Re: [slim] Sluggish Response

2007-02-22 Thread jezbo
Where's the health page? Anyway, I tried it and slimserver running on the PC is definitely more responsive than running on the NAS. This is no real problem for me since I want to control my music FROM a pc (via CLI hooked into my own program eventually) rather than from the remote with no pc on.

Re: [slim] Playback cut off and tags

2007-02-22 Thread heffa
It is an MP3. Cheers for that one. Gave the tag editor a try. It made some changes to the tag info, but its still different from what everything else sees. And it still cuts off :( -- heffa -- Yeah, it's all cow.

Re: [slim] Playback cut off and tags

2007-02-22 Thread JJZolx
heffa;182452 Wrote: It is an MP3. Cheers for that one. Gave the tag editor a try. It made some changes to the tag info, but its still different from what everything else sees. And it still cuts off :( How does the info differ? Maybe that would give a clue. -- JJZolx Jim

Re: [slim] Nice to see BBC Radio and Capital Radio now available

2007-02-22 Thread samwardill
How do I add BBC / Capital Radio to my Squeezenetwork favourites? -- samwardill samwardill's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8479 View this thread:

Re: [slim] End of songs chopped off

2007-02-22 Thread M3Rocket
randybrand;181319 Wrote: Check out bug 4544. SD is now able to reproduce this problem and I think that they are going to try to fix it in 6.5.2. Meanwhile, you can go back to 6.3.1 and get rid of the problem. Actually, this is more akin to bug 4384. Please vote on this bug--I haven't

Re: [slim] How to customize the Now Playing screen

2007-02-22 Thread erland
Nostromo;182443 Wrote: Also, is there a way to display actual stars instead of asterisks?You can currently change the rating character in the TrackStat settings but its limited to the characters available in the default font and I'm not sure if there are any star character available there.

[slim] Firmware version

2007-02-22 Thread jotap_66
Hello: I have just bought a SB3When I configured, it was installed a new firmware version (I think 48)...I read that there are new versions of firmware...My question is if the firmware version depends on the slimserver version...For example, I am using 6.2.2 but I read that last version is

Re: [slim] Firmware version

2007-02-22 Thread jeremy
It pretty much sorts itself out. If you go back to an earlier version of the server software the squeezebox will prompt you to 'update' the firmware to the appropriate earlier version. The guys at SD are great at making this sort of stuff easy for users this forum and wiki are a mine of useful

[slim] HELP: probably easy.. but..

2007-02-22 Thread etfun2000
Hi, i just had a new wifi router with a new wep 128 bit key which is only a 13 digit key (whereas previous were indeed a 26 digit key). when i try to enter in the network settings of my transporter i cant get rid of all the remaining 0´s... and of course cannot connect to the slimserver. i had

Re: [slim] Firmware version

2007-02-22 Thread jotap_66
jeremy;182459 Wrote: It pretty much sorts itself out. If you go back to an earlier version of the server software the squeezebox will prompt you to 'update' the firmware to the appropriate earlier version. The guys at SD are great at making this sort of stuff easy for users this forum and

Re: [slim] Firmware version

2007-02-22 Thread oreillymj
The firmware and Slimserver software are pretty independent of each other, but there have been times in the past where a FW upgrade depended on a certain version of the Server software being present. e.g I think FW54 or later requires SS6.5x. Slim recommends that users upgrade Server software

Re: [slim] Firmware version

2007-02-22 Thread Michael Herger
My question is if the firmware version depends on the slimserver version... Correct What happens if later I downgrade the slimserver... The firmware will be downgraded as well. -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD -

Re: [slim] Firmware version

2007-02-22 Thread jotap_66
oreillymj;182462 Wrote: The firmware and Slimserver software are pretty independent of each other, but there have been times in the past where a FW upgrade depended on a certain version of the Server software being present. e.g I think FW54 or later requires SS6.5x. Slim recommends that

Re: [slim] HELP: probably easy.. but..

2007-02-22 Thread etfun2000
ok, so i polluted the forum as i just recalled myself of ascii vs Hex.. shihc was the issue. so for the record if any is stuck as i was: just make the conversion (using http://www.dolcevie.com/js/converter.html for instance) and you have a 26 digit key instead of a 13 digit one.. -- etfun2000

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-22 Thread y360
I can confirm SlimTray is indeed leaking file handles In my case, looking at Windows Task Manager it has reached 1,464,939 handles and is increasing by exactly 80 handles every 10 seconds I'm running SlimServer Version: 6.5.2 - 11466 -- y360

Re: [slim] Remote Display for SB3?

2007-02-22 Thread bonze
thesil;182376 Wrote: My audio installer told me that there is a remote display device from SS that works with SB3 so that I can keep my SB3 in my main listening room and see what is playing on the satellite device in another room. Is that true, and if so, where can I get one? I haven't seen

Re: [slim] Playback cut off and tags

2007-02-22 Thread heffa
JJZolx;182453 Wrote: How does the info differ? Maybe that would give a clue. Ok, before the tag details looked all normal in other players, but SlimServer was showing part of the filenames as the Title and part of the title as the Artist. Now its showing the correct Title, but the Artist is

Re: [slim] Remote Display for SB3?

2007-02-22 Thread thesil
He thought it was SB; I told him I did not think so; he said he saw it on the web. Maybe he was thinking of Roku -- thesil Gerry. When you ain't got nuthin', you've got nuthin' to lose thesil's Profile:

Re: [slim] How to customize the Now Playing screen

2007-02-22 Thread Nostromo
Thanks! Slimdevices should send you guys complimentary Transporters for all the good work -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Can SlimServer Take Input?

2007-02-22 Thread blason
Up - has anybody found a solution to do this ? -- blason blason's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8688 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18401

Re: [slim] How to customize the Now Playing screen

2007-02-22 Thread byKnight
kdf;182446 Wrote: On 21-Feb-07, at 11:09 PM, Nostromo wrote: [color=blue] if you want more flexibility, look into the MusicInfo Screensaver plugin from Michael Herger: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?PluginServerUtilities -kdf Here. here. MusicInfo lets me fine-tune my display

Re: [slim] How to customize the Now Playing screen

2007-02-22 Thread Robin Bowes
Nostromo wrote: Thanks! Slimdevices should send you guys complimentary Transporters for all the good work How do you know they haven't? ;) R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] WPA WEP etc...

2007-02-22 Thread Mark Lanctot
Well yes, password size matters, but I was referring to AES's more advanced encryption than TKIP. Since TKIP hasn't been broken yet, AES is overkill - but still, it costs nothing in terms of time and money to implement, so I did it. -- Mark Lanctot It's like, you know, a New Age religion,

Re: [slim] How to customize the Now Playing screen

2007-02-22 Thread Nostromo
MusicInfo is interesting. I installed it a couple of weeks ago, but I don't think I'll use it, mainly because I love the analog VU screen saver. -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile:

Re: [slim] How to customize the Now Playing screen

2007-02-22 Thread kdf
On 22-Feb-07, at 7:26 AM, Nostromo wrote: Thanks! np Slimdevices should send you guys complimentary Transporters for all the good work When I started, the website said rewards for significant contribution. They are good on their word. There was also a plugin contest a few years back

Re: [slim] How to customize the Now Playing screen

2007-02-22 Thread Pat Farrell
kdf wrote: Slimdevices should send you guys complimentary Transporters for all the good work When I started, the website said rewards for significant contribution. They are good on their word. I agree, I've contributed and received very fair reward. Open Source Slimserver is very cool.

Re: [slim] How to customize the Now Playing screen

2007-02-22 Thread peterw
Nostromo;182506 Wrote: MusicInfo is interesting. I installed it a couple of weeks ago, but I don't think I'll use it, mainly because I love the analog VU screen saver. With SaverSwitcher, you could use both of them. Set the 1st SaverSwitcher when playing saver to MusicInfo for 10 seconds and

Re: [slim] How to customize the Now Playing screen

2007-02-22 Thread Nostromo
Interesting. I'll check it out. -- Nostromo Nostromo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6322 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32987

Re: [slim] Firmware version

2007-02-22 Thread jotap_66
Michael Herger;182466 Wrote: My question is if the firmware version depends on the slimserver version... Correct What happens if later I downgrade the slimserver... The firmware will be downgraded as well. -- Michael

Re: [slim] Can SlimServer Take Input?

2007-02-22 Thread ceejay
Have you tried shoutcast, which is the commonly-recommended approach? -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18401

Re: [slim] Can SlimServer Take Input?

2007-02-22 Thread blason
I'm going to try that one, looks promising !! thanks -- blason blason's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8688 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18401

Re: [slim] WPA WEP etc...

2007-02-22 Thread Peter
Mark Lanctot wrote: Well yes, password size matters, but I was referring to AES's more advanced encryption than TKIP. Since TKIP hasn't been broken yet, AES is overkill - but still, it costs nothing in terms of time and money to implement, so I did it. The main risk at the moment is

Re: [slim] WPA WEP etc...

2007-02-22 Thread jonheal
Being pretty much an idiot when it comes to networking stuff, please clarify something for me: As I understand it, encrypting your wireless broadcasts (hopefully) prevents an eavesdropper from reading the packets you send out into the atmosphere. Protecting the integrity of your network, and the

Re: [slim] 30-second freeze?

2007-02-22 Thread maddag
My problem seem to be disappeared. I do not know when and why. (Im on wireless) -- maddag maddag's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9762 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Is Slimserver sustainable as Open Source?

2007-02-22 Thread Balthazar_B
Going back to the first message in this thread (and others similar to it), I think the root issue underlying whatever frustration users/customers are feeling is not really open vs. closed source. Rather, it generally comes down to performance (i.e., perceived lack of) and/or bugs (usually real,

Re: [slim] WPA WEP etc...

2007-02-22 Thread Mark Lanctot
jonheal;182579 Wrote: Being pretty much an idiot when it comes to networking stuff, please clarify something for me: As I understand it, encrypting your wireless broadcasts (hopefully) prevents an eavesdropper from reading the packets you send out into the atmosphere. Protecting the

Re: [slim] Is Slimserver sustainable as Open Source?

2007-02-22 Thread kdf
Quoting Balthazar_B [EMAIL PROTECTED]: and/or bugs (usually real, rarely imagined). I think that is a statement that can easily lead to long hours of debate. This is starting to sound like yet another excuse to be condescending towards people who might actually know what they are doing.

Re: [slim] Music IP question.... sigh.....sigh... :)

2007-02-22 Thread fairyliquidizer
I vaguely remember having a problem when I upgraded. As MusicIP is a new process name I think I had the old one set up to run in the the MMM.ini file or something like that. Double check your ini file settings and Service settings. I fixed the problem quite easily. Sorry my recollection is so

Re: [slim] Music IP question.... sigh.....sigh... :)

2007-02-22 Thread hdarwen
ezkcdude;182421 Wrote: I read this thread after attempting to install 6.5.X for what will probably be the last time for me. I still can't get MusicIP (used to be MusicMagic) to work. I had it working with 6.3, and tried several months ago to upgrade to 6.5. I never got it to work then, but I

Re: [slim] WPA WEP etc...

2007-02-22 Thread Peter
Mark Lanctot wrote: jonheal;182579 Wrote: Being pretty much an idiot when it comes to networking stuff, please clarify something for me: As I understand it, encrypting your wireless broadcasts (hopefully) prevents an eavesdropper from reading the packets you send out into the

Re: [slim] WPA WEP etc...

2007-02-22 Thread jonheal
Peter;182606 Wrote: Mark Lanctot wrote: jonheal;182579 Wrote: Being pretty much an idiot when it comes to networking stuff, please clarify something for me: As I understand it, encrypting your wireless broadcasts (hopefully) prevents an eavesdropper from reading the packets

Re: [slim] Kitchen Design help

2007-02-22 Thread Bokenrosie
AudioSource Amp ONE for $200 will turn itself off when SB3 is not sending it information. I was all set to buy this until I remembered that I have a big Onkyo M504 gathering dust. I'm waiting on the ceiling speakers from partsexpress and the SB3 will get flush mounted to wall with DC and patch

Re: [slim] Music IP question.... sigh.....sigh... :)

2007-02-22 Thread ezkcdude
hdarwen;182604 Wrote: I have MIP 1.7 working with SS 6.5.1 on Win XP. Though I can't say it was easy. I don't run the headless mode, but this is what I had to do to get it working: Select Use Music Magic Clear the Music Folder path in Slim (when it was set it caused havoc with library

[slim] Repeat current song

2007-02-22 Thread macattack
One of my squeezeboxes seems to be possessed. Everytime I start it up it always repeats the first song in an album (regardless of what CD it is) -- i've changed the settings but it always stays; is there a way to reset it? -- macattack

[slim] Where will the Squeezebox be assembled in the future?

2007-02-22 Thread Nostromo
My Squeezebox was assembled in California. Out of curiosity, where will the new Logitech branded Squeezeboxes and Transporters be assembled? In China? If so, it could mean cheaper Squeezeboxes and Transporters. And that would be good. OTOH, what will happen to the folks in the States who used to

Re: [slim] Music IP question.... sigh.....sigh... :)

2007-02-22 Thread hdarwen
ezkcdude;182647 Wrote: Do you have the MM icons appear in SlimServer? That's what I can't get to work. I can send mixes made in MusicIP to SS, so that's what I've been doing as a workaround. I'd like to run MusicIP headless, though, as I was with SS 6.3. I'll try your suggestions. Thanks. I

Re: [slim] Kitchen Design help

2007-02-22 Thread peterw
If your Slimserver host runs Linux/Unix and has a serial port, for $15 - $30 you could get some X-10 Firecracker gear and use my BottleRocket plugin to control power to the Onkyo, especially if you can't use IRBlaster. http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/BottleRocket.html -Peter -- peterw

[slim] Discount Wall Mount for SqueezeBox

2007-02-22 Thread Bokenrosie
Hey Guys, I thought I would post another, low-tech, inexpensive wall mount options that scored great WAPs (wife approval points) with the spouse. This is a cheap 12 wall shelf that I picked up at Linens Things for $20. I used existing holes from a phone jack location that was no longer used.

[slim] SB3 Died?

2007-02-22 Thread bahnsah
SB3 (about 1 year old), via wireless, windows xp, has been working fine, but tonight (of course just before a get-together with guests), it will not turn on at all. No response from the remote, and yes, I tried changing the batteries and holding the power button down as well. Slimserver starts

[slim] slimserver memory usage

2007-02-22 Thread John Rakestraw
Hi -- I'm running SlimServer 6.5.1 on a Fedora Core 6 box (512Mb RAM, Pentium 4 CPU 2.66GHz.) SlimServer finds all of my music and streams it just fine to 3 Squeezeboxen, but slimserver.pl uses an increasing amount of memory the longer it runs. When I start it up, top shows it to be using about

[slim] Problems with Rhapsody

2007-02-22 Thread gtcharlie
I am having problems switching between Rhapsody and Squeezebox. After upgrading to 6.5.1 everything seemed to be okay until this evening. Now everytime I try to switch between the two I am asked to upgrade my firmware. This is exactly why I switched to 6.5.1(Lord knows it wasn't the stability

Re: [slim] Problems with Rhapsody

2007-02-22 Thread kdf
The firmware was upgraded to fix some playback issues, some involving Rhapsody. This firmware is also included with the 6.5.2 builds found here: http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_nightly.html -kdf ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] End of songs chopped off

2007-02-22 Thread brucesee
Thanks for everyone's advice and input. Ultimately, I rolled back to 6.3.1 and that worked. Still, shouldn't have to regress to progress. Cust. Service (w/whom I've had many phone calls and e-mails) tells me that they're trying to work out this bug. -- brucesee

Re: [slim] Repeat current song

2007-02-22 Thread davep
Try the 'Repeat' key on the remote. This cycles between one, all and none for the repeat setting. Looks like yours is set on 'one' for that box. davep -- davep davep's Profile:

[slim] One more reason to use FLAC?

2007-02-22 Thread davep
Quote from today's Guardian (UK) newspaper: QuoteMicrosoft was yesterday fined a record $1.52bn (£777m) for infringing a digital music patent which could throw into doubt the future of the digital music industry. A San Diego court ruled that the software giant has infringed patents, owned by

Re: [slim] One more reason to use FLAC?

2007-02-22 Thread tyler_durden
This affects .mp3 files. Wouldn't it be strange if it turned out that .mp3 file use gets essentially sued out of existence for commercial use? Of course, it would still be used by people like us, as long as there are free software players to play it, and old mp3 player hardware around to play

Re: [slim] One more reason to use FLAC?

2007-02-22 Thread Pat Farrell
tyler_durden wrote: This affects .mp3 files. Wouldn't it be strange if it turned out that .mp3 file use gets essentially sued out of existence for commercial use? The MP3 format is not open, it is subject to intellectual property. Both Thompson and Franhauffer claim patent rights to the

Re: [slim] One more reason to use FLAC?

2007-02-22 Thread Kevin O. Lepard
tyler_durden wrote: This affects .mp3 files. Wouldn't it be strange if it turned out that .mp3 file use gets essentially sued out of existence for commercial use? The MP3 format is not open, it is subject to intellectual property. Both Thompson and Franhauffer claim patent rights to the

Re: [slim] SB3 Died?

2007-02-22 Thread Michael Herger
No response from the remote, and yes, I tried changing the batteries and holding the power button down as well. But do you see the startup screen when you power up the device? support at slimdevices dot com is the address to contact. -- Michael

Re: [slim] One more reason to use FLAC?

2007-02-22 Thread Peter
tyler_durden wrote: This affects .mp3 files. Wouldn't it be strange if it turned out that .mp3 file use gets essentially sued out of existence for commercial use? Of course, it would still be used by people like us, as long as there are free software players to play it, and old mp3 player

Re: [slim] Is Slimserver sustainable as Open Source?

2007-02-22 Thread Peter
Balthazar_B wrote: Going back to the first message in this thread (and others similar to it), I think the root issue underlying whatever frustration users/customers are feeling is not really open vs. closed source. Rather, it generally comes down to performance (i.e., perceived lack of)