Re: [slim] Wife's music accessible easily and quickly??

2008-02-28 Thread MuckleEck
erland;273527 Wrote: If you are talking about the Multi Library plugin I don't think there is a template for defining a library through a tag scanned with the Custom Scan plugin. It is still possible to do but you will have to customize the library definition and edit the the SQL statement.

Re: [slim] SB3 stops randomly

2008-02-28 Thread eurale
My SB, bought in Germany, worked flawlessly for a couple of years. One day it started to stop in the middle of a song, reboot ... and start the song from the beginning. Just as many other people are talking about. All my IPs are static, I'm using a cable, etc. I didn't try the factory reset that

Re: [slim] SB3 stops randomly

2008-02-28 Thread eurale
in the seconds after I pushed post ... it just stopped, rebooted ... here we go. I'm running v7 with the latest firmware as of 28th Feb (9pm Aust eastern daylight time). -- eurale eurale's Profile:

Re: [slim] Duet ETA?

2008-02-28 Thread egd
vdorta;273375 Wrote: Ideology trumps good sound as attested to by your sig :P -- egd All music also sounded completly different , and extremly musical. egd's Profile:

Re: [slim] Dead Ethernet port SB3

2008-02-28 Thread jaywills
That brought my ethernet port back to life after a close by lightning strike. Of course, YMMV. Cordially, -- jaywills jaywills's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15379 View this thread:

[slim] Squeezecenter...What I'd Really Like to See Someday

2008-02-28 Thread Juliozaffo
I have a large music collection that I recently scanned in Squeezecenter 7.0. In browsing through my collection I have witnessed some problems with the way the tags are interpreted. For example, I have an album with out of order tracks. I'm guessing this is because the last two tracks are

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter...What I'd Really Like to See Someday

2008-02-28 Thread egd
mp3tag, properly configured. -- egd All music also sounded completly different , and extremly musical. egd's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3425 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter...What I'd Really Like to See Someday

2008-02-28 Thread MuckleEck
Juliozaffo;273560 Wrote: On a side note, does anyone know of a tag editor that displays all of the potential tags in a file? With the editors I'm using I'm not sure where the disc number is coming from. I agree with egd that mp3tag will see all tags that exist in a file, probably in the

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter...What I'd Really Like to See Someday

2008-02-28 Thread slimpy
If you have mp3tag set not to update the file timestamp when you save tags then SS doesn't know that anything has changed (it only looks for changed timestamps). You need to do a full rescan in this case (Clear library and rescan). Make sure you only have one set of tags in your files (eg not

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter...What I'd Really Like to See Someday

2008-02-28 Thread hunta
Also if you're using MusicIP Mixer as your album data source that'll complicate the picture. -- hunta hunta's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=333 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter...What I'd Really Like to See Someday

2008-02-28 Thread Khuli
If your files are mp3, you'll probably find the tags much easier to find (and edit) with 'ID3Tag-IT' (http://www.audio-toolz.de/download.php?id=70001) than with mp3tag. -- Khuli http://www.last.fm/user/khuli Khuli's

[slim] Investigating Lousy Internet Radio Connectivity

2008-02-28 Thread jonheal
I'm just starting to research this, so I want to get my facts straight. Lately, it is becoming obvious that keeping a connection with an Internet radio station for more than a short period of time in our household is impossible. This is not a wireless issue -- I'm talking about a wired SB3

Re: [slim] upnp/dlna support for squeezebox

2008-02-28 Thread Mark Lanctot
andreask2;273368 Wrote: But are you sure that there are more people who need these plugins, than people who want to use their existing upnp servers? Logitech doesn't dictate which plugins get written, they get written by users who wanted to solve a problem they have or extend functionality.

Re: [slim] Wife's music accessible easily and quickly??

2008-02-28 Thread chill
Last night I 'discovered' Erland's excellent Multi Library and Custom Browse plugins. My SB3 experience has been transformed! At my wife's request I had included her iTunes library (principally because she wanted her playlists accessible), but the big downside was that many of our CDs and

Re: [slim] Duet release date?

2008-02-28 Thread vitoruch
olc;272664 Wrote: I prefer the policy of setting a release date which would give enough time to get the thing to market. If you finish before that you can release early. My biggest complaint about everything computer is the inability after all these years to release anything as promised.

Re: [slim] Duet release date?

2008-02-28 Thread kdf
On 28-Feb-08, at 8:33 AM, vitoruch wrote: Come on guys, it's february 28! Come on, guy, read the Duet ETA thread. ;) -kdf ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Duet release date?

2008-02-28 Thread Michael Herger
Come on guys, it's february 28! Luckily enough we're in a leap year ;-) -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Duet release date?

2008-02-28 Thread Peter
On Thu, 28 Feb 2008 17:46:30 +0100, Michael Herger [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Come on guys, it's february 28! Luckily enough we're in a leap year ;-) LOL! Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] An Idea For AV Recievers

2008-02-28 Thread jonheal
Here's a rhetorical question... How come AV Receivers don't include some kind of visualizer module so you can watch pretty colors on your TV jump around to your music? Or do they? I don't know ... don't have one ... -- jonheal Jon Heal says: Have a nice day! http://www.theheals.org/ ~~~ SB3

Re: [slim] An Idea For AV Recievers

2008-02-28 Thread SilverRS8
Would that be a unique selling point? Personally I don't see much use in turning my TV on when I want to listen to music. It just distracts from the actual 'music expierence'. -- SilverRS8 Author of AlbumCatalogCreator for SqueezeCenter SlimServer

Re: [slim] An Idea For AV Recievers

2008-02-28 Thread jonheal
SilverRS8;273623 Wrote: Would that be a unique selling point? Personally I don't see much use in turning my TV on when I want to listen to music. It just distracts from the actual 'music expierence'. Well ... I'd like it. -- jonheal Jon Heal says: Have a nice day!

Re: [slim] Wife's music accessible easily and quickly??

2008-02-28 Thread shvejk
I don't think there is a way for a plugin to put menus directly on the home menu of the SBC but I haven't investigated it in detail. Yes, it can be done using Player Settings - Menus Thank you Erland for the excellent plugins. Cheers, -- shvejk

Re: [slim] An Idea For AV Recievers

2008-02-28 Thread Mark Lanctot
AV receivers don't focus much on music playback. The hardware is there, although I'm not sure about the CPU power (most of the brains is in the DSP). -- Mark Lanctot Ben Klass: I won't even eat a pre-7.0 meal. Well, unless it involves bacon. SB2, Transporter, beta SBR, beta SBC,

Re: [slim] Wife's music accessible easily and quickly??

2008-02-28 Thread Mark Lanctot
shvejk;273627 Wrote: I don't think there is a way for a plugin to put menus directly on the home menu of the SBC but I haven't investigated it in detail. Yes, it can be done using Player Settings - Menus On the SBC? As opposed to an SB3? -- Mark Lanctot Ben Klass: I won't even eat a

Re: [slim] Wife's music accessible easily and quickly??

2008-02-28 Thread shvejk
Mark Lanctot;273629 Wrote: On the SBC? As opposed to an SB3? I was thinking about SB3. Sorry -- shvejk shvejk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1337 View this thread:

Re: [slim] How do i connect A NAS to a PC ?

2008-02-28 Thread Limitless
SteveEast;169141 Wrote: You don't connect anything between the PC and the NAS. Both the PC and the NAS would be connected to your router using Ethernet cable. If you have to do any configuration of the NAS then it would usually be done with a browser like Internet Explorer or Firefox.

Re: [slim] An Idea For AV Recievers

2008-02-28 Thread SuperQ
I know more than one person that has asked why the squeezebox doesn't have TV output. My main answer is a lot of squeezebox owners put them in a room without a TV. Personally I just wish there was a SqueezeVideo. I've been looking for something to front-end my video media and have found

[slim] Accessing SqueezeCentre installed on WHS

2008-02-28 Thread pjwilson
Hi - apologies for a potential newbie question. Searched but could not find the answer. I have installed Squeezecentre 7.0 as a service on my new Windows Home Server box (HP EX745) and it works like a dream, with one small caveat. I can not access Squeezecenter via http://servername:9000/ from

Re: [slim] An Idea For AV Recievers

2008-02-28 Thread Ben Sandee
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 1:05 PM, SuperQ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know more than one person that has asked why the squeezebox doesn't have TV output. My main answer is a lot of squeezebox owners put them in a room without a TV. The funny thing is, which video output would they choose?

Re: [slim] An Idea For AV Recievers

2008-02-28 Thread jonheal
Mark Lanctot;273628 Wrote: AV receivers don't focus much on music playback. The hardware is there, although I'm not sure about the CPU power (most of the brains is in the DSP). I can see how visualizations would require some hefty processing since iTunes on my Mac and WMP on the PC both

Re: [slim] An Idea For AV Recievers

2008-02-28 Thread Kurt
Winamp does amazing visualizations. Isn't there a plugin that streams Slim to Winamp? This is kludge, but on the machine with Winamp couldn't you could enjoy the visualizations on that, or even hook that machine up to your TV? I've hooked up a machine with Winamp running to a projector that

Re: [slim] Accessing SqueezeCentre installed on WHS

2008-02-28 Thread MuckleEck
It may be a security setting in IE to do with javascript, Or try FirefoxI have the same problem on one of my laptops (just tried it) but since I use Firefox I hadn't seen it before. What version of IE are you using? -- MuckleEck Alasdair 3 SB3s - Linn - Acoustat - AudioEngine 2 -

Re: [slim] An Idea For AV Recievers

2008-02-28 Thread Pat Farrell
jonheal wrote: I can see how visualizations would require some hefty processing since iTunes on my Mac and WMP on the PC both heat up the processors a bit when running visualizations. I have a friend who back in the 60s hacked his Heathkit color TV, drove the vertical with one channel, the

Re: [slim] An Idea For AV Recievers

2008-02-28 Thread Marc Sherman
Ben Sandee wrote: The funny thing is, which video output would they choose? Composite? God no. Component? Eek, *three* extra ports. DVI? HDMI? The truth is they would need *all* of them. It ceases to be a simple change at that point. If you go that far, you might as well turn it into

Re: [slim] An Idea For AV Recievers

2008-02-28 Thread jonheal
Ben Sandee;273654 Wrote: On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 1:05 PM, SuperQ SuperQ.35i8yn1204225801 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com wrote: I know more than one person that has asked why the squeezebox doesn't have TV output. My main answer is a lot of squeezebox owners put them in

Re: [slim] An Idea For AV Recievers

2008-02-28 Thread Ben Sandee
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 1:58 PM, Marc Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ben Sandee wrote: The funny thing is, which video output would they choose? Composite? God no. Component? Eek, *three* extra ports. DVI? HDMI? The truth is they would need *all* of them. It ceases to be a

Re: [slim] Investigating Lousy Internet Radio Connectivity

2008-02-28 Thread jonheal
jonheal;273575 Wrote: I'm just starting to research this, so I want to get my facts straight. Lately, it is becoming obvious that keeping a connection with an Internet radio station for more than a short period of time in our household is impossible. This is not a wireless issue -- I'm

Re: [slim] An Idea For AV Recievers

2008-02-28 Thread Ben Sandee
On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 2:08 PM, jonheal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What I was imagining was an AV reeciever that behaves the same way AV receivers behave now, which is they take a bunch of audio and video inputs and output them to your TV and speakers. Your thread was inadvertantly hijacked

Re: [slim] An Idea For AV Recievers

2008-02-28 Thread jonheal
Ben Sandee;273686 Wrote: On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 2:08 PM, jonheal jonheal.35ibqn1204229401 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com wrote: What I was imagining was an AV reeciever that behaves the same way AV receivers behave now, which is they take a bunch of audio and video inputs

Re: [slim] Dead Ethernet port SB3

2008-02-28 Thread Blue Fishey
a ? Blue -- Blue Fishey Blue Fishey's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15704 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43893 ___

Re: [slim] Dead Ethernet port SB3

2008-02-28 Thread JJZolx
Blue Fishey;273694 Wrote: a ? http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?PlayerFirmware -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread:

Re: [slim] An Idea For AV Recievers

2008-02-28 Thread bishopdonmiguel
SuperQ;273643 Wrote: Personally I just wish there was a SqueezeVideo. I've been looking for something to front-end my video media and have found nothing but half-ass buggy interfaces. For now I've given up and just attached a PC to my TV for movie playback. I got one of these recently...

Re: [slim] An Idea For AV Recievers

2008-02-28 Thread kkitts
SuperQ;273643 Wrote: I know more than one person that has asked why the squeezebox doesn't have TV output. My main answer is a lot of squeezebox owners put them in a room without a TV. Personally I just wish there was a SqueezeVideo. I've been looking for something to front-end my video

[slim] Goodbye lousy internet radio - Hello streaming?

2008-02-28 Thread Countryman
Like Jon Heal in his ‘Investigating Lousy Internet Radio Connectivity’ thread, I am at the stage of abandoning internet radio. In my case this is due to network congestion and, I suspect, traffic shaping by France Telecom/Orange. I do however get excellent radio from my satellite receiver! A

Re: [slim] Investigating Lousy Internet Radio Connectivity

2008-02-28 Thread snarlydwarf
Yes, it would break the stream. A TCP stream is defined as a unique pair of IP:PORT, IP:PORT. If the IP changes, the stream goes away. Why on earth they would change a dynamic IP so often is another matter: that is just plain nuts. Something sounds wrong with their setup or your router or

Re: [slim] Goodbye lousy internet radio - Hello streaming?

2008-02-28 Thread bpa
There are many wasy to do satellite radio and IIRC the apache server approach was used to separate the PC receiving satellit from the PC running Slimserver. If you can use a simple application to control the staellit hardware which is a command line application where command line options specify

Re: [slim] Accessing SqueezeCentre installed on WHS

2008-02-28 Thread pjwilson
I'm running IE 7.0 (with all latest patches) on XP Pro. Just had a look through the various options, and can't see anyhting obvious -- pjwilson pjwilson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15738

Re: [slim] Accessing SqueezeCentre installed on WHS

2008-02-28 Thread pjwilson
Just played further, and it now works, but who knows why... if I type the address into an open IE window, it now works fine... it does not work with the shortcut from my desktop that I had created previously (which is identical)... ??? New shortcut created on desktop, and all appears smooth :)

Re: [slim] An Idea For AV Recievers

2008-02-28 Thread jonheal
kkitts;273709 Wrote: I'm using MythTV (from www.g-ding.tv) for this on one TV (an old Sony 32 Analog). I have a Mac mini on a newer Samsung LCD. The mac mini will do 1920x1080 - I picked it up off Craigs List for a bargain $200.00. I'd buy another one if I could find one for that price... I

Re: [slim] Accessing SqueezeCentre installed on WHS

2008-02-28 Thread Zaragon
Sounds to me that the name resolution isn't working. What is doing the name resolution in your network. This would tend to be the router. But it may also be necessary to set up the default domain suffix in order to pick up the right DNS name. To check this first try using the IP address of the

Re: [slim] Goodbye lousy internet radio - Hello streaming?

2008-02-28 Thread Countryman
bpa;273717 Wrote: There are many wasy to do satellite radio... this is straightforward to stream through Slimservers. /QUOTE] Thanks for the response BPA. If this is 'straight forward', could you please give an idea as to how it is achieved? I can either feed the audio output from the

Re: [slim] Deleting Favorites from Remote

2008-02-28 Thread clowenstein
Ross L;227187 Wrote: Pete, Browse to your favorites with the remote, find the favorite you'd like to remove hit the right arrow and you'll see the option (Go right to delete) For adding stations via the URL of the stream, I'm not sure of a way to do this with the remote, that would be

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter...What I'd Really Like to See Someday

2008-02-28 Thread sellars
Hi, your issue may also be related to APE tags that your current tagging software does not pick up (I fought a long time with this). http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43167 Workaround: Use Mp3tag to delete all your APE tags and please sign up for the bug mentioned in above thread

Re: [slim] Deleting Favorites from Remote

2008-02-28 Thread Ross L
clowenstein;273732 Wrote: I find that right arrow does not always give the option Go right to delete. For several favorites right arrow does nothing except bounce the display a bit. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7066 Could it be this? -- Ross L Ross Levine - Slim Devices

Re: [slim] Audioengine 5

2008-02-28 Thread Club1820
Mark Lanctot;272315 Wrote: I found the A2 finish better than the A5, a glossy piano black, very smooth, much like the SB3 black plastic and the remote plastic. The A5s looked cheaper actually, a matte plastic, some fit and finish blemishes and not the nice finish the A2 comes in. Mark,

Re: [slim] Audioengine 5

2008-02-28 Thread MuckleEck
Club1820;273737 Wrote: Mark, can you clarify the finish on the A2s. Glossy Black or Matte Satin? I ask because I originally bought the A5s but found they were just too big for the desk. Although they sounded great and wanted to keep them - they would be used on my wife's desk so it was a

Re: [slim] Goodbye lousy internet radio - Hello streaming?

2008-02-28 Thread bpa
What OS are you using ? -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43957 ___

Re: [slim] Goodbye lousy internet radio - Hello streaming?

2008-02-28 Thread Countryman
bpa;273746 Wrote: What OS are you using ? Vista Home Premium 64 -- Countryman Countryman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8458 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Goodbye lousy internet radio - Hello streaming?

2008-02-28 Thread bpa
I'm not sure of the interface standards for DVB-T cards and Vista. A starting point would be to try running mplayer. The command syntax would be something like mplayer dvb://[EMAIL PROTECTED] [options] If mplayer can select a channel and play - then I have a simple test plugin which will do

Re: [slim] Goodbye lousy internet radio - Hello streaming?

2008-02-28 Thread bpa
VLC is an alternative to mplayer in case mplayer doesn't work. The post below shows how a user used VLC to play a satellite stream from a Dreambox. http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=265531postcount=15 VLC also works with DVB-T interfaces on Vista. -- bpa

Re: [slim] Goodbye lousy internet radio - Hello streaming?

2008-02-28 Thread Countryman
Many thanks indeed BPA. VLC works very well on my machine so I will try that. Mind you, I haven't ever used the command line in it so will have to do some reading up. Cheers, -- Countryman Countryman's Profile:

[slim] thesixtyone music streaming site

2008-02-28 Thread m1abrams
Well I search the forums for any info on thesixtyone. Terms searched thesixtyone sixtyone 61 sixty one, so sorry if a thread already exists, I tried. Anyhow I recently discovered this site http://www.thesixtyone.com/ and at first glance seem to like it. Lots of free streaming music, that is

Re: [slim] Audioengine 5

2008-02-28 Thread jonbauer
I don't have too much to add to this thread, only: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonbauer/2125369542/ - Jon -- jonbauer jonbauer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13615 View this thread:

[slim] Remote control not working since server upgrades

2008-02-28 Thread NauticusLX
When I press the 6 button on my remote, favorite #31 appears. Other buttons don't work at all. What's happening? Thanks. -- NauticusLX NauticusLX's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8981 View

Re: [slim] Artwork issues with Nokia 770 skin

2008-02-28 Thread utep10
Just got a used 770 and have beening loading all the artwork but I'm having this problem as well. Did this get resolved somewhere? Thanks -- utep10 utep10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9131

Re: [slim] Squeezecenter...What I'd Really Like to See Someday

2008-02-28 Thread Espen
sellars;273733 Wrote: yWorkaround: Use Mp3tag to delete all your APE tags and please sign up for the bug mentioned in above thread to be re-opened. That is what I do as well. Spent quite some time and database rescans to figure what was going on. -- Espen