimate 32-bit. PC is Dell Dimension DXP061 Intel Core 2 CPU 6700 @ 2.66GHz 3070Mb RAM 2. SlimServer Version: 6.5.2 - 11363 (SlimServer_6.5_v2007-02-08) 3. When selecting Status on SlimServer web interface getting message

Re: [slim] What is the ideal way to store and serve your music?

gweempose;178134 Wrote: I recently got an SB3, and I absoutley love it! My music is currently stored on a 7200 RPM drive in my PC. This PC is powered on 24/7 and runs the SlimServer software. All of my music is backed up to an external USB drive which is connected directly to the PC. Since I

Re: [slim] SlimServer and VISTA

I reinstalled 6.5.1 and added mysqld.exe and scanner.exe to the firewall exceptions, and that did the trick. Note: I also had to set the SlimServer service to Automatic (Delayed Start). Anyway, 6.5.1 is now running OK. The SlimServer Tray Tool still doesn’t work (as per bug 4747), it states

Re: [slim] Alarm Plugin no longer working

edit the PLUGIN.alarmfadeseconds.* prefs Since I don't know how to do that, I'll just edit the code. Thanks. and if you want to edit the player UI, change the following lines: 'header' = 'ALARM_FADE', 'stringHeader' = 1, 'headerValue' ='unscaled', to something like: 'header' =

Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

Vista Ultimate Upgrade 32-bit SlimServer 6.5.1 Default Vista Firewall is on (I've made no adjustments to allow Slim to work, and eventually Slim did work beause of other thnigs I tried. My firewall didn't seem like an issue.) AVG Anti Virus 7.5 When I first installed SlimServer it simply

Re: [slim] Is there a way to configure the buffer on the Transporter ?

Hello, Thank you for the replies. Today I finally managed to get SlimServer 6.5.1 running on Windows Vista, and now I cannot reproduce the problem. The issue I was having looks the same as that mentioned in bug report 4715, but with WAVE instead of FLAC. Ironically, yesterday I converted

Re: [slim] Alarm Plugin no longer working

On 8-Feb-07, at 6:30 PM, grimholtz wrote: edit the PLUGIN.alarmfadeseconds.* prefs Since I don't know how to do that, I'll just edit the code. Thanks. slimserver.pref. it's just a text file. I don't see this limit in the UI at all... what am I missing? I had to determine 90 was the

Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit. SlimServer 6.5.1. Windows Vista Firewall and avast! 4.7 antivirus. I added slim.exe, mysqld.exe, and scanner.exe to the firewall exceptions. Also set the SlimServer service to Automatic (Delayed Start). 6.5.1 is running OK. The SlimServer Tray Tool still doesn’t

Re: [slim] Alarm Plugin no longer working

Well, I changed *'validateArgs' = [0,90,1,1]* to *'validateArgs' = [0,,1,1]* and that's it. That should do it, right? -- grimholtz 'Get PasswordMaker' (https://passwordmaker.org/) 'Get FoxyProxy' (http://foxyproxy.mozdev.org/) 'Read one of my books'

Re: [slim] Alarm Plugin no longer working

On 8-Feb-07, at 7:05 PM, grimholtz wrote: Well, I changed *'validateArgs' = [0,90,1,1]* to *'validateArgs' = [0,,1,1]* and that's it. That should do it, right? for setting via the web UI , yes. -kdf ___ discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Fat Gooey for Slim Server

I have added some features to enable Playlist construction and fixed some bugs. The current version is at my web site (www.the-gordons.net). There is now an expand command to expand any library listing (eg artists) down to songs so they can be selectively added to the playlist. Ther is also

[slim] m4a playback troubles

Not sure what's going on here; some m4a's that used to playback fine on my Squeezebox 3 no longer play - they just lock up the player. I can play them in iTunes fine, and I emailed a track to a friend and he can play them fine on his computer via his iTunes. These are not Fairplay locked