Re: [slim] slim.exe has encountered a problem...

2007-06-22 Thread didjean
1. Which version of SS - if it is 6.5.3 which build ? Nightly builds 6.5.3 - 12269 2. What version of Windows ? Windows XP PRO - SP2 3. Are you running any security s/w such as Norton, Zonealarm, MacAfee ? AVG Free Edition -- didjean

[slim] Saved Playlists in Slimserver, Not Current Playlists

2007-06-22 Thread tricka
Hi Can anyone tell me how to clear the saved playlists in Slimserver ( I have since changed the settings so I don't save them from current). I've got 95 of them and it's just clutter. Thanks Andy -- tricka Be kind - I know less than you could ever imagine... SB3, Musiland 10SRC UPsampler,

Re: [slim] All of a sudden: connectivity problems

2007-06-22 Thread Michael Herger
often can't connect to slimserver (75% signal). So now I'm thinking it's a problem with the SB3. Any ideas? A factory reset? Unplug your SB3, press and hold ADD while powering up. You'll have to reconfigure the device. Other than that... did anything else change in your network? New

Re: [slim] FM radio stream stopped working

2007-06-22 Thread Paul Webster
You might find that this works http://provisioning.streamtheworld.com/pls/WZLXFMDIALUP.pls -- Paul Webster Paul Webster http://www.lastfm.com/user/BondJamesBond Paul Webster's Profile:

Re: [slim] Slimserver on Microsoft Windows Home Server OS?

2007-06-22 Thread Paul_B
I am not really sure what Microsoft are upto with WHS. The current version is built on Windows 2003 Server which is almost at the end of its life. The setup and general operation is straight from Small Business Server (SBS) with a some additional customisation. I would think that this product

Re: [slim] All of a sudden: connectivity problems

2007-06-22 Thread topa
Anything else new? Cordless phone? Neighbour's stuff? -- topa topa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7118 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36305

Re: [slim] Fast forward/Rewind

2007-06-22 Thread Skittler
mswlogo, What have you found works well as an alternative mapping? Could you post the relavent section of your .map file? Thanks, Dave -- Skittler Skittler's Profile:

Re: [slim] Sonos now available at Best Buy

2007-06-22 Thread James_B
MelonMonkey;210212 Wrote: The Sonos has a lot of things wrong with it, including the fact you MUST connect the first player to your network BY WIRE. Only the second and subsequent players can be used wirelessly. I'm sure most people don't notice that little tidbit. I think there is a way

[slim] Duplicate songs

2007-06-22 Thread UNCMo96
I did some retagging of my music collection (added comments and album art to a few albums) and now those albums have the songs listed twice. I use MusicMagic. When I open the album it lists each song twice. 1 is musicmagic mixable and one isn't. Any thoughts? I tried rescanning my library and it

Re: [slim] Duplicate songs

2007-06-22 Thread Michael Herger
I use MusicMagic. When I open the album it lists each song twice. 1 is musicmagic mixable and one isn't. If you have all your music in MusicIP, then the easiest would be to simply remove the music path. Do you have non-latin characters in the file/pathnames? IMHO MusicIP has a problem with

Re: [slim] Sonos now available at Best Buy

2007-06-22 Thread servies
James_B;210342 Wrote: In all honesty I would love to see a simmilar controller for the squeezebox and just a tad more polish... but there are a hell of a lot of good things already. Get a PDA with Wifi and you're almost there... -- servies

Re: [slim] Fast forward/Rewind

2007-06-22 Thread slimkid
+1 for everything said so far. However, in my experience, this is also a function of the included remote. I have mapped my NAD remote to control SB too (initially, for pure convenience) and have noticed that SB reacts much better to it, than to its original remote. At first, though it was about

Re: [slim] Duplicate songs

2007-06-22 Thread UNCMo96
I did remove the music path to see if that would help and I did a full rescan (clear library and rescan music). I relooked at my library and it seems like the only albums that have duplicate songs are the ones that I recently modded their tags. All I did was went into tagrename and do an amazon

Re: [slim] All of a sudden: connectivity problems

2007-06-22 Thread aubuti
50 feet is close enough to cause wireless interference, but what's really puzzling is that the Homeplugs didn't solve it. When you tried the Homeplugs, are you sure you were connecting over the wires rather than wirelessly? -- aubuti

Re: [slim] SLIMP3 direct into speakers advice?

2007-06-22 Thread jest
Thanks for the suggestions. Not that it's that crucial in this environment of noise, poor setup, and expected inattention to detail, but isn't running two RCA plugs into a 1/8 mini jack going to totally kill the sound quality? Or will it be good enough given the quality of the speakers and

Re: [slim] SLIMP3 direct into speakers advice?

2007-06-22 Thread aubuti
Totally kill the sound quality? Not in my opinion. YMMV. Certainly if the speakers have RCA inputs then use those, but a lot of them just have the 1/8 mini. If it's important to you, that's one of the criteria that can help you pare down your choices. I think the Aego M has RCA inputs, but it

Re: [slim] All of a sudden: connectivity problems

2007-06-22 Thread Kyle
Nothing is new other than the router. I can't tell about my neighbors. Closest house is probably 50 feet away. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread:

Re: [slim] SLIMP3 direct into speakers advice?

2007-06-22 Thread Mark Lanctot
jest;210370 Wrote: Not that it's that crucial in this environment of noise, poor setup, and expected inattention to detail, but isn't running two RCA plugs into a 1/8 mini jack going to totally kill the sound quality? Or will it be good enough given the quality of the speakers and

Re: [slim] SLIMP3 direct into speakers advice?

2007-06-22 Thread aubuti
Mark Lanctot;210384 Wrote: Going the other way though, 1/8 to RCA, has some definite impacts at least on a Squeezebox (not the SliMP3, it doesn't have a headphone output). The Squeezebox headphone output is attached to a small headphone amp chip. If you amplify this again you'll have some

[slim] Live Radio

2007-06-22 Thread kkitts
I know this is probably a simple/dumb question... ;-) But if there is a local radio station that you'd like to hear played by squeezebox is there a way stream that from the radio station's home page (where they allow live stream to realplayer, etc.) to the SB? There are some radio stations I'd

Re: [slim] Fast forward/Rewind

2007-06-22 Thread MelonMonkey
Let's keep some things clear so the issue doesn't get lost or misdirected. Remote reception and strength is certainly a concern or source of potential issue from one product to the next and can be affected by a large number of variables. One handset in comparison to another for starters can use

Re: [slim] How do you use your Squeezebox/Transporter?

2007-06-22 Thread Transporter1
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Re: [slim] Live Radio

2007-06-22 Thread Michael Herger
I know this is probably a simple/dumb question... ;-) But if there is a local radio station that you'd like to hear played by squeezebox is there a way stream that from the radio station's home page (where they allow live stream to realplayer, etc.) to the SB? If it's a real stream, you'd

Re: [slim] SLIMP3 direct into speakers advice?

2007-06-22 Thread patherb2
Not quite $250, but these are nice. http://www.silvercircleaudio.com/Html/products/ipod.htm -- patherb2 patherb2's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10303 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Sonos now available at Best Buy

2007-06-22 Thread mrfantasy
I just want to add the word Jive to this discussion since no one's mentioned it yet. If you look at the platform they're building there, it's a simple intuitive leap to what Slim might be thinking. And that would be something like a Sonos-like controller. The good news is that seems like it

Re: [slim] Sonos now available at Best Buy

2007-06-22 Thread MelonMonkey
With a WiFi PDA you are nowhere near the level of integration of a purpose-built controller/interface. Not even close to the level of polish of the Sonos product. The Slimserver skins all offer some level of advanced control and some pretty cool features, but there's no arguing that they all

Re: [slim] Sonos now available at Best Buy

2007-06-22 Thread Michael Herger
The good news is that seems like it would be an add-on to the current technology, not a mandatory product like it is with the Sonos. Hey mrfantasy, you deserve your name :-) -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your

Re: [slim] All of a sudden: connectivity problems

2007-06-22 Thread Kyle
aubuti;210369 Wrote: 50 feet is close enough to cause wireless interference, but what's really puzzling is that the Homeplugs didn't solve it. When you tried the Homeplugs, are you sure you were connecting over the wires rather than wirelessly? Yes, I went back through setup and changed to

Re: [slim] Possible to import album list to Excel ?

2007-06-22 Thread flipflip
One could query Slimserver's database directly. But I don't know what the correct SQL code would look like. I open all mp3s in mp3tag (takes a couple of minutes over network for ~10k mp3s). mp3tag has a number of export filters which include HTML pages, text files and also Excel files. --

[slim] Possible to import album list to Excel ?

2007-06-22 Thread Robster
Hi I'm moving house and all my cd's will be boxed and put in the loft. I want to catalog them so I can find them easily if needed in future. Is there a way to get a hard print copy of the albums, or better still import it into Excel? thanks Rob -- Robster So much music, so little

Re: [slim] Streaming to WM5 Pocket PC?

2007-06-22 Thread qbaser
excellent! I got it working now,seems I had forgotton t download the udp plugin for pocket player. Now, I have it working on my own network using the wifi feature of my phone...the songs stream to my cario 2 phone very well. but can u tell me is it possible to stream via my phones broadband

Re: [slim] slim.exe has encountered a problem...

2007-06-22 Thread dazbarber
bpa;210169 Wrote: 1. Which version of SS - if it is 6.5.3 which build ? 2. What version of Windows ? 3. Are you running any security s/w such as Norton, Zonealarm, MacAfee ? 1. 6.5.2 2. Windows XP Home SP2 3. AVG Free Anti Virus and ZoneAlarm Firewall As mentioned above, cycling the

[slim] Radio feed URL's for Pocket Player?

2007-06-22 Thread qbaser
Is there an extensive list anywhere of radio station URLs that I can type into Pocket Player (on my WM5 device) that will stream well? Thanks Al -- qbaser qbaser's Profile:

[slim] Entering IP address

2007-06-22 Thread Kyle
I think I read you have to get rid of leading 0's when entering an IP address, but I can't remember how to do it. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Entering IP address

2007-06-22 Thread Mark Lanctot
No, there's no way to get rid of them. Just keep them. 192.168.1.1 = 192.168.001.001. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910postcount=2)

Re: [slim] All of a sudden: connectivity problems

2007-06-22 Thread Husted
I'm seeing the same thing, connectivity problems started a week or two ago. Not exactly sure why, I'm still debugging. -- Husted Husted's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5248 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Entering IP address

2007-06-22 Thread Kyle
Thanks. I thought I had read differently, but I couldn't find anything in a search. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread:

[slim] Access via Hotel WiFi

2007-06-22 Thread Eric Seaberg
I've had my SB3 with me the last two out-of-town trips and can't connect to my server at home... I can't even connect to SqueezeNetwork, so I'm assuming the hotel firewall is blocking the required ports on their router, yes? FWIW, I am able to connect from my office to my home system without

Re: [slim] Access via Hotel WiFi

2007-06-22 Thread seanadams
Do they bill your room for service? If so then they are probably allowing access only for the machine you use to sign on. On your Mac try opening System Preferences - Network - Ethernet to see the Ethernet ID (aka MAC address). The in the SB3 setup menu go to Current settings - MAC address,

Re: [slim] Duplicate songs

2007-06-22 Thread UNCMo96
I think I fixed my own problem. I deleted the cache folder in slimserver (it seemed to be a solution for other problems on the board) restarted the computer and did a clean rescan of music and no more duplicates. -- UNCMo96

Re: [slim] Access via Hotel WiFi

2007-06-22 Thread Eric Seaberg
Thanks for the reply, Sean. At this Radisson the WiFi is FreeFi, but I did just notice that when the browser is first open it goes through a PROXY search that doesn't happen on my network at home. I'll bet this is the problem. I'll try your suggestion and let you know. Thanks... -- Eric

Re: [slim] Access via Hotel WiFi

2007-06-22 Thread mswlogo
Eric Seaberg;210440 Wrote: I've had my SB3 with me the last two out-of-town trips and can't connect to my server at home... I can't even connect to SqueezeNetwork, so I'm assuming the hotel firewall is blocking the required ports on their router, yes? FWIW, I am able to connect from my

Re: [slim] Access via Hotel WiFi

2007-06-22 Thread amcluesent
I want my music back Softsqueeze on the Macbook? -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36324

Re: [slim] Access via Hotel WiFi

2007-06-22 Thread Eric Seaberg
amcluesent;210465 Wrote: Softsqueeze on the Macbook? Yeah, well I have to use the MacBook Pro for other things, and I take the SPDIF out of the SB3 to drive my Genelec 2029A monitors. I'm on a location gig for the next 10-days and have multiple production suites setup in the hotel. The

Re: [slim] Possible to import album list to Excel ?

2007-06-22 Thread ceejay
Try the SQLYog tool. It and other options are discussed in this thread... http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29282 HTH Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148

Re: [slim] Access via Hotel WiFi

2007-06-22 Thread mswlogo
Cool. I wonder if you could plug the Mac into the squeezebox. It may come up enough to get to the web site you click through and it will see the SB MAC address as the primary client. Just a thought. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS Cat5 SB3 SPDIF-COAX Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected,

Re: [slim] Access via Hotel WiFi

2007-06-22 Thread Eric Seaberg
Ya'mean like SHARE THE INTERNET???!!! Dang... I'll try it!! I was REALLY hoping the weekend jockies at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Networks could work this out in a minimal amount of time... but BEER CALLS, I'm sure. (It is a FRIDAY, you know, and ALL I.T. issues fall into a different-kind-of-hell at

Re: [slim] Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7

2007-06-22 Thread bflatmajor
I would like to see this functionality as the default. Not a plugin, not an add-on of sorts. I would like to be able to drag an album or song or entire artist into a playlist and have it play instead of pressing the '+' to add it to the playlist I would also like the ability to reorder the

Re: [slim] Access via Hotel WiFi

2007-06-22 Thread seanadams
You could solve this with an access point that lets you change its external MAC - I think most do. Then SB3 would report its correct MAC to Squeezenetwork, and you could use both machines at the same time. -- seanadams

[slim] Squeezebox and Digital TV signal don't play nice together.

2007-06-22 Thread givendale
Hi All, Picture this, you spend hours in an unheated room of the house setting up the HTPC so it is a simple as possible to use and works just how you want it to. You then get excited because you can now leave the nasty end of the house and go into the warmth of the lounge room and rack the

[slim] Connecting to MySQL using SQyog

2007-06-22 Thread givendale
Hi All, I'm trying to use SQLyog to connect to the Slimserver DB on a Clark connect server. It is a standard install on Slimserver 6.5.1. Can anyone tell me the port, username and password to access the DB remotely? Thanks in advance. Givendale -- givendale

[slim] What happened to Zapped?

2007-06-22 Thread gdg
Since I got my SB I have always wanted a way, during casual listening, of keeping track of songs that caught my attention as candidates for custom playlists. I was thrilled when I discovered that all I needed to do was hold down the add button when in now playing mode and I could put the song

Re: [slim] Squeezebox and Digital TV signal don't play nice together.

2007-06-22 Thread SuperQ
givendale;210486 Wrote: Hi All, Picture this, you spend hours in an unheated room of the house setting up the HTPC so it is a simple as possible to use and works just how you want it to. You then get excited because you can now leave the nasty end of the house and go into the warmth of

Re: [slim] Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7

2007-06-22 Thread aubuti
bflatmajor;210477 Wrote: I would like to see this functionality as the default. Not a plugin, not an add-on of sorts. I would like to be able to drag an album or song or entire artist into a playlist and have it play instead of pressing the '+' to add it to the playlist From the way you

Re: [slim] Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7

2007-06-22 Thread bflatmajor
As as said, I would like the functionality that I mentioned to be part of the default web UI. To me, this should be part of the basic/core functionality and let the skins do other fancy stuff. This is just my opinion/wish list. And yes I've known about fishbone and slimfx. Thank you --

Re: [slim] Connecting to MySQL using SQyog

2007-06-22 Thread JJZolx
givendale;210488 Wrote: Can anyone tell me the port, username and password to access the DB remotely? You're not going to be able to access it remotely. The default configuration for the bundled MySQL only listens on IP address 127.0.0.1 (localhost). Which means that it will only accept

Re: [slim] Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7

2007-06-22 Thread Club1820
aubuti;210493 Wrote: the Fishbone skin that ships with slimserver can do this. Huh? The slimserver that ships? What are you referring to? Thought Slimserver was strictly a download. ? -- Club1820 Club1820's

Re: [slim] All of a sudden: connectivity problems

2007-06-22 Thread JJZolx
Kyle;210437 Wrote: I can connect and play music from 20 feet away, but if I power off (totally disconnect power) and power back on, it will not reconnect. Sometimes it hangs on getting an IP address and sometimes it hangs on connecting to Slimserver. I really think there is something wrong

Re: [slim] Access via Hotel WiFi

2007-06-22 Thread Club1820
Ok. Hope you guys dont mind me asking this since Eric solved his problem. But I didnt know that you could take your SB3 out of your own network/house and connect to your network at home via someone else's internet/network connection. I do connect to my slimserver from work using squeezebox.

Re: [slim] Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7

2007-06-22 Thread Ken_F
I would like to see integrated karaoke (i.e. song lyrics) for both user-own content as well as Rhapsody content. I do understand that Rhapsody would have to update their system to make that information available -- it is already available through their client -- but please encourage them to do

Re: [slim] New Device - Headless SB Remote Display/Control

2007-06-22 Thread Kane
Sean -- see your private inbox for info -- Kane Kane's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12010 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36169

Re: [slim] Access via Hotel WiFi

2007-06-22 Thread Eric Seaberg
seanadams;210484 Wrote: You could solve this with an access point that lets you change its external MAC - I think most do. Then SB3 would report its correct MAC to Squeezenetwork, and you could use both machines at the same time. Yea but I'm aready wirelessdo I take an AirPort and use

Re: [slim] Access via Hotel WiFi

2007-06-22 Thread amcluesent
Club1820;210501 Wrote: Let's say I go to a friends house and I hardwire the sb3 to his router (or is even wireless possible?). then what? how do I connect to my slimserver at home and stream music at my friends house? Set-up your home firewall software and/or router hardware to allow