Hi,
Thanks for the replies.
I looked at eMusic the other week and they didn't really have any music
I liked.
Interesting that Amazon are going to do one - it would be good if it
was as big as iTunes but without the DRM problems and at reasonable
prices.
Thanks
Ian
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One thing worth clarifying. If each device on your network is using a
dynamic IP address then typing
http://IPAddressForYourMachineRunningSlimserver:9000 may work today but
may well not work tomorrow, since IP addresses may have swapped around.
Better would be to use the Machines name. This can
Programme removal and re-install of 6.51 cured it for me.
Sorry, in my previous post I didn't mean to say SLIME SERVER. I do find
using the Squeezebox almost that frustrating - sometimes I actually just
want to listen to music rather than learn about PC's LOL.
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jonheal;201400 Wrote:
Why don't you call Slim support?
I will contact support.
I just thought it could help others with the same problems if a
solution was announced in this forum. And apparently others are having
the same experience with their Transporters.
If I get the problem solved I
Free Lunch;201230 Wrote:
I really think a high end device like the Transporter must control
transient behavior on the outputs period. And if it can't be fixed
in firmware/software than there should be a free hardware fix offered.
How would you feel if such a fix, which by definition must
Great - thanks for doing this!
It runs fine for me, both on my desktop machine (Ubuntu) and directly
on my server (Clarkconnect). I'm using SlimServer 6.3.1.
One question - does squeezeslave (in any form!) work for anyone running
6.5.x?
-ian
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Some people have set up their PCs to act as shoutcast servers using
what you hear as the source; they can then tune in slimserver to the
shoutcast stream.
I've never tried it, but there's no reason it shouldn't work. Of
course, the quality will be lower and the devices won't be in perfect
sync.
I have tested this with Windows Media Encoder - while it works the delay
was about 6 secs. which makes any sort of control very difficult.
I tested playing DVDs using mplayer which allows you to change the
video and sound timings (e.g. advance /retard sound against vision) and
even though I got
Problem seems to be solved. I use iTunes extensively, and recently
iTunes added a box to check for gapless playback. I listen to a lot
of live shows and electronic music, and I converted many to gapless
playback, although I was for all intents and purposes getting gapless
playback without that
eMusic here. I have been using eMusic ever since they charged $9.99 for
unlimited downloads of 128kbps MP3.
They are charging monthly fees for limited downloads, but the encoding
is now 192kbps VBR.
If your musical taste is non mainstream, eMusic can be a trasure
trough.
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You do need hours of spare time for emusic, so you can listen to all the
artists you've never heard of. It isn't really compatible with having
children!
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That is my dilema. I would like to purchase a 2nd box before the sale
ends this month. But I am leary that a new and improved box is shortly
on the horizon. Wouldnt matter if the new one would be a little bit
more expensive or the same reg price of $299. Would still prefer a
new, improved
OK. I downloaded and installed 6.5.2.
Yes, it fixed the random song issue. Great! Thanks for this
suggestion.
Couple other things I noticed though. The logitech logo is now on the
web interface. Any way to change it back to Slim Devices logo?
Also noticed that the IP address is now
Don't forget there's a 30-day satisfaction guarantee. So if you time
your purchase right you'll have a 30day window that will cover you if
something new should come out or prices should change. But of course
I'm sure in that case something will come out on day 31!
-Greg
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Club1820;203489 Wrote:
Couple other things I noticed though. The logitech logo is now on the
web interface. Any way to change it back to Slim Devices logo?
I suppose you could go looking through the HTML folder in the server
and locate any Logitech images, replacing them with Slim Devices
I can just about envision where the proper Logitech Jive remote could be
used to control both MCE and Slim functions. Or the existing control
mechanisms -- video display, cellphone, workstation, etc. -- could
present an integrated user experience for music distribution as well as
the media
when i click browse on my transporter it comes up with a list of several
options - it would be much more user friendly for my wife / guests and
faster for me if it just jumped right into the music folder list and
the rest were turned off. can i setup slimserver this way please?
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been an complete nightmare over the past two weeks. My second mouse is
now on it's way back to Amazon, and I'll be hunting for a decent
wireless mouse that actually works with a Mac.
The support experience has been like night
Will this box support frame bursting from a wireless router? If so, is
it automatic if I set the router to that more? If not and the router is
set to that mode, what happens?
Joel
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Is it possible to map a button combo, like FF+1 would skip ahead 1
minute, FF+2 would skip ahead 2 minutes, etc. I looked at the button
map files and the technical information, but I'm not really clear on
how to set a code for a simultaneous press of more than 1 button.
Is there a plugin than
Even then, I think used Squeezeboxes have a fairly good resale value. I'd
say go for it and take advantage of the sale price.
On 5/21/07, GoCubs [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Don't forget there's a 30-day satisfaction guarantee. So if you time
your purchase right you'll have a 30day window that
Have a look at AlienBBC - it implements a skip ahead by letting the user
press FFWD/REW and depending how long button is held down the skip
amount varies. The skipping is actually done by the RealAudio server
(e.g. BBC) and passed in the URL.
This will show you how to handle the FFW button - the
So I have figured out(kinda) that my SB3 has a hardware issue. the guy
from tech support agrees also. For some reason it cannot obtain an IP
address. My SB2 is now working perfectly wireless so I know it is the
SB3. I have had it for 1.5 years which is out of the warranty range.
They say they
It does not work for me, I had filed a bug for that as well when I filed the
background one:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4733
Thanks for the first fix!
-Chris
On 5/21/07, ianc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Great - thanks for doing this!
It runs fine for me, both on my desktop
sts9fan;203520 Wrote:
So I have figured out(kinda) that my SB3 has a hardware issue. the guy
from tech support agrees also. For some reason it cannot obtain an IP
address. My SB2 is now working perfectly wireless so I know it is the
SB3. I have had it for 1.5 years which is out of the
I shall get over it. Over to another product.
I am sure you do not work in customer service.
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99.99238% of the people who post here don't work for Slim or Logitech at
all.
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He could have been more diplomatic, but I agree with his response. Very few
companies will fix products for free once they are out of warranty. What
would be the point of a warranty, otherwise?
On 5/21/07, sts9fan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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I shall get over it. Over to another product.
I am
Please post the warranty section of the other product that is greater than
one year...
If another product better meets your needs otherwise go for it, but really 1
year of support is typical anything after that is gravy. Sad as it sounds
that's the way it is. I've had $5k+ hifi gear, the
On 5/21/07, Mitch Harding [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
He could have been more diplomatic, but I agree with his response. Very
few companies will fix products for free once they are out of warranty.
What would be the point of a warranty, otherwise
To weed out 99% who are willing to accept it?
There is one thing I've noticed about Slim Devices Inc. -
Although they care passionately about the products and services they
provide and in turn bend over backwards to ensure added value with
top-notch support - they don't respond readily to taking my business
somewhere else statements.
.
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I've just bought a couple of (lo-fi) wireless speakers for the kitchen,
they are supposed to auto-tune to the correct frequency. They worked
straight awaywithout me even connecting the transmitter unit. I'm
presuming the SB3 is sending out the signal - nothing else could be. I
didn't even
Well, the SB is gonna attract a much more devoted user following than
something as boring as a mouse. There are so many fine details and
tweaks you can do with Slimserver and the whole audio chain and mice
are pretty much it works or it doesn't work devices.
Add in the GPL of Slimserver code
Well, I don't think this sale is to clear room for a new product line.
More like ugh, the new black SB3 is too damned popular and we will
never get rid of the white ones... let's just clear out as many whites
as we can so we have more room for blacks.
That it is only one color scheme on sale
?!?!?!?!?!?!
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Really, it was like that when I got here.
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they don't respond readily to taking my business somewhere else statements.
Nor should they. I know that people say the customer is always
right but I disagree. The customer is not always right and not all
potential customers are desirable ones.
That said, the product is out of warranty.
Pale Blue Ego;203512 Wrote:
Is it possible to map a button combo, like FF+1 would skip ahead 1
minute, FF+2 would skip ahead 2 minutes, etc. I looked at the button
map files and the technical information, but I'm not really clear on
how to set a code for a simultaneous press of more than 1
sts9fan also posted this complaint on the audiocircle forum.
Seems like he is an equal opportunity whiner :-)
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Well I'm kinda with the OP in that it's always a pain where stuff breaks
down shortly after the warranty period; if I have to pay a third of the
new price for a repair I get irritated, to say the least.
However, the SB3 is a cheap, consumer product - they go wrong. If I
pay Transporter prices,
Something's not right here. The SB3 has no such capability.
What frequency do the speakers use? 900 MHz? 2.4 GHz? The SB3 has a
2.4 GHz radio transceiver but it's for wireless networking, and the
music is sent to it via an 802.11b/g signal - i.e. digital. Even if
you could tune into it, it
peterw;203546 Wrote:
Chording? Pressing the buttons at the same time? I don't think that's
supported.
kdf's Song Scanner plugin will let you move to a specific point in the
track (for natively supported formats). Highly recommended.
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?PluginsAudio
I
I thought it didn't make sense. It must the wireless headphone base
that they are picking up - I'd forgetten about that.
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It's been a while since I last connected to Squeezenetwork or internet
radio. In fact I don't think I've connected since I changed ISP and
from cable to ADSL (OK, that was a mistake). Anyway I can no longer
connect but I've never had a problem before. However I am getting the
RSS newsfeeds.
Do
Are you sure you didn't buy a radio? ;-)
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Song Scanner is excellent! Beautifully implemented, and it'll be
perfect for the main usage I had in mind - skipping past blocks of ads
and other junk in long (3-hr) Podcasts.
Many thanks to kdf for creating this and to peterw for suggesting it.
You guys rock!
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Hi all,
Newbie to these forums, my 1st questions. Am running 6.5.2 and have
synchronized one of my SB3s to another SB3, both wireless. All is good
for, say 10-15 minutes, then the synchronized one suddenly stops
playing. The one it was synchronized to still continues OK, but the
first one appears
...just did a few searches, and noted lots of posts indicating
synchronizaton is flaky. A shame.
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Hrrm... it's flaky?
I'm listening to music here at work (transcoded to save bandwidth) and
synced to the SB2 in the living room at home... It works fine except
when Softsqueeze crashes.
What you are describing shouldn't happen.
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If you had payed with a MasterCard, you would have doubled the standard
warranty.
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SlimServer 6.5.2 is now available! Go get it from
http://www.slimdevices.com/su_downloads.html
Highlights include:
* Updated SlimServer localization for 6 languages: Dutch, French,
German, Hebrew, Italian, and Spanish. These localizations are now
included in the installers for Mac and
What happens when you try to connect your player to Squeeze Network, do
you get an error message? Could you describe your network?
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sts9fan;203520 Wrote:
So I have figured out(kinda) that my SB3 has a hardware issue. the guy
from tech support agrees also. For some reason it cannot obtain an IP
address. My SB2 is now working perfectly wireless so I know it is the
SB3. I have had it for 1.5 years which is out of the
Regarding this, is there (or is anyone developing) a text-based
interface for SB control. It doesn't necessarily have to be text-based,
but something that can be controlled by the keyboard (instead of having
to point and click) would be fantastic!
I'd love to use an old laptop as a remote, but
Get and old tablet PC with a touchscreen off ebay for $200 and use it
for your fancy-schmancy remote control. I did and it works great!
TD
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amey01 wrote:
Regarding this, is there (or is anyone developing) a text-based
interface for SB control. It doesn't necessarily have to be text-based,
but something that can be controlled by the keyboard (instead of having
to point and click) would be fantastic!
I'd love to use an old laptop
ziggyb63;203587 Wrote:
...just did a few searches, and noted lots of posts indicating
synchronizaton is flaky. A shame.
I've posted before that I have found synchronization to be unreliable,
but it has only been tracks getting out of sync by a noticeable amount.
What you are describing is
Yuppie! :)
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Hercules;203563 Wrote:
Are you sure you didn't buy a radio? ;-)
ROTFL ! :D
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I buy my music online. Typically Amazon. First I listen to samples then
I have them send me the CD. Having bought digitally in the past leads
to disappointment. You don't have the CD liner, lyrics, or hardcopy to
encode any way you like.
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Upgraded from 6.5.1, but now I have a big problem. Slimserver rescanned
my music library automatically, but now I have duplicates of every song
in my library! Every album has two track ones, two track two's, two
track threes, etc..
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inguz;203629 Wrote:
Is SlimServer no longer GPL?
mmmh seems so... :|
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inguz;203629 Wrote:
Is SlimServer no longer GPL?
It is still GPL.
License.txt starting line 36:
Portions include software under the following terms:
#--
GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE
Version 2, June 1991
If you're
Is the latest testing nightly build the same as the 6.5.2 release?
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Does the installation overwrite all of your preferences and settings?
Favorites, playlists, etc. ?
Would hate for that to happen and have to do it all over again.
Thanks.
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aubuti;203615 Wrote:
I've posted before that I have found synchronization to be unreliable,
but it has only been tracks getting out of sync by a noticeable amount.
What you are describing is something else entirely, and I dare say not a
common problem. You should probably try the network
Not necessarily something altogether new. But a new and improved sb3.
Well, I guess you cant beat the price. So I will probably get a 2nd one
and cross my fingers.
Buyers remorse. Uh
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Another way to get keyboard binding is to install Softsqueeze on your
laptop and then synch it to your player (Player
settings-Audio-Synchonize). Turn the volume all the way down on your
laptop (or mute the Softsqueeze player). Since they're now synch'ed,
whatever you do to the Softsqueeze
Club1820;203639 Wrote:
Does the installation overwrite all of your preferences and settings?
Favorites, playlists, etc. ?
Would hate for that to happen and have to do it all over again.
Thanks.
It shouldn't.. if you're paranoid you can backup the slimserver.pref
file.
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lyteroptes;203562 Wrote:
I thought it didn't make sense. It must the wireless headphone base
that they are picking up - I'd forgetten about that.
Now THAT makes perfect sense. ;-)
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Is the latest testing nightly build the same as the 6.5.2 release?
I don't think so. There was a code freeze last weekend. But development
continues. There have been some localization issues we were not able to
fix for 6.5.2, but for which I've already checked in fixes. They will be
in the
Hi Mickey
Welcome to these forums :-)
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Upgraded from 6.5.1, but now I have a big problem. Slimserver rescanned
my music library automatically, but now I have duplicates of every song
in my library! Every album has two track ones, two track two's, two
track threes, etc..
Do a full wipe and rescan. If this doesn't help, please
My impression so far from this discussion is that searching may not be a
major problem when using standard SlimServer plus Lazy Search plugin, so
it might be better to focus on something else.
If you still feel that the current search mechanisms is a limitation
and needs to be improved in some
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