Re: [slim] Transporter price rise in UK?

This just has to be bull. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen

Re: [slim] Debugging

Run slimserver from the command line with some incorrect parameter and you'll get the following list (eg. slim.exe -h) +---+ |Filename: slimserver.txt | |Download:

Re: [slim] Transporter price rise in UK?

The news came from the UK distributor at the Heathrow hi-fi show last weekend. If you are planning on buying one soon, I'd ring them and check just to be safe. regards Chris -- cgmarshall cgmarshall's Profile:

Re: [slim] Transporter price rise in UK?

Well I received my Transporter on Friday after contacting at least half a dozen suppliers before finding one with a Black one in stock. At least two of the suppliers I contacted implied that there was a price increase coming, now whether this was just a ploy to get me to back order one from them

Re: [slim] M4A playback problems..going nuts! HELP

okay, thanks.. i will try the new socketwrapper later... if anyone else has any ideas, do let me know.. is it possible to download 6.5.0 anywhere? -- weager weager's Profile:

Re: [slim] Transporter price rise in UK?

Better get ten quick. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring. Transporter Naim NAP 250 PMC OB1s. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen

[slim] Availability of 6.5.0 as download

hey seeing as a bunch of people are having problems with 6.5.1 and us newbies only have the option of downloading 6.5.1, is there some way of 6.5.0 being put back as an option to download? I'd like to be able to play my M4A's on my £200 piece of kit!! without having to go through a large number

Re: [slim] Availability of 6.5.0 as download

http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/ Goes all the way back to SlimServer 3.1b1 EDIT: in fact, it even goes back before it was called SlimServer :) -- funkstar funkstar's Profile:

Re: [slim] OT: DVD ISO rips and Media Library

You should have a look at some of the Media Center type applications. Medios, MediaPortal, MythTV, etc. there are loads out there. -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View

Re: [slim] Availability of 6.5.0 as download

great, thanks.. will give it a go.. cheers richard -- weager weager's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10967 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34121

Re: [slim] Firmware 76 - no Wake on LAN

Please note that there is another discussion going on about this at http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32504 -- Rik Rik's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2208 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Availability of 6.5.0 as download

If 6.5.1 is giving problems, have you tried 6.5.2 from the nightly build? I have been running this for months now, without any notable issues. -- matthijskoopmans matthijskoopmans's Profile:

Re: [slim] Playlists Playlists Playlists Playlists....???

There were no incorrect paths in the playlists - some of them are even new since I moved the library - anyway I hit the menu item problem before even attempting to execute a playlist. As I said, I suspect the menu problem is somehow caused becuase the perl TEMP directory couldn't be acccessed.

[slim] Library/Tagging/Display.....

Got a wee problem with some artists in my library For some reason unknown to me,slimserver is listing some of my albums twice. For example... I have 'Grace' by Jeff Buckley. 'Grace' is listed twice when I search Jeff Buckley either through slimserver or through SB. Tracks 1 to 4 come under

[slim] EMI goes DRM-free?

Hmm... the big change? http://www.emigroup.com/Press/2007/press18.htm -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography, MusicInfoSCR

Re: [slim] Playing m4a files on squeezebox

May I tack on a question: I have .m4a playing fine, but mine is an old PC and I suspect there is quite an overhead for transcoding on the fly. Which checkboxes for transcoding should I turn on and off to minimise load on the pc? IIRC, there are three choices to check: wav, FLAC and mp3. I don't

Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?

My favorite part of the press release: Eric Nicoli, CEO of EMI Group, said, Our goal is to give consumers the best possible digital music experience. By providing DRM-free downloads, we aim to address the lack of interoperability which is frustrating for many music fans. We believe that offering

Re: [slim] Playing m4a files on squeezebox

FLAC should be your best bet for transcoding, as it will not further deteriorate the sound quality by performing an additional lossy compression, and it will use less bandwidth than WAV. Why not just check the FLAC box so you will know what you are going to get? -- jeffmeh

Re: [slim] Playing m4a files on squeezebox

jeffmeh;191971 Wrote: FLAC should be your best bet for transcoding, as it will not further deteriorate the sound quality by performing an additional lossy compression, and it will use less bandwidth than WAV. Why not just check the FLAC box so you will know what you are going to get? That's

Re: [slim] Playing m4a files on squeezebox

SteveC;191973 Wrote: That's really what I was asking :) thanks. So if I check only the FLAC box, .m4a will be transcoded to FLAC and I know what I'm getting. Whereas what happens when I check multiple boxes is currently unknown :) Well, I am sure that someone on here could read the code and

[slim] Seperate Libaries for Live Shows and CD's?

Dear All, The love affair with my SB3 has hit its first 'speed bump'! I have a lareg (1,000) albums on CD and an even larger (3,000) live shows. I am happy with the CD's artwork etc, and its very nice to browse using my N800 tablet. But .. the shows are all listed by date, and this really makes

Re: [slim] stream laptop sound?

Thanks, should have mentioned, I've tried icecast works well apart from the delay !!! No way round this as far as I can tell. Anyone any other solutions or thoughts? -- slinger slinger's Profile:

[slim] iTunes to sell DRM-free 256 kbps AAC

Great news to all SB users. Now, can we have AAC support in firmware, please? -- shvejk shvejk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1337 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Library/Tagging/Display.....

I have the same problem, I thought everything was fine with 6.5.1, and I upgraded with 6.5.2 and firmware 80 but I cannot say thats when the problems began... I have artists showing up in Album and Artist but not in Genre, albums were listed twice, some files under rock , like J.J. Cale, are

Re: [slim] Seperate Libaries for Live Shows and CD's?

There is a plugin called Multi Library by Erland that may do what you want. http://wiki.erland.homeip.net/index.php/Category:SlimServer -- 4mula1 4mula1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3439

Re: [slim] M4A playback problems..going nuts! HELP

weager;191938 Wrote: is it possible to download 6.5.0 anywhere? www.slimdevices.com/downloads -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread:

Re: [slim] stream laptop sound?

If you really want to try something - use mplayer. Mplayer can play dvds and video streams and it has the facility to alter the video/audio sync allowing either to be advanced or retarded. Getting the right timing is hit/miss especially if the delays is in secs. -- bpa

Re: [slim] Transporter price rise in UK?

ModelCitizen;191939 Wrote: Better get ten quick. MC If it's true, perhaps it's a reaction to not being expensive enough for true hifi buffs? :-) -- CardinalFang CardinalFang's Profile:

Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?

Great: $1.29 vs £0.99, when the exchange rate is 1.97. Probably not lossless (?). Twice the price of a CD and worse quality - I think I'll pass :( Linn seem to be leading the way, but even these cost more than their SACDs. Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel

Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?

A move in the right direction. The other labels must follow. Quite good news for squeezebox owners too. Now you can listen to your itunes bought music, a lot of people don't mind the lower quality, I don't. -- Steven Moore

Re: [slim] Library/Tagging/Display.....

Anne, as per usual, I have solved the problem myself within minutes of posting on here! and as usual.. I don't really know how! I'm like a dog with a bone with these problems and I just screw around with things until it's sorted,and then I say to myself 'Uh?...how did that happen' !!

Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?

http://www.emigroup.com/Press/2007/press18.htm : ... EMI expects that consumers will be able to purchase higher quality DRM-free downloads from a variety of digital music stores within the coming weeks, with each retailer choosing whether to sell downloads in AAC, WMA, MP3 or other unprotected

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

Well I went into power management and changed the setting to never sleep. Started slimserver and waited till I could connect to it with the browser, hit the on button and .. nothing. After pressing the on button for 90 sec or so the SB connected. Is there away in windows to control individual

Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?

I think the argument is why create all the bad-will when over 90% of the music is sold drm free on cds anyway. I suppose that if they don't release the uncompressed version they still have something up their sleeve. Let's hope you get decent tags with it. -- gusi

Re: [slim] Playing music with no computer turned on

Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Michael Herger[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's some hope at the horizon: mp3tunes.com. Like it or not - they offer unlimited space for your music collection which should be available through SQN soon. Unfortunately, each file has to be less

[slim] Looking at improving multi-player synchronization

Hello, I'm giving some serious thought about how to improve the multi-player synchronization problem. In particular, the issue that players can get out of synchronization with each other. To make sure that I am starting in the right place, let me briefly assert my understanding of how the

Re: [slim] Time to pick up another SB. $229 shipped.

The mid-1990s Sony portable CD player I've been using on the shelf above my workbench has been making mechanical grinding noises. The white sale was just the thing to push me into another SB3. -- TiredLegs TiredLegs's

Re: [slim] Looking at improving multi-player synchronization

Yes you've touched on all the right issues. The most delay the human ear will tolerate is something like 10-20ms I believe. What needs to happen in order to have better syncing is to use a synced clock with millisecond-resolution on all players and the server, using NTP, SNTP or something

Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?

I think the argument is why create all the bad-will when over 90% of the music is sold drm free on cds anyway. It isn't (at least not in Switzerland). Most main stream CDs are copy protected. Although I was under the impression that this, too, was retrogressive. -- Michael

[slim] Slimserver 6.5.1 not displaying artist on current song

My artist names are not displaying in the Slimserver playlist, but only for current and just-played songs. Future songs in the playlist show the proper information. Then, when the next song starts playing, its artist info. vanishes from both the SlimServer localhost webpage and the Transporter

Re: [slim] Help save Internet radio

Since this is happening in the US and will primarily affect American web radio, do you think it will spill over to Europe? Many times I feel that RIAAs decisions and actions is felt later in Europe. -- TCM 'Squeezebox 3' (http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_squeezebox.html) - 'Trends Audio TA-10.1'

Re: [slim] Slimserver 6.5.1 not displaying artist on current song

Quoting beels [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Seems like a SlimServer issue. Has anyone seen this before? Any thoughts? There are some known tagging issues with 6.5.1 that can cause this. Have you tried the nightly builds?: http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_nightly.html -kdf

Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?

fairyliquidizer;192051 Wrote: Dude, if it's lossless just fire up dbPoweramp (or similar) and convert it. Lossless without DRM means that all lossless formats should be equivalent (all can be converted to your format of choice). It's not lossless though. 256 kbps. So close, yet so far. I

Re: [slim] Tag problems WMA

I agree with what said in the last post, but as I already posted I've re-tagged with 2 tag editors and the problem is still there. If Mediamonkey and TagRename are not good editors, please let me know of a better alternative and I will give a try. Thank you -- wellington

Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?

Mark Lanctot;192054 Wrote: It's not lossless though. 256 kbps. So close, yet so far. I agree, on pop 256 kbps is an improvement. But you always have that lingering doubt - could it be better? Am I missing anything? Just that little niggle in the back of your mind that's enough to

Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?

Complete albums from EMI Music artists purchased on the iTunes Store will automatically be sold at the higher sound quality and DRM-free, with no change in the price. That's tough to resist for people like me who already have a hard time telling the difference between 128kbps AAC and lossless.

Re: [slim] Playing m4a files on squeezebox

If you have multiple checkboxes selected, its telling the player that all of these options are valid. There is then a preset priority list which varies for each player type depending on its capabilities. I don't seem to be able to search at the moment or I'd hunt out a thread for you. But FLAC

Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?

On 4/2/07, adamslim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: lossless (?). Twice the price of a CD and worse quality - I think I'll pass :( You get your CD's for $5? You can buy entire albums for $9.99 @ 256Kbps AAC -- that's pretty good quality although not suitable for an audiophile probably. As

[slim] Need help! Right pass for network computer hard drive?

I am trying to specify a new My Music folder for my slim server. How do I enter the correct pass if this folder is located on a different network computer in my house? I tried something like: \\Desktop2\e\My Music But it would not take it. Any idea? -- pankotskii

Re: [slim] Changing SS port number

BPA, Thanks very much for that. Works like a charm now. -- supertrogg supertrogg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3358 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34111

Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?

I think this is great news and a big step in the right direction. Now if they would only sell FLAC or even Apple Lossless. Kevin -- Kevin O. Lepard Happiness is being 100% Microsoft free. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?

You get your CD's for $5? I frequently get album for $10, shipped, on the used market. That's my preferred method of getting entire CDs since I get a legal, DRM-free, lossless version of the music with a physical backup. Still, for singles, the 256 Kbps AAC is going to be tempting. I'm

Re: [slim] SlimServer v6.5.1 has broken Unicode support

ymilner;190231 Wrote: It is kind of strange to me, that after so many people have shown interest in this problem, there is still my single vote on the bug report! I was asked to open the bug request, I did it, and now suddenly nobody cares! I'm not talking about adding details to the case,

Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?

On 4/2/07, Kevin O. Lepard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You get your CD's for $5? I frequently get album for $10, shipped, on the used market. That's my preferred method of getting entire CDs since I get a legal, DRM-free, lossless version of the music with a physical backup. Sure, when you

Re: [slim] Cue file problem

Well, problem avoided. I bought a qnap ts-101, and slimserver is working fine there. Funny thing re this post: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34021, I plugged the usb drive into a usb port on the ts-101, and a shortcut showed up in the music directory. Don't know how that

Re: [slim] Internet Radio: Buffering freezes

Are you running synced players? There is a known bug in that case: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4638 It seems that the Live365 plugin is getting overhauled in the light of several issues. SS6.3.1 will work, but you will lose some of the current functionality. -- ds2021

Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?

You know, a few years ago, American Airlines did a big ad campaign about how they pulled a bunch of seats out of their planes to give their passengers more room, because they really care about passenger comfort. At that point we were supposed to feel really good about AA because they were

Re: [slim] Internet Radio: Buffering freezes

Axiomatic your signature must be out of date right? Live365 is completely broken in 6.5.0, what version SlimServer are you using? -- Ross L Ross Levine - Slim Devices Quality Assurance Ross L's Profile:

Re: [slim] iTunes to sell DRM-free 256 kbps AAC

shvejk;191980 Wrote: Great news to all SB users. Now, can we have AAC support in firmware, please? I second the motion. -- LejfK LejfK's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3773 View this

[slim] Slimserver 6.5.2 on Linkstation HGLan ?

I've downloaded the latest .deb file and am having no luck getting it to install. dpkg -i slimserver_6.5.2_all.deb (Reading database ... 18205 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking slimserver (from slimserver_6.5.2_all.deb) ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of

Re: [slim] Logitech Branding

I guess that I would be considered one of the new arrivals. I just recently discovered SlimDevices and Squeezebox - after it was acquired by Logitech, as it turns out. I found out about it from a BestBuy MP3 player with Rhapsody that my wife bought at Best Buy - sorry. :) The SlimDevices and

Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?

Well I welcome this development because I do have about 2,000 iTunes songs. I know ouch, and I've see the light. I buy CD and rip them myself as Apple Lossless. However, if I can upgrade some of those 2,000 songs then I'd be a happy man. So what is it going to take to get those to run on my

Re: [slim] Slimserver 6.5.2 on Linkstation HGLan ?

I'm pretty sure you're correct that there are no .deb packages for PPC. But you can install it from the tarball (.tar.gz) package instead. It takes a little more manual effort, but frankly I've found it easier than the few times I've tried the deb. I'm currently running 6.5.1 on an LS-HG. Are

Re: [slim] Internet Radio: Buffering freezes

Ross L: Thanks VERY much for the reply. I have upgraded to 6.5.1 and that seems to have fixed the problem. I hadn't previously noticed that the problem stations were Live365 (since to me they are just Slim Devices Picks) or that there had been a big problem by which Live365 is completely

Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?

Jazz1;192121 Wrote: I know ouch, and I've see the light. I buy CD and rip them myself as Apple Lossless. Ripping them as apple lossless keeps you locked into proprietary playback hardware. The bigger your AAC library gets, whether you buy or rip the files yourself, the more locked-in you

Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?

tyler_durden;192113 Wrote: I guess they figure that if people were dumb enough to buy into the restrictions and compression in the first place they won't be smart enough to realize that they are paying 2x what they used to for the same product (albeit with hardware restrictions due to the

Re: [slim] Need help! Right pass for network computer hard drive?

Do you mean find the path to the other computer's folder? If so, the easiest thing to do is map that directory. On the computer with Slimserver, open Windows Explorer and display your home network. On the other computer, make sure the directory with the music is shared. Back to the Slimserver

Re: [slim] EMI goes DRM-free?

Jazz1;192121 Wrote: Well I welcome this development because I do have about 2,000 iTunes songs. I know ouch, and I've see the light. I buy CD and rip them myself as Apple Lossless. However, if I can upgrade some of those 2,000 songs then I'd be a happy man. So what is it going to take to get

Re: [slim] iTunes to sell DRM-free 256 kbps AAC

You can't have AAC support in firmware because slimdevices hasn't paid Apple for a license. That's one of the prices you pay for adopting a proprietary format. Now if you wanted to pay an extra chunk of money to Slimdevices so they could pay a licensing fee to Apple, you might get

[slim] Just Got Transporter Hooked Up - Need Your Help

We were recently trying to install slimserver software and we ran into an error. The error is when you try to double click on the icon in the system tray or single click and select open slim server. The message that pops up is: Windows cannot find 'SlimServer Web Interface.url'. Make sure you

Re: [slim] Slimserver 6.5.2 on Linkstation HGLan ?

I'm a bit lost at this point. I think I'm part of the way through getting some of the updated software to work, but the last working release I had was 6.3. So right now, 6.3 doesn't work either. I actually ran my / fs out of space trying to get the requirements loaded and have just spent much

Re: [slim] Sound Just Stops

I have the same problem. I can see the visualization going to the silent music. As soon as I press the Play button again on SoftSqueeze or the SqueezeBox, the sound comes back. Jeff -- JeffFaust JeffFaust's Profile:

Re: [slim] look familiar?

THIS IS TERRIBLE! 0UR [EMAIL PROTECTED] W1LL PWN THEM. More information here: http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/ snuznluz.shtml?cpg=50T ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Just Got Transporter Hooked Up - Need Your Help

For the drive path mapping issue, take a look at this thread which might help you. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33228 The tray icon can be confused with being a link to the program as it can be with many Windows apps. Slimserver is what it says, a server, and does not have a

Re: [slim] Just Got Transporter Hooked Up - Need Your Help

Sword1;192132 Wrote: After configuring the software I tried to point it to a network drive. I tried mapping a drive and also going to a direct URL but the field kept going back to a local drive (in this case drive h: which is the boot/system drive). Is the slim server software able to

Re: [slim] Transporter broken?

My transporter failed after about four weeks of operation. SD would not ship me a new one. I had to return the failed unit to the US for repair (at my cost to ship transborder even though it was purchased in Canada). The 5V power supply failed and the fuse blew. The 5V power supply was