Guys,
I have cover.jpg's in the music folders. The Album art is displayed, if
I look at a certain album in detail, but when I look at the album
overview (50 albums per page and only the albumart plus album name) I
see only the default icon (with the questionmark).
It worked already, but I was
All power to you if you've got the time and organization to do this, but
I'm simply not that kind of person. What I was hoping for was a
starting point so that I could fix any ratings that I disagree with,
but individually rating ALL my library ?
Life's too short :)
I guess the other problem
BTW, maybe this thread should be moved to the Beta section. Also, looks
like another new posting of the same issue...
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41302
You said that you would get the loading page. What happens if you hit a full
reload, after having cleared your browser's
If you can't go wired how about ethernet over power lines in your home?
This technology has been around for years and in the last few been
adopted by many of the common network vendors:
Netgear:
http://www.netgear.com/Products/PowerlineNetworking/PowerlineEthernetAdapters.aspx
Linksys:
I HAve a 5 month old squeezebox that has suddenly started to play with a
high level of background hiss. This is present when i change amps and
also when i use the headphone socket. Please help
Col.
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If you are satisfied with setting the same ratings on all the tracks on
an album, TrackStat plugin together with Custom Scan plugin supports to
retrieve album based ratings from Amazon.com and store them in
SlimServer database.
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If there were the first rule of coding, then, I'd imagine it would be -
the code has to do something useful and purposeful, preferably what the
paying side asked for.
That's not a rule of coding - that's the role of requirements capture and
design :-)
Good that this thread was started (kudos to
RaK;251034 Wrote:
Guys,
I have cover.jpg's in the music folders. The Album art is displayed, if
I look at a certain album in detail, but when I look at the album
overview (50 albums per page and only the albumart plus album name) I
see only the default icon (with the questionmark).
It
How would you feel about DVR-like behavior? Press Fwd once and you jump
~30 seconds ahead (rough computation based on file size if not natively
supported format?), pres Rew once and you jump ~10 seconds back. The UI
should let users choose different Fwd and Rew jump amounts.
That would be even
I'm probably to fast ;-)
Slow down and chill out then ;-)
i press nothing happens or it goes silent
then a little later a sound snippet ? by then i've pressed play again.
Confused as ever. Now i get it, I'm not patient enough to let the
function kick in.
There would be no difference with the
I hope new hardware is released soon, then all the idle speculation can
stop :D
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simondp;250801 Wrote:
Any suggestions before I'm forced to get something else? A new wife
perhaps...? ;)
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I have asked this in the past; but it seems either this works for
everyone but me, or the issue is totally overlooked.
I was never able to search my unicode (cyrillic)- tagged
artists/albums/etc., using simple or advanced search. The result page
is instantly blank; no matter what I search for.
I
Tend to agree with an earlier poster: need to be able to hear what you
are skipping for this to be useful. Currently I find that the lack of
responsiveness is the biggest cause of frustration but I like being
able to skip forward or backwards in a track. I agree if this is a
problem on
There is considerable dissatisfaction with the current implementation,
although I suspect that it probably
meets the needs of some people just fine.
Can you recap what features of the current functionality users are dissatisfied
with? Maybe there's just a lack of information on how it works
I would like to see current situation where each FFWD press speeds it
up, but would be nice if FRWD stepped the speed back down so could
control speed.doesn't seem to do that now.
The current functionality uses repeated press-and-hold FWD presses to speed up,
use repeated REW presses to slow
Your radio problems might be improved by increasing the RADIO STATION
BUFFER SETTINGS and RADIO STATION TIMEOUT in Server Settings -
Network.
I have found that 10 secs buffer and 15 secs timeout are needed if you
are using the 128K stream of ClassicFM.
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Hi everyone! I have two issues that are quite annoying. The first is
when I browse to an album and want to listen to the whole thing, all
the tracks are played out of order.
Secondly, it appears as though my SB3 is not finding all the songs in
my library. It seems like track 1 is missing from
Your first issue is caused by the fact that you are using the Browse
Music Folder option - rather than using the Album (by tag) view.
Assume you have made a conscious decision to use se .wav rather than
another lossless format which supports tags (such as FLAC, which is
what a lot of people on
I just downloadeded Slimsever from the Logitech website a couplda days
ago, not sure what version it is, how do I check? I run Windows XP
Pro.
I chose to go with WAV so that there would be no compression
whatsoever, since my stereo is composed of pretty high end components.
Perhaps I will try
First of all - you don't need to re-rip, promise. There are lots of
good encoders that you can point at your wavs and create a second
library of FLAC files, like the 'FLAC front end'
(http://members.home.nl/w.speek/flac.htm). See 'here'
(http://wiki.etree.org/index.php?page=FlacFrontend) for a
Is slimdevices.com down this morning or Am I the only one having this
problem?
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Quoting Inspiribomb ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
I chose to go with WAV so that there would be no compression
whatsoever, since my stereo is composed of pretty high end components.
Perhaps I will try FLAC, I've heard good things about it, its just going
to be irritating having to rip all my CD's
debscol;251052 Wrote:
I HAve a 5 month old squeezebox that has suddenly started to play with a
high level of background hiss. This is present when i change amps and
also when i use the headphone socket. Please help
Col.
You could try resetting the xilinx chip in the squeezebox, I think
It's back up.
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I, myself, have had very poor luck with Netgear wireless routers. The
solution to constant dropouts, etc. has been to switch. I have had the
best luck with a Linksys Wireless (pre)N router. Although the SB3 is
not an N device, the stronger wireless signal put out by this type of
router has solved
simondp;250889 Wrote:
Guys, thanks for the responses.
The thing with the laptop is strange. I put it into hibernate as
standard. When it 'comes alive' again, the squeezeboxes stop. If it's
music, they'll restart eventually. If it's radio, they'll stop until
told to restart. Then everything
You might also try scattering around some Ruckus Wireless products
around the house to get a strong wireless mesh network.
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Got it. I ripped one of my CD's using EAC as a FLAC file and it worked
flawlessly. I still have the issue with the SB not finding track 1 for
all my albums. I've only got 75 CD's to rip, so it'll be a nice
relaxing Sunday getting it done right now. Thanks guys!
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Michael,
I can email you (or attach here) my server.log file
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Phil Meyer;251058 Wrote:
Perhaps even better -- momentary presses would have that DVR-like
behavior, and held presses would have Alan's proposed behavior.
The problem is the FF key will skip to next track if pressed briefly.
The key must be held down to invoke some form of fast-forward
SoundBoy;250925 Wrote:
Dear both
I had the same problem. My SlimServer did not autostart once the system
boots. It had nothing to do with the firewall, as it had all the
permissions - at least nothing that was eluding to it - but I am by no
means an expert - and yes I added Perl and all
The radio stations hardly draw bandwidth in a wireless setup, all things
told, and the fact that the problem arises when the laptop come son
could mean that...
- There is an IP address conflict? But if that was the case I assume
the MP3 streams would stop playing to - which they don't.
- I
running 6.5.4 on Mandriva Linux 2008.0
Artwork embedded in mp3 files is not showing up in either the Browse
album mode, or when viewing the individual song or album. Artwork
files inside album folders works fine, it's just the embedded ones that
don't work.
I've wiped the cache and rebuilt the
In my collection of SB3 devices in my house I have two of the original
silver front SB3 wireless devices with the small SlimDevices logo on
them that I no longer need. I also have the original boxes for them
too. The units are in near perfect condition (see picture) and would be
great for anyone
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 10:50:58 +, Phil Meyer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I compare the current fast-forward functionality to my Sky+ box for
digital TV control, which is considered by many to be the best and most
user-friendly PVR on the market. With that box, you press . This
takes you into
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:00:41 +, Phil Meyer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I'm probably to fast ;-)
Slow down and chill out then ;-)
i press nothing happens or it goes silent
then a little later a sound snippet ? by then i've pressed play again.
Confused as ever. Now i get it, I'm not
It's much like the way the volume up/down buttons work. Except now the
display bar indicates the location inside the current track.
Not really. Volume up/down is instant - as soon as you start to press the
volume up key, it will start to raise the volume. However, you'll still have
to hold
As I begin ripping all my CD's and simultaneously converting the files
to FLAC, it seems to be taking excessively long. Each CD takes about
10 minutes to rip and convert, is this typical? I am using EAC for
this. Thanks in advance!
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Inspiribomb;251190 Wrote:
As I begin ripping all my CD's and simultaneously converting the files
to FLAC, it seems to be taking excessively long. Each CD takes about
10 minutes to rip and convert, is this typical? I am using EAC for
this. Thanks in advance!
Assuming the discs have no
Inspiribomb;251190 Wrote:
As I begin ripping all my CD's and simultaneously converting the files
to FLAC, it seems to be taking excessively long. Each CD takes about
10 minutes to rip and convert, is this typical? I am using EAC for
this. Thanks in advance!
EAC can be slow, depending on
I have a few albums of MP3s whose last few seconds are cut off when I
play them with Slimserver. The same files play perfectly fine on any
other player.
The log says stuff like:
[15:47:09.6245] Slim::Utils::Misc::msg (1226) Warning: [15:47:09.6233]
openSong: bitrate 128000 does not concur with
Using SlimServer 6.5.4 on Windows Vista and it's running fine. Only
real problems are with the Music Library which refuses to accept some
changes to tags, while most other changes are accepted. The choices of
Look for New and Clear and Rescan simply do not dislodge some
persistent errant
Inspiribomb wrote:
As I begin ripping all my CD's and simultaneously converting the files
to FLAC, it seems to be taking excessively long. Each CD takes about
10 minutes to rip and convert, is this typical? I am using EAC for
this. Thanks in advance!
That's why I don't use EAC as the first
OK, this thread seems to back and forth about what DLNA role(s) it's
talking about.
In plain terms: I'm looking for a device, perhaps something like a
Squeezebox. I've got music served up on an existing Windows Media
Player infrastructure, and I'm planning on installing a Windows Home
Server
These sound like vbr files without the usual (Xing?) header specifying
the correct duration. (Ie, players that need to know the track
duration in advance have to parse the whole file simulating playback to
find the length.)
Did you use a really old encoder to make these?
There are a variety of
Wow, much better! Thank you!
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Hello, I just got the SB set up yesterday and it is a very cool device
for listening to tunes.
The distance between my pc and computer seems to be an issue. Using a
Linksys WRT54G router the sound cuts out, or gets more distorted, from
time to time. Looking at the new routers it sounds like the
DLNA provides a mere subset of what is available in Slimserver...
I would think providing less functionality would be low on the list
of things people want.
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Burt_Harris;251205 Wrote:
. What is this philosophy that's prevented this?
The SqueezeBox is a slim device. That was the name of the company
before Logitech joined the party. The SqueezeBox is really dumb, all
the brains are in the SlimServer (aka SqueezeCenter).
I can't figure out
slack_ed wrote:
The distance between my pc and computer seems to be an issue. Using a
Linksys WRT54G router the sound cuts out, or gets more distorted, from
time to time. Looking at the new routers it sounds like the new 802.11n
routers get better range. Does anyone know if there would be an
Burt_Harris;251205 Wrote:
Will the relationship between Slim Devices and Logitec (a DLNA member)
change this?
Good question, but it's not going to be answered by Logitech in these
forums and it's unable to be answered by end users. Existing
Squeezeboxes aren't likely to be made DNLA clients
Phil Meyer;251058 Wrote:
The problem is the FF key will skip to next track if pressed briefly.
The key must be held down to invoke some form of fast-forward
behaviour.
Here's a controversial suggestion, but the more I think about it the
more sense it seems to make. Why not reverse the
Although I like the Netgear boxes, they are fairly simple to use I did
find that the two different ones that I have had were both rather poor
in terms of wireless coverage. I did notice that if I fixed the channel
rather than let it auto decide it was better.
I now have the Thompson hub branded
Thanks for much for this - it finally gave me the clue I need to tune in
WXRT-FM from Chicago (follows exactly the same pattern).
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Why not reverse the current logic so that
a brief press of FF or RW increases or decreases the speed, and a long
press skips to the previous or next track?
It did cross my mind too for a split second, as I often navigate through the
now playing list to choose a song to skip to, rather than using
cbemoore;251239 Wrote:
Here's a controversial suggestion, but the more I think about it the
more sense it seems to make. Why not reverse the current logic so that
a brief press of FF or RW increases or decreases the speed, and a long
press skips to the previous or next track?
This would
How to play an ACCplus radio stream?
I want to play a radio stream at
http://polskastacja.pl/play/aac_koledy.pls
I'm running SS 6.5.4 on Windows XP box. I've got AlienBBC with the
latest MPlayer.
It plays fine in mplayer in command line. But, when I try to tune into
the stream using slimserver
Dear all,
I just became a happy squeezebox owner - didn't find much of a sound
improvement over my airport express w/ jack analog out, but the rest
(access times, overall design, extensibility) is amazing. Just a few
things I couldn't find info on:
- Podcast plugin: where are the config
After downloading SC nightly build 22 Dec, I have no problem running SC
web interface page so far.
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How many of you have used it? Is it worth the investment (in money, time
and skill set)?
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Maybe this will help:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?AACplus
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Question:
debscol;251052 Wrote:
I HAve a 5 month old squeezebox...
Have you made any changes lately?
- hardware
- software
Tell us about your current setup.
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Just thought I would let you know that I have 2 SB3's and they have both
failed, I havent used them this month, we went to use them a couple of
days ago, and they are both dead.
I'm als in Sydney (balmain). But I dont think its thunder. I am
suspecting a firmware issue.
Anyway, I am about to
stuffa;251284 Wrote:
Just thought I would let you know that I have 2 SB3's and they have both
failed, I havent used them this month, we went to use them a couple of
days ago, and they are both dead.
I'm als in Sydney (balmain). But I dont think its thunder. I am
suspecting a firmware
Welcome to the community. I hope you have as much fun with your
SqueezeBox as I have with mine.
I have attempted to answer your questions below:
Podcast plugin - there are two ways you can listen to podcasts on a
squeezebox. You can download them first, and stream them like any other
file, or
vincoz;251265 Wrote:
- Live radio recording: would it be technically possible for a plugin
to be instructed to record a stream from the squeezebox? As in, the
program you are listening to becomes really interesting and you want to
tape it.
Thanks
There are, of course, other programs
Artwork, Filecache, MySQL and Templates.
I am inclined to think the cache files to delete for rebuilding are
those under the Program DATA folder, but which of the four folders or
their subfolders do I delete?
Try the MySQL folder - although I doubt this will fix your issue. If you do a
full
Whenever i right click on SC tray icon to stop SC, the SC keep running.
After second attempt, SC finally stop, but the following error 'Stopping
SqueezeCenter failed, please see the Event Viewer Contact Support' pop
out (attached image).
It could be related to my previous problem, failed to
SqueezeCenter failed, please see the Event Viewer Contact Support' pop
And... what did the Event Viewer say?
Michael
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Inspiribomb;251137 Wrote:
Got it. I ripped one of my CD's using EAC as a FLAC file and it worked
flawlessly. I still have the issue with the SB not finding track 1 for
all my albums. I've only got 75 CD's to rip, so it'll be a nice
relaxing Sunday getting it done right now. Thanks guys!
On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 15:07:14 -0800, cbemoore
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Phil Meyer;251058 Wrote:
The problem is the FF key will skip to next track if pressed briefly.
The key must be held down to invoke some form of fast-forward
behaviour.
Here's a controversial suggestion, but the more
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