Re: [slim] What makes SlimServer fast?

2007-10-11 Thread Michael Herger
Now I'm waiting for Michael's post saying Don't do it!. Thanks. I've been away for a few days :-). Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Songs in same artist album displayed seperately

2007-10-11 Thread moley6knipe
Yup, iTunes can do that if you let it! mp3tag is great - I think you'll find it speeds things up for you. Always back everything up first though, if you're planning to do a mass-tagging! I found all manner of weird tags on some of my CD rips that I wasn't even aware of. mp3tag will show show

Re: [slim] NETGEAR model DG834PN WPA-PSK connection problem with Squeezebox 3

2007-10-11 Thread Empgamer
Cracked it now with all security disabled. Will now start to switch on the various security elements. Not sure what was causing the problems. -- Empgamer Empgamer's Profile:

Re: [slim] Slimserver cannot start after latest Windows Updates

2007-10-11 Thread Michael Herger
Could you run netsta -a -b in a DOS window and see whether there's another service listening on port 9000? Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Driving SS from my BlackBerry 8320

2007-10-11 Thread Michael Herger
The new Blackberry 8320 has wifi capabilities. I am now driving Slimserver with it, trying to decide which skin works best. http://yourserver:9000/Handheld is my bet Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] SqueezeFox - Slimserver extension for Firefox

2007-10-11 Thread greebowarrior
version 0.8 is now out http://graphicmedicine.com/squeezefox/SqueezeFox-0.8.xpi changes: - Added stop and mute buttons - Rewrote the entire httprequest handler to use a JS parser library, now seems less buggy - enabled artwork notifications - MULTIPLE SQUEEZEBOX SUPPORT, allows you to decide

Re: [slim] SqueezeFox - Slimserver extension for Firefox

2007-10-11 Thread ezkcdude
Any plans for an Opera plugin? I gave up on Firefox several months ago. -- ezkcdude There are 10 kind of people in the world - those who understand binary and those who don't. SHINYMETAL '*Site*' (http://www.ezdiyaudio.com)| '*RSS*' (http://www2.kumc.edu/students/ezamir/rss/ezdiyaudio.xml)

Re: [slim] Broken Display - Replacement?

2007-10-11 Thread funkstar
I don't think SlimDevices have any left, but you may be able to get one from someone that upgraded to the graphical screen. There was another member did this not long ago -- funkstar funkstar's Profile:

Re: [slim] SqueezeFox - Slimserver extension for Firefox

2007-10-11 Thread greebowarrior
not at the moment, but potentially once i feel the firefox extension is complete, then i could start porting it over -- greebowarrior 'SqueezeFox - The Squeezebox extension for Firefox' (http://graphicmedicine.com/squeezefox/)

Re: [slim] Songs in same artist album displayed seperately

2007-10-11 Thread Yodi
Installed and ran mp3tag last night. Took a couple of test runs and sneak-peeks at the help files to get used to the interface but i agree: the tool is awesome. It has already fixed some of the directories I was having issues with; not all, though. There are couple of albums (that I am working

[slim] connecting laptop to SB3 to access internet?

2007-10-11 Thread sand
Hi all, Perhaps I've misunderstood the basics of this, but here is what I'm doing: I tried connecting a W2K laptop to the back of my SB3, in order to access the internet. I did not get any internet connection. When connecting the laptop with the same cable directly to my router it works. What

Re: [slim] connecting laptop to SB3 to access internet?

2007-10-11 Thread Mark Lanctot
You should use a crossover cable for this. Did you enable bridging on the SB3? Does the SB3 have access to SN? This means DNS and gateway are set properly. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!'

Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

2007-10-11 Thread Willard Pigeon
My Squeezebox has been working fine for months since I installed a new PC under Vista Home Premium with an existing Netgear WGR614. Now, all of a sudden, the Squeezebox cannot connect to SlimServer. I re-installed SlimServer (v6.5.4)and reinitiated the Squeezebox, which connects okay to my

Re: [slim] connecting laptop to SB3 to access internet?

2007-10-11 Thread SteveEast
To enable/disable bridging: 1. Connect laptop to SB with crossover cable. 2. Hold down left arrow button on remote until SB menu enters Squeezebox Setup. 2. Scroll down and select Current Settings. 3. Scroll down to Bridge wireless to ethernet. Select to taste. Steve. -- SteveEast

Re: [slim] Songs in same artist album displayed seperately

2007-10-11 Thread SteveEast
One of the things to try is to select all tracks on an album and do Right Mouse/Extended Tags. Then look at tags marked as keep - these are the tags that have different values across the selected tracks. Typically the only ones so marked would be Title and Track, plus possibly Discnumber (for a

Re: [slim] connecting laptop to SB3 to access internet?

2007-10-11 Thread sand
Mark Lanctot;234388 Wrote: You should use a crossover cable for this. Did you enable bridging on the SB3? Does the SB3 have access to SN? This means DNS and gateway are set properly. Thank's Mark! I just used a regular network cable. So I guess that means I need another sort of cable,

Re: [slim] connecting laptop to SB3 to access internet?

2007-10-11 Thread Mark Lanctot
Most ports these days are auto-sensing, so you might as well try SteveEast's advice with your present cable and see if it works. Otherwise yes, try a crossover cable. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!'

Re: [slim] Songs in same artist album displayed seperately

2007-10-11 Thread moley6knipe
The cache folder you've found is indeed the one. If you've done loads of small tagging changes SS sometimes misses them, so it's a good habit to periodically stop SS, delete this folder and then restart - that'll build it from scratch There's no work round for rescanning, apart from navigating

[slim] Alarm bell symbol

2007-10-11 Thread DarrenG
Hi can anyone tell me if there is Alarm functionaliy in the Date Time screen saver that shows the bell symbol on the display if there is an alarm set in the next n hours (e.g. 12 hours). Typically, I set an alarm for week days and not weekends -- therefore it would be good to see the Bell symbol

Re: [slim] connecting laptop to SB3 to access internet?

2007-10-11 Thread sand
ok, I'll give it a try - thank you both for the advice! -- sand Squeezebox 3 QNAP TS-109 Seagate ES 500GB sand's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9856 View this thread:

[slim] Help: Controlling my SB3 via my Laptop

2007-10-11 Thread jmstipe
Hello I need some assistance in setting up my laptop to control my SB3. My current setup is as follows: iMac 2.0 Dual Core D-Link wireless router SB3 I have the slimserver software setup on my Mac and my SB works fine. Now I have a windows PC laptop that I want to use to control my SB. IBM

Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

2007-10-11 Thread Ross L
Did you check the Vista firewall? Have you tried a ping test? -- Ross L Ross Levine - Slim Devices Quality Assurance Ross L's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4416 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Help: Controlling my SB3 via my Laptop

2007-10-11 Thread ceejay
OK, so your first problem is that you don't need slimserver on the windows laptop. Stop it running, just to be sure that the SB is conencting only to the copy of slimserver running on your Mac. Then find the IP address of your Mac. Lets say its 192.168.1.2 Then, on a browser on your Windows

Re: [slim] NETGEAR model DG834PN WPA-PSK connection problem with Squeezebox 3

2007-10-11 Thread scala
Hello So even when setting my router to g-only mode, WEP or no encryption, and testing manually different channels I always have the problem that music is intermittent after some time (and no, it's not the computer, I even disabled the screen saver). I'm starting to believe it's the DG834N fault,

Re: [slim] SqueezeFox - Slimserver extension for Firefox

2007-10-11 Thread bephillips
Thanks! Squeezefox in the status bar is updating within a few seconds when playing now. Still takes about two minutes to update when skipping tracks either with the remote or the browser UI. I'm also not seeing any artwork on track changes, though I have this setting checked. Not sure what

[slim] Player/slimserver chrashes on shuffle

2007-10-11 Thread dolce24
When i activate shuffle on my squeezebox v.3 the player freezes when the next song is about to play. I have crossfade enabled. If i press play or next it starts playing. I hope someone can figure out what the problem is, i have no idea if it is a screensaver bug or something like that. If

Re: [slim] SqueezeFox - Slimserver extension for Firefox

2007-10-11 Thread greebowarrior
bephillips;234493 Wrote: Thanks! Squeezefox in the status bar is updating within a few seconds when playing now. no problems, this was bothering me too, as i usually listen to web streams in the office bephillips;234493 Wrote: Still takes about two minutes to update when skipping tracks

Re: [slim] Slimserver cannot start after latest Windows Updates

2007-10-11 Thread sparks451
Hello Michael, It looks like the new McAfee Data Backup utility (Ver 1.2) that I think was installed in my last Comcast McAfee SecurityCenter update (Ver 7.2) wants to listen on port 9000 as well (not sure why yet). I guess it won out over SlimServer the last time I rebooted. If I cannot

Re: [slim] connecting laptop to SB3 to access internet?

2007-10-11 Thread y360
The bridge setting is read-only in the settings mentioned above To modify it you need to setup networking again -- y360 y360's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10150 View this thread:

Re: [slim] SqueezeFox - Slimserver extension for Firefox

2007-10-11 Thread bephillips
I only have one SB3, but multi player seems to be working fine with this and Softsqueeze on my laptop. -- bephillips More than 35611 songs on 2849 albums by 2050 artists. Mostly flac, some mp3. SlimServer Version: 6.5.3 - 12361 Mac OS X 10.4.10 (8R218) - EN - utf8 Perl Version: 5.8.6

[slim] Why is SB so expensive?

2007-10-11 Thread KarylFStein
I'm not trying to start a flame, but am really curious why a SB3 costs so much. Is it the components, low-volume production, or ??? I'd love to fill my house with SBs and support the product, but at US$200 a pop, I just can't justify the expense. So, I use the (free) software players

Re: [slim] Why is SB so expensive?

2007-10-11 Thread kdf
KarylFStein;234516 Wrote: I'm not trying to start a flame, but am really curious why a SB3 costs so much. Is it the components, low-volume production, or ??? The bulk of the cost is apparently the VFD display. Volume is likely also part of the equation. Naturally it would be cheaper if it

Re: [slim] Why is SB so expensive?

2007-10-11 Thread bhaagensen
This doesn't answer your question. But perhaps it gives some background. Why does some CD-players cost 5000$ ? My experience is that the sound quality offered by the SB is much better than all software player based solutions. Of course you'd need a high-end soundcard for that, and those do not

Re: [slim] Where have all my thumbnails gone?

2007-10-11 Thread Brian Ritchie
Some discoveries: Turning off Sophos AV whilst scanning made no difference. Unselecting use MusicMagic in Server Settings (by selecting Don't use MusicMagic - MusicIP service still running), then scanning DID work. Even for a new/changed scan when I'd only changed one album, thumbnails of other

Re: [slim] Why is SB so expensive?

2007-10-11 Thread peejay
KarylFStein;234516 Wrote: I'm not an audiophile and don't need top-of-the-line stuff as long as it sounds decent plugged into my stereo. I believe that the SB3 was perhaps originally aimed at the audio mid-market, where names like 'Burr Brown' and phrases like 'lossless format support'

Re: [slim] Why is SB so expensive?

2007-10-11 Thread jeffmeh
I guess it is all relative, because my immediate reaction to your post is, Where can you get one for $200? Even at $299 US retail, I think it is a good value relative to the alternatives. -- jeffmeh jeffmeh's Profile:

Re: [slim] Why is SB so expensive?

2007-10-11 Thread JJZolx
peejay;234524 Wrote: Now with Logitech in the picture, however, you may just get your wish. And I'm not bashing Logitech, by the way, it's just the reality of the market they have traditionally played in, and what that market expects from that brand. I love my Logitech bluetooth mouse, by

Re: [slim] Why is SB so expensive?

2007-10-11 Thread peejay
jeffmeh;234525 Wrote: I guess it is all relative, because my immediate reaction to your post is, Where can you get one for $200? Even at $299 US retail, I think it is a good value relative to the alternatives. Sorry, I have corrected that, it should have read $299. -- peejay Music is

Re: [slim] SqueezeFox - Slimserver extension for Firefox

2007-10-11 Thread sander
I actually had a funny Squeezefox moment the other day. Some of the album art I have is very large, especially if it's an old record and someone has gone to the trouble of making a nice scan, I just throw it in the directory with the music. Anyway, my whole 1280x800 laptop screen was overcome

Re: [slim] Songs in same artist album displayed seperately

2007-10-11 Thread Yodi
Are all of the offending files in one folder? Impressive: you seem to have all the answers i.e., I just looked and found the very first file in a seperate folder. Will fix it. I also noticed that SS was picking up some of the displayed folders files from the Recycled Bin. This was the cause

Re: [slim] Help: Controlling my SB3 via my Laptop

2007-10-11 Thread jmstipe
Thanks ceejay, I've uninstalled Slimserver software from the PC laptop. I opened a browser and entered the IP address for the Mac (followed by the :9000). I received the following error: Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage Should i make some type of adjustment to the firewall settings

Re: [slim] Help: Controlling my SB3 via my Laptop

2007-10-11 Thread peejay
jmstipe;234538 Wrote: hello i turned my windows firewall off and tried it again. no change. OK, well I'm a Mac newbie (had my macbook only a couple of months), but I have a link which may help. http://www.macdevcenter.com/pub/a/mac/2005/03/15/firewall.html If all else fails check back here

Re: [slim] Why is SB so expensive?

2007-10-11 Thread KarylFStein
Well, I made the mistake first saying $200 instead of $300. So, it seems like the big thing driving the price is the quality of components. I don't mind shelling out money for quality, but it's got to have a noticeable return. To my untrained ears, the software players are fine for what I use

Re: [slim] Why is SB so expensive?

2007-10-11 Thread Pat Farrell
KarylFStein wrote: to have a noticeable return. To my untrained ears, the software players are fine for what I use it for--background music really. Then keep using the software players. No one will stop you. The SqueezeBox is about connecting your SlimServer's content to your stereo. I have

[slim] Drive allocation problem

2007-10-11 Thread Immtbiker
Since installing the latest software for Slimserver, using XP, a WD 350 HD...my hard drive automatically changed it's drive assignment to G: when it was always F: I had to change the folders to look in to refresh and my shortcut drives. Whenever I plug in something else (DAP, digi camera,

Re: [slim] Why is SB so expensive?

2007-10-11 Thread Immtbiker
Looking at the overall picture, including DAC and headphone amp, I feel it is decently price. It is an amazing component and (especially after upgrading to the Transporter...even more mula) it has added to my music listening pleasures. And that's what it's all about. -- Immtbiker

Re: [slim] Need help playing ogg stream

2007-10-11 Thread cgull
Figured it out. Since slimserver and icecast are running on same box I just needed to use the loopback address. http://127.0.0.1:8000 ... : / -- cgull cgull's Profile:

Re: [slim] Why is SB so expensive?

2007-10-11 Thread earthbased
KarylFStein;234516 Wrote: I'm not trying to start a flame, but am really curious why a SB3 costs so much. Is it the components, low-volume production, or ??? I'd love to fill my house with SBs and support the product, but at US$200 a pop, I just can't justify the expense. So, I use the

Re: [slim] Driving SS from my BlackBerry 8320

2007-10-11 Thread dwc
Yes it looks that way. I'm glad it works. -- dwc dwc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1892 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39198

Re: [slim] Drive allocation problem

2007-10-11 Thread moot
Control Panel Administrative Tools Computer Management Disk Management Right click on the partition and select Change Drive Letter and Paths.. Be careful with this. Since this isn't C: you're not likely to have much trouble, but you should close any files on that drive first I'd say. --

Re: [slim] Need help playing ogg stream

2007-10-11 Thread SuperQ
cgull;234550 Wrote: Figured it out. Since slimserver and icecast are running on same box I just needed to use the loopback address. http://127.0.0.1:8000 ... : / Yea, you can see how icecast is setup by looking at the netstat output to see what sockets it is listening on. I guess how it's

Re: [slim] Help: Controlling my SB3 via my Laptop

2007-10-11 Thread Empgamer
Mine controls it fine. What are you typing in as your url for slimserver? Have you any other firewalls installed that may be blocking access? Anything that might be turning on via anti-virus? -- Empgamer Empgamer's

Re: [slim] I don't understand RadioTime. Help please.

2007-10-11 Thread mortslim
You also can't see (I think you mean hear) all the accuradio stations either. I assume this is the amount of stations in the distribution agreement. But don't worry about precisely matching the number here and the number there and the number everywhere. Just enjoy the music. (although I would