Re: [slim] Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!

2007-02-27 Thread SuperQ
makingmark;183861 Wrote: I just bought a Harmony 1000 and it's the buggiest piece of you-know-what I've ever had. Basic, advertised functionality does not consistently work. Programming is unreliable. It's frankly pathetic. And, as a poster aludes to above, Logitech seems to have a penchant

Re: [slim] Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!

2007-02-27 Thread demijar
This is very worrying. I have a logitech 880 the new software has just screwed up my config. I cannot even revert back because it's all on line. I was going to buy a Transporter to add to my 2 SB3's but this has convinced me to go elsewhere for a good DAC. -- demijar

Re: [slim] Need to factory reset SB3 evey morning!!!

2007-02-27 Thread Steven Moore
fredila;183804 Wrote: So, if I don't use a hands off way of dealing with the router, what's the benefit of powering the router off and on vs. doing the same thing to SB? Thanks again, Fred Well the router for me is easier to access. My sb is down below a television and I have to bend

Re: [slim] Need to factory reset SB3 evey morning!!!

2007-02-27 Thread Peter
Steven Moore wrote: fredila;183804 Wrote: So, if I don't use a hands off way of dealing with the router, what's the benefit of powering the router off and on vs. doing the same thing to SB? Thanks again, Fred Well the router for me is easier to access. My sb is down below a

Re: [slim] Need to factory reset SB3 evey morning!!!

2007-02-27 Thread Steven Moore
Netgear DG834G. It's works excellently with all the computers in the house, all macs 1 wireless, 2 wired and 1 sb wired. It's just the sb that gives the trouble. As I said power cycling the router every morning 'cured' the problem. -- Steven Moore

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

2007-02-27 Thread egd
MrSinatra;183535 Wrote: how long would it take? and wouldn't daily, automated, overnight [re]scanning do the trick? again, i'm just curious. Not sure, to be honest, but based on a brief experiment I did a while ago my guess is = a day. My other big fear is that I get a repeat of the box

Re: [slim] How would you like to select which music to play ?

2007-02-27 Thread eindgebruiker
What I don't like is going through a lot of effort before listening to the music I feel like listening to. What I do like is Slimserver figuring this out for me. Random mix would be good, but perhaps with a bit more control. What I'm thinking of is this: Start with a random song mix. Then,

[slim] TS-101 Web server with PHP Scripts

2007-02-27 Thread Paul Gliddon
Hi, Has anyone got PHP scripts to work on the webserver part of the TS-101? I noticed that firmware 1.2.0 includes this feature but this is not on the progressiveav update page and as i am running slimserver i presume i cannot use the firmware direct from the QNAP site. Would firmware 2.0

[slim] File names on Windows

2007-02-27 Thread y360
SlimServer on Windows seems sensitive to the codepage that is set in ControlPanel-RegionalAndLanguageOptions-Advanced-LanguageForNon-UnicodePrograms If I set it to Hebrew (cp1255), the scanner ignores all files folders with names that have accented characters e.g. á I assume that's because á

Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness

2007-02-27 Thread Mark Lanctot
MrSinatra;183788 Wrote: did u do what jeffmeh said, and use foobar or mp3gain to put it in there? This was done at encode time with the FLAC encoder using the --replay-gain switch. As many have pointed out, it will only do track gains correctly. Usually the album gain gets the same value,

Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness

2007-02-27 Thread Mark Lanctot
foobar, like SlimServer, is free, so go ahead and try it out. MrSinatra;183801 Wrote: can i automate foobar to do my whole collection at once? Just load the whole collection in, select all (through Edit - Select All, or click on the first, shift+click on the last), right-click, ReplayGain.

Re: [slim] Non-English file names on Windows

2007-02-27 Thread adamslim
y360;183947 Wrote: I was wondering: 1. Are behavior cause indeed as described above 2. Does this ActiveState bug fix provide a possible solution http://bugs.activestate.com/show_bug.cgi?id=60967 3. Is there any workaround (other than renaming files) 1 = yes 2 = looks promising 3 =

Re: [slim] Need to factory reset SB3 evey morning!!!

2007-02-27 Thread Mark Lanctot
fredila;183840 Wrote: Snarly, I have not experienced a router shutdown (at least not that I have been witness to.) So, I don't think that is the problem. What Steven is describing isn't a shutdown, it's more subtle than that. It seems some routers run out of resources (RAM?) and various

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

2007-02-27 Thread aubuti
egd;183920 Wrote: Basically, IMHO I think home/SOHO NAS solutions are currently a joke and cannot be relied upon for reliably storing data. While something is definitely not right with your present arrangement, imho condemning all home/SOHO NASs is a huge overstatement. My experience (with

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

2007-02-27 Thread SteveEast
I see very slow scanning with my music on a different NAS device - a Buffalo Terastation. Windows XPSP2. Fortunately I only have a few thousand songs. Steve. -- SteveEast SteveEast's Profile:

Re: [slim] Slim Server Woes

2007-02-27 Thread Mark Lanctot
Spidey9534;183835 Wrote: Yes, It's wireless per my first post. I know this might not be the best option, but it is the most reasonable with my current physical layout having the PC that has my collection of music located approx 45' away from my main stereo. Your SB is wireless, as is

Re: [slim] Slim Server Woes

2007-02-27 Thread maggior
Are you using any plugins (RSS ticker, weather, etc) or screen savers which require internet access. If so, perhaps disabling these would help. -- maggior maggior's Profile:

Re: [slim] Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!

2007-02-27 Thread Mark Lanctot
demijar;183890 Wrote: I was going to buy a Transporter to add to my 2 SB3's but this has convinced me to go elsewhere for a good DAC. There's no evidence to say that the Transporter or the SB3s have been changed in any way at the moment. The forums would be overflowing with anger about this

Re: [slim] Audio-Snobs

2007-02-27 Thread probedb
Hmm and this thread was nearly a year old no need to resurrect it. -- probedb Paul. 'last.fm' (http://www.last.fm/user/probedb) 'myspace.com' (http://www.myspace.com/l328nud) probedb's Profile:

Re: [slim] How would you like to select which music to play ?

2007-02-27 Thread erland
eindgebruiker;183925 Wrote: What I'm thinking of is this: Start with a random song mix. Then, whenever I hear a song I really like, a push of a button would insert the album containing that song in the playlist, just after that song. When Slimserver is done playing the whole album it would

Re: [slim] SlimServer and VISTA

2007-02-27 Thread ChrisOwens
We have Vista 32-bit and 64-bit machines in house, and we're trying to reproduce the bugs that have been reported. They don't seem immediately reproducible, but they are a high priority for us. If you're having problems, please have a look at the bug database to see if your bug has been filed,

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

2007-02-27 Thread jonheal
I have really slow scanning on my 2.0 GHz XP system. My library is on a NAS controlled by a Linksys NSLU2. I always chaalked it up to either slow file performance on the part of the NSLU2 or a lame implementation of SMB on the part of Windows. Aren't most/all of the NAS devices people on these

Re: [slim] Slim Server Woes

2007-02-27 Thread Spidey9534
Sorry, you're quite right, I mistyped what I meant to say. It's NOT the router that is roaming, but my PC. DOH! SuperQ;183850 Wrote: This sounds more like the router failing than your ISP failing. Does your cable modem indicate it's reconnecting when you have problems with the PC connecting

Re: [slim] Audio-Snobs

2007-02-27 Thread haunyack
probedb;184008 Wrote: Hmm and this thread was nearly a year old no need to resurrect it. Old post's are off limits now? -- haunyack RWA Squeezebox 3 Bryston BP20 Rotel RB 1070 BW Matrix 805 haunyack's Profile:

[slim] Live Music Archive Question

2007-02-27 Thread Chop
Is there a special criteria for what bands can be streamed from the Live Music Archive? I'm curious because the band Moe. has about 1300 shows in the archive in a variety of formats. However, the band isn't even listed if you search for them via Slimserver or Squeezenetwork. Thanks, Chris

Re: [slim] Slim Server Woes

2007-02-27 Thread Spidey9534
Mark Lanctot;183994 Wrote: Your SB is wireless, as is mine - that should work OK. What I was asking is whether the SlimServer computer is *also* wireless. Ye, the PC is wireless too. ? But it's your router that provides the connection to the Internet for your whole network. Do

Re: [slim] Slim Server Woes

2007-02-27 Thread Mark Lanctot
Spidey9534;184039 Wrote: I guess I'm looking for some help/tips on forcing the PC to stay connected to the router (static IP?). Check the wireless utility that came with the computer's wireless card. (BTW it's usually better to use this than Windows Wireless Zero Configuration, although WZC

Re: [slim] Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!

2007-02-27 Thread ModelCitizen
Mark Lanctot;184005 Wrote: There's no evidence to say that the Transporter or the SB3s have been changed in any way at the moment. And if you are happy with them as they are (which I am) then there is no reason to upgrade to any limited functionality Logica might see fit to introduce in the

Re: [slim] Forums and RSS

2007-02-27 Thread mr-b
So does anyone else use RSS to monitor forum threads? -- mr-b mr-b's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10044 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32579

Re: [slim] How would you like to select which music to play ?

2007-02-27 Thread AndrueC
At home I select by artist but at work I have a music player that can shuffle by album and that works really well. -- AndrueC AndrueC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6612 View this thread:

[slim] Vista 64 Bit ACC encoded files

2007-02-27 Thread gasman
Hi There I am new to the forum, but i've had my SB3 for over a year. I installed Vista 64bit, managed to get slimserver to work just fine. Only one problem, some of my music was ripped in AAC. Now slimserver will play mp3 files no problem, but the AAC encoded files will not play at all. They

Re: [slim] Nokia N800

2007-02-27 Thread Mark Lanctot
Just saw a review of this at: http://www.xyzcomputing.com/index.php?option=contenttask=viewid=965 The reviewer wrote something a little strange: The N800 actually has its own FM transmitter so with the help of an application from Maemo it is possible to use it to listen to old fashioned

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-27 Thread MrSinatra
Simonfish;183838 Wrote: I was about to rewrite SlimTray in C (which I may still do - 13Mb for that little thing?!!?!?) wow, u have brass ones to write that after my effigy. bpa, i am certainly out of my depth, but would a ST app in C need all that? seems to me i have various systray icons

Re: [slim] Nokia N800

2007-02-27 Thread Bill Burns
Mark Lanctot wrote: Just saw a review of this at: http://www.xyzcomputing.com/index.php?option=contenttask=viewid=965 The reviewer wrote something a little strange: The N800 actually has its own FM transmitter so with the help of an application from Maemo it is possible to use it to

Re: [slim] Vista 64 Bit ACC encoded files

2007-02-27 Thread Fletch
Just to confirm, these AAC's played fine before you installed Vista-64? What was your previous OS? -- Fletch Fletch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=529 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Forums and RSS

2007-02-27 Thread azinck3
mr-b;184059 Wrote: So does anyone else use RSS to monitor forum threads? haha, well, if they do and they have the same problem where they don't receive threads til midway through the conversation then they probably can't see your question. I'll do my part to lengthen the conversation for all

Re: [slim] Forums and RSS

2007-02-27 Thread mr-b
That's a very good idea. (See what I did there? ;-) ) -- mr-b mr-b's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10044 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32579

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-27 Thread Marc Sherman
MrSinatra wrote: Simonfish;183838 Wrote: I was about to rewrite SlimTray in C (which I may still do - 13Mb for that little thing?!!?!?) wow, u have brass ones to write that after my effigy. There's a really big difference between you should and I might. - Marc

Re: [slim] Vista 64 Bit ACC encoded files

2007-02-27 Thread gasman
I Was using win XP Service pack 2. I had the same problem before I installed vista. They played fine for a round 1 year, but then stopped working. These files currently play fine on my ipod and on iTunes, under vista 64bit. -- gasman

[slim] Weird Vista problem

2007-02-27 Thread bumpydog
Currently running Vista 32 bit Premium. Downloaded Slimserver 6.5 and ran. Appeared to install ok and connect successfully to my player after configuring the firewall. Now the wierd bit. Ever since I've installed the slimserver software my Vista Control Panel fails to open. A blank window simply

[slim] SB3 crashes when XBOX starts

2007-02-27 Thread El Wimpo
Hi, I'm using the Ethernet bridge in my SB3 (connected to SlimServer 6.5.1) to network my XBOX. Every time I start the XBOX the SB crashes (screen goes dead). If I restart it by unplugging the power it works fine afterwards. The SlimServer seems unaffected by all this and even when the SB is

Re: [slim] Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!

2007-02-27 Thread bobharp
The great Logitech just replaced my wife's fancy diNovo keyboard. Somehow the spacebar was less than responsive (very fast typist). This is not a $20 keyboard. Anyway, support was stellar. Not even an RMA they just shipped me a new box (mouse, keyboard, mediapad). -- bobharp Bob Harper

Re: [slim] Repeat current song

2007-02-27 Thread macattack
Ok, a week or so went by and my Squeezebox is doing the same thing; it's repeating the first song in an album/playlist, etc a hard rest is in order? -- macattack macattack's Profile:

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

2007-02-27 Thread Paul_B
I wonder if it is possible to turn up debugging on the scanning process or run scanner.exe in a verbose mode to see what is going on? -- Paul_B Paul ~ Slimserver 6.5.1 on EPIA VIA EN15000 Mini-ITX running Windows 2003 R2. Remote storage

Re: [slim] Repeat current song

2007-02-27 Thread azinck3
macattack;184135 Wrote: Ok, a week or so went by and my Squeezebox is doing the same thing; it's repeating the first song in an album/playlist, etc a hard rest is in order? Nope, not something requiring a reset. This is a software setting in slimserver. Why wouldn't you just press the

Re: [slim] Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!

2007-02-27 Thread max . spicer
I'm very happy with my Harmony 880. The pc interface does admittedly leave a lot to be desired (why can't I bypass the wizard???), but with a smallish amount of tinkering time it is now controlling my system very effectively. I haven't yet tried Logitech's support for the few remaining niggles,

Re: [slim] Problem with iTunes playlists

2007-02-27 Thread Rupert Dacat
Headworx;182237 Wrote: Hi, over the last 10 days I tried (I think) all suggestions posted here, yet my itunes-based playlists remain empty. They are ok within iTunes, Slimserver displays them, it also shows the music (below albums, artists and so on), but playlists remain empty.

Re: [slim] Repeat current song

2007-02-27 Thread peterw
azinck3;184137 Wrote: Nope, not something requiring a reset. This is a software setting in slimserver. Why wouldn't you just press the repeat button to turn repeat off again, like you did the first time? I'd guess that one of the buttons on your universal remote just so happens to

Re: [slim] Repeat current song

2007-02-27 Thread macattack
I performed a hard rest and used the Slim Devices remote and started up a playlist and songs repeat again. -- macattack macattack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3193 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Repeat current song

2007-02-27 Thread macattack
Thanks, Peter - A slight problem is that I'm using an Infrant NAS, so plugins are a no go [unless it's an add-on already from them?] A slight aside, I'll probably switch to a PC for running slimserver and forget about Infrant for anything other than serving the music. -Mark peterw;184163

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-27 Thread MrSinatra
Marc Sherman;184093 Wrote: MrSinatra wrote: Simonfish;183838 Wrote: I was about to rewrite SlimTray in C (which I may still do - 13Mb for that little thing?!!?!?) wow, u have brass ones to write that after my effigy. There's a really big difference between you should and I

Re: [slim] Live Music Archive Question

2007-02-27 Thread danaronson
looks like a bug, file a bug report. --dan -- danaronson danaronson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=678 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33143

[slim] Can't Get Rid of music from shortcut

2007-02-27 Thread gdpeck
I'm using Slimserver 6.5.1 - 11206 on Windows XP. I currently keep two versions of music file on my computer. Lossless compressed files are in: C:\My Music\flac\artist\album\ Compressed files are in c:\my music\compressed\artist\album Slimserver music folder is set to c:\my music\flac Upgrading

Re: [slim] Repeat current song

2007-02-27 Thread Greg Klanderman
peterw [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: You might want to look at my StatusFirst plugin, which makes it less likely to accidentally change the Shuffle, Repeat, Sleep, and Volume settings. http://www.tux.org/~peterw/slim/StatusFirst.html That looks nice, Peter. IMO Slim should just make that the

[slim] Are playlists cached?

2007-02-27 Thread mikelis
I'm trying to hand edit a playlist but none of my changes are being taken by slimserver. i'v tried renaming the playlist and event deleting it but it still shows up in the playlists option in slimserver. this is driving me nuts. i've searched everywhere and the playlist does not exist in the

Re: [slim] Are playlists cached?

2007-02-27 Thread azinck3
mikelis;184197 Wrote: I'm trying to hand edit a playlist but none of my changes are being taken by slimserver. i'v tried renaming the playlist and event deleting it but it still shows up in the playlists option in slimserver. this is driving me nuts. i've searched everywhere and the playlist

Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin

2007-02-27 Thread wnshall
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Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin

2007-02-27 Thread erland
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Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin

2007-02-27 Thread erland
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Re: [slim] Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!

2007-02-27 Thread mkozlows
demijar;183890 Wrote: This is very worrying. I have a logitech 880 the new software has just screwed up my config. I cannot even revert back because it's all on line. I was going to buy a Transporter to add to my 2 SB3's but this has convinced me to go elsewhere for a good DAC. This is why

[slim] Shadow Play

2007-02-27 Thread ds2021
For those using the Shadow Play (permanent) plugin, does it act to Sync the audio of effected players? All discussion of this plugin seems to revolve only around being able to see the activity of another player. If yes, can the permanent version do this for more than 2 players? I am aware of the

Re: [slim] Can't Get Rid of music from shortcut

2007-02-27 Thread ceejay
Is there perhaps a playlist which references these files? Possibly the now playing playlist for one of your players? Try giving each player (including any softsqueezes) a completely fresh album to play from your flac collection, then do a full clear and rescan. HTH -- ceejay

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

2007-02-27 Thread Michael Herger
I wonder if it is possible to turn up debugging on the scanning process or run scanner.exe in a verbose mode to see what is going on? Run scanner.exe -h to get a list of available parameters. Try -d_info -d_scan for a start. -- Michael

Re: [slim] Shadow Play

2007-02-27 Thread fcm4711
Hi there No, ShadowPlay (both the regular one and the permanent one) doesn't sync the music. It only brings the display content from a remote player to a local player and also sends ir commands to the remote player. What exactly do you mean by 'does it work for more than two players'? BTW: The