Re: [slim] problem passing port 9000 over my lan relay?

2008-04-05 Thread Peter
friendlyfire wrote: Hi, I'm having a difficult time resolving a problem that I am sure is a side effect of my LAN topology and hope someone here can offer advice. Here is the situation: Most of the PCs in the house connect directly to a primary router including the slimserver host. All

Re: [slim] Question about transcoding

2008-04-05 Thread Eric Seaberg
Yes! In fact, the only reason to have the LAME option is if you're planning on streaming over the network, where it would transcode to MP3. -- Eric Seaberg Eric Seaberg - San Diego [EMAIL PROTECTED] Eric Seaberg's

Re: [slim] Yet Another Error from SC7 server.log

2008-04-05 Thread Michael Herger
I installed the 7.01 and still when I restarted my PC i get following error. Am I doing something wrong Did you try removing SC and start all over again. Looks like some issue in the MySQL installation or configuration. Michael ___ discuss

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

2008-04-05 Thread davidmac27
Excitement of receiving my Duet quickly faded two days ago after playing with it for about half an hour. This device still needs lots of stability work. The consumer side of me wants to rip Slim Devices a new one. The Product Manager side of me understands the complexity of releasing a device

Re: [slim] Problem synchronising with duet

2008-04-05 Thread PLynas
Things have gone from bad to worse. First of all I treid listening to my duet unsynchronised again and it is playing very choppily as if it has a poor wireless connection (which it does). Maybe I got lucky on my first listen. So I tried connecting my Homeplug (already had one) but could not get

Re: [slim] Question about transcoding

2008-04-05 Thread Jeff Flowerday
Eric Seaberg;287632 Wrote: Yes! In fact, the only reason to have the LAME option is if you're planning on streaming over the network, where it would transcode to MP3, or if you need bandwidth limiting within your home. Thanks. Yes I'm going to stream at 128 to work during the day, so I

Re: [slim] The Guardian reviews Sonos

2008-04-05 Thread danco
If you think I over-reacted to jaffacake, take a look at his posts 13 and 15 to see what a real over-reaction is like! -- danco danco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=210 View this thread:

Re: [slim] The Guardian reviews Sonos

2008-04-05 Thread Michael Herger
If you think I over-reacted to jaffacake, take a look at his posts 13 and 15 to see what a real over-reaction is like! Please stop it now. This thread is about a review, not about your problems with each other. Have a nice weekend. Michael ___

[slim] Odd display with Hebrew items in SC7

2008-04-05 Thread lofty
Hi, I'm seeing a strange display issue in SC7 when looking at items that have hebrew characters in them. This is on XP and Vista, IE7. Things look fine in firefox. I attached a screen shot. Bascially when hovering over a hebrew artist name in the artists view, the pop-up add/play/etc control is

[slim] Squeezebox Duet Firmware Update problem

2008-04-05 Thread milesbeverley
Well to cut a long story short it seems that since buying my Duet I am part of the growing group of users who have been unable to use it because we use Apple Time Capsules. There has been a release this week which includes firmware for updating the receiver to fix this bug. I have downloaded the

Re: [slim] Dumb WHS SqueezeCenter install question

2008-04-05 Thread bonze
I didn't know you could get in to the WHS that way - only ever used the WHS Console Thanks for the advice, although it does seem a bit 'flaky' :) -- bonze TranquilPC T2-WHS-A3 - SqueezeCenter Version: 7.0.1 - 18351 - Windows Server 2003 - EN - cp1252 3 x wireless SB3 + a Duet

Re: [slim] Love the controller , but always room for improvement..

2008-04-05 Thread nickg1977
Hi all First post, so please be kind! Just wanted to say I got my Duet which arrived on Thursday from BT shop online. After reading this thread I went to check my controller. Can't make the battery cover creak or squeak at all (not that I want it to!). Thought you might like to know as it might

Re: [slim] Dumb WHS SqueezeCenter install question

2008-04-05 Thread MuckleEck
bonze;287668 Wrote: I didn't know you could get in to the WHS that way - only ever used the WHS Console Thanks for the advice, although it does seem a bit 'flaky' :) Not sure what you mean by flaky I use the remote desktop into my WHS box a lot and find it rock solid, are you using it

[slim] Cannot obtain IP address

2008-04-05 Thread TubThumper
Hi I've got a new router (the uk BT home Hub) which has replaced an old origo router. Squeezebox ran fine prior to new router but on setting it up it won't find an IP address even though it can find the network. Wants me to specify an IP address (pretty sure I didnt have to do that before)and

Re: [slim] Love the controller , but always room for improvement..

2008-04-05 Thread Aspro
In my case it’s not so much a creak or squeak, it’s more of a feel of movement from what i believe is the battery cover when you handle the remote – it feels like the plastic battery cover has a slight give in it... – it’s really noticeable when I use the remote, and was probable the first thing

[slim] Help with Duet - randomly stops playing

2008-04-05 Thread nickg1977
Hi all I have had my Duet 3 days now, and I'm very impressed with it generally. However, there is one thing that is really annoying me! It seems to randomly stop playing music. I am using FLAC files streaming from my PC, but the problem also happened when listening to internet radio when the PC

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

2008-04-05 Thread sapnho
Same losing connection frequently problem here. Using a WDS setting of 3 Airport Extreme in our house. No problem whatsoever with other wifi devices. WPA2 enabled. OS: 10.5.2, SqueezeCenter 7.0.1 Very annoying especially given the comments from better half. Please fix quickly or my life will be

[slim] Loveline as Podcast

2008-04-05 Thread Zevs
Hi! I tried to add the radio show Loveline to my podcasts in Squeezecenter and it seemed to work in the way that I can see all the different shows both in the SC and Dueet controller, but I can't play anything. Anyone know what could be wrong ? The address I paste in (with username and passwords

[slim] Waking computer

2008-04-05 Thread Gibbo
Hi, Is it possible to allow a SB to bring my computer out of standby? I leave my computer on a lot just because I might put some music on, and would obviously then save a lot of power if I could just leave it in standby and have the SB wake it up when I wanted to use it. i'm running 2 SB3's

Re: [slim] Updating firmware

2008-04-05 Thread funkstar
wyzard;287561 Wrote: Good evening. I understand that a update is being released this weekend for the issue with the Time Capsule wireless connection. How do you get the update on the receiver and the controller? Thanks. For the Controller firmware, SC7 automatically checks for new

Re: [slim] Problem synchronising with duet

2008-04-05 Thread aubuti
Re connecting via the homeplug, did you re-do the network setup (reset by holding the SBR button until it flashes red, then go through the setup receiver process with the Controller)? -- aubuti aubuti's Profile:

Re: [slim] Love the controller , but always room for improvement..

2008-04-05 Thread funkstar
Well I have to say, that until someone else picked up on the battery cover, I'd never felt any movement while using it, or had any concerns with it. Even now though, It doesn't strike me as a problem. During the beta program, there were coplaints that the cover was too tight (this was more of a

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 + Apple Time Capsule + Wireless = no love?

2008-04-05 Thread Cintra
I downloaded the latest version of 7.0.1 from the above link and was very surprised when it automatically updated firmware and YES it was fw 88! So far I have checked it out remotely using Tiger.. am on my way back to Leopard in a very few seconds.. -- Cintra

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 + Apple Time Capsule + Wireless = no love?

2008-04-05 Thread forddonald
Confirmed - nightly build of SqueezeCenter has new firmwares for Transporter (37, up one), Receiver (23, up one) and Controller. Confirmed - Transporter fw 37 connects to Time Capsule correctly and works as normal. Yea! -- forddonald

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 + Apple Time Capsule + Wireless = no love?

2008-04-05 Thread Cintra
forddonald;287739 Wrote: Confirmed - nightly build of SqueezeCenter has new firmwares for Transporter (37, up one), Receiver (23, up one) and Controller. Confirmed - Transporter fw 37 connects to Time Capsule correctly and works as normal. Yea! Are you running Leopard 10.5.2 by any

[slim] Brightness Display Suggestion

2008-04-05 Thread PRGeno
Maybe there is a plugin that does this already, but I haven't found it. I think it would be great to be able to schedule the brightness level of my Squeezeboxes. I have a Squeezebox in my bedroom, and the brightness level when turned off is normally set to 4, the highest level. I need to turn

Re: [slim] Problem synchronising with duet

2008-04-05 Thread PLynas
Missed that step initially, should have stayed calmer and read the manual however, the Homeplug does not wrok great unfortunately, so the problem remains. Current situation is that I now have the duet in the living room with a signal strength of 12%, but it still plays! However the syncing

Re: [slim] Problem synchronising with duet

2008-04-05 Thread jaffacake
You're not the first report stating that wireless coverage isn't as good with the SBR than it was with the SB3. Both units contain the same chipset and both have 2 antennas. Some have said it's the orientation, the upright position of the SB3 helping with reception - I know the antennas in the

Re: [slim] Waking computer

2008-04-05 Thread Mnyb
the SB3's do WOL wake on lan per default when you press the power button. Search wake on or wol on this forum. The hard part can be to configure your pc/mac/'nix box to use it, and figure if your network card etc supports it. Sadly I've never heard of an wifi card thats support wol ? maybe from

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 + Apple Time Capsule + Wireless = no love?

2008-04-05 Thread forddonald
No, I use SqueezeCenter on Debian in a VM. http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/1207 -- forddonald forddonald's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11991 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 + Apple Time Capsule + Wireless = no love?

2008-04-05 Thread Cintra
forddonald;287762 Wrote: No, I use SqueezeCenter on Debian in a VM. http://www.vmware.com/appliances/directory/1207 Ah well, thanks for letting me know.. Anyone else having trouble with Leopard 10.5.2? -- Cintra

Re: [slim] nothing but white noise????

2008-04-05 Thread PhilNYC
This has been happening to me on one of my SB3's (I have 2 SB3's, a Transporter and a Duet). It happens to be the unit with the weakest wireless signal strength (consistently between 40-50%). Basically, every once in a while, when starting a track I get the white noise...I can press play and it

Re: [slim] Brightness Display Suggestion

2008-04-05 Thread Peter
PRGeno wrote: Maybe there is a plugin that does this already, but I haven't found it. AutoDisplay regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] SB3 power cycling

2008-04-05 Thread Nautiwolf
I have a weird problem with one of my SB3s. It keeps power cycling, apparently randomly, and only when it is playing. If it is in standby, it is stable. If I start playing a track, it appears to lose power, then turns itself back on, reconnects to the network, and goes back to playing the

Re: [slim] Waking computer

2008-04-05 Thread dennis55
Gibbo,just thinking aloud here...go in to your PC's bios setup(usually delete) key when your computer boots up.select WOL option and then save (F10). Now i'm wondering IF you use the Alarm function on the SB will it wake up both ?.worth a try!. cheers dennis -- dennis55

[slim] SB3 has a mind of its own

2008-04-05 Thread yocky
One of my SB3s starts playing (of its own accord)whatever it was playing before I turned it off. It's about a week old, I bought it for my bedroom, partly to use as an alarm. It's the first time I've used the alarm function. I came back in at 1am this morning to find it blasting out music. The

[slim] Q:Missing albums in playlists

2008-04-05 Thread mmg_fan
Hi Recently upgraded to Squeezecenter...also am using a Transporter recently purchased. I rescanned my itunes database, but for some reason some albums just aren't showing up in Squeezecenter...though they play if I play them in itunes. Don't think it has anything to do with filetypes, as I can't

Re: [slim] SB3 has a mind of its own

2008-04-05 Thread ModelCitizen
It'd be helpful if you stated what version of Slimserver/SlimCenter you were using and on what platform. But if SlimCenter 7 there are a few threads about Random Mix causing just this sort of problem. I think it's been cured in a newly released version of SC7. So, if you use Random Mix try

Re: [slim] Odd display with Hebrew items in SC7

2008-04-05 Thread Michael Herger
I'm seeing a strange display issue in SC7 when looking at items that have hebrew characters in them. This is on XP and Vista, IE7. If you're still running 7.0, then you should update to 7.0.1. I recently fixed that issues. Michael ___ discuss

Re: [slim] SB3 has a mind of its own

2008-04-05 Thread yocky
Fair point, sorry. I am using SC7, and I did use Random Mix although I don't think that was the only playlist that I had trouble with. I'll check out the thread. Thanks -- yocky yocky's Profile:

Re: [slim] Tact USA horror story. New buyers beware.

2008-04-05 Thread mortslim
I did a look-up on google and I assume you are referring to Tact Audio of New Jersey. I would suggest the following: Contest the charges with your credit card company. The credit card company should not charge you and reverse the charges. COD: That is generally a red flag that something is

Re: [slim] Albumartist/Compilation Artist behaviour - is this covered in a bug somewhere?

2008-04-05 Thread MelonMonkey
Read my last comment (16 I think) in that bug. A title from an artist with multiple track artists is not a Various Artists compilation. Unfortunately Slim doesn't distinguish clearly enough between the two in the settings pages and this leads to user confusion. The current Compilation is a

[slim] Wake-on-LAN on Vista settings, please

2008-04-05 Thread okvaal
Hi. I can't seem to find my manual right now, so I was hoping someone here could help me through the WoL set up on Windows Vista. I vaguely remember going through Control Panel and Network and Internet (may be different in English, this was an attempt at translating from the Norwegian Vista

[slim] No Sound Effects from Controller

2008-04-05 Thread Hamlet
Testing out a brand new Duet, all works fine except no sound effects from the built-in speaker, but works using a headset. I am assuming that I got a defective unit, or is there something I am overlooking? -- Hamlet

Re: [slim] Problem synchronising with duet

2008-04-05 Thread jaffacake
Does your system need to include an SBR? Could you not, for example, return it and get an SB3 instead? Clearly the SB3 seems to work for you...where's the big win with the SB3? -- jaffacake jaffacake's Profile:

Re: [slim] Wake-on-LAN on Vista settings, please

2008-04-05 Thread PSSO
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Re: [slim] Love the controller , but always room for improvement..

2008-04-05 Thread Hamlet
Slightly unrelated but since I got the Duet and a Harmony One remote at the same time, I just want to comment that the Duet Controller blows the Harmony away in terms of it's feel and aesthetics. Holding one in each hand makes the Harmony feel cheap by comparison. -- Hamlet

Re: [slim] Love the controller , but always room for improvement..

2008-04-05 Thread fireupthegrill
iPhone;287421 Wrote: I am not having any problems. Could one be holding it too tight while one is fondling it? The battery cover should be removed once then installed until the battery needs replaced. A squeaky battery cover is not user error. -- fireupthegrill

[slim] SSH-tunnel on the Squeezebox Controller?

2008-04-05 Thread knutm
I know the ability to use headphone is under work. What I'm then interested to know is whether its possible to make an outward ssh-tunnel on the controller. If that is possible you could bring the controller to whatever place that has WiFi-coverage and make a ssh-tunnel home to the SqueezeCenter.

[slim] Using 2 wireless routers

2008-04-05 Thread rbl
My ISP (which also has video on demand) obliges me to use their not very good modified SpeedTouch wireless router. I also have a much better LinkSys WRT54GX wireless router. I find if I use the SpeedTouch then I get drop out on the wirelss SB3, presumably due to interference (there are a lot of

Re: [slim] Odd display with Hebrew items in SC7

2008-04-05 Thread lofty
Thanks, that did the trick. The display is correct, AND the Hebrew letters are showing up in the alphabetical sort area. Nice! -- lofty lofty's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12703 View this

[slim] SqueezeCenter 7.0 removes All Songs?

2008-04-05 Thread jdryyz
Since upgrading recently, I no longer have the option of selecting All Songs using my remote. When browsing through the web interface, however, I do notice that the option is still available. It is buried in the Music Folder section now. This is not very convenient though since I cannot select

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

2008-04-05 Thread gusi
I'll admit to not having read the whole thread. But I have had similar scanning problems when hitting links/shortcuts in windows. check http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39296 Try dir *.lnk /s to find the link, it should be a very quick check. Good luck and apologies if it has

Re: [slim] Using 2 wireless routers

2008-04-05 Thread Millwood
Two ways. 1. Use the ISP router to talk only to the Linksys. Connect the Linksys wan port to one of the ISP output ports. (Configure the Linksys to a different ip address range - this may not be necessary - I'm not sure). Turn off the ISP wireless or use a different SSID (and channel if you

Re: [slim] Loveline as Podcast

2008-04-05 Thread Squonk
If your username happens to be your e-mail address (and has an @ in it), that can cause a problem. -- Squonk Squonk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9882 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Problem synchronising with duet

2008-04-05 Thread James_B
jaffacake;287341 Wrote: The logs tell me I get my interference on my player that's located in my TV cabinet. I blame it on the CRT, but it could be the Wii, PVR or anything really. So the Sonos boxes have the same issue even with a vertical antenna? -- James_B

Re: [slim] SqueezeCenter 7.0 removes All Songs?

2008-04-05 Thread jdryyz
Hmmmfound this in the change log: Player UI: * Suppress Play All at top level browse menus Could this be why? jdryyz;287834 Wrote: Since upgrading recently, I no longer have the option of selecting All Songs using my remote. When browsing through the web interface, however, I do

Re: [slim] Using 2 wireless routers

2008-04-05 Thread rbl
Thanks! Is there an advantage between the two? And is using 2 routers better than using just one (in terms of interference and bandwidth, not distance)? -- rbl rbl's Profile:

Re: [slim] Using 2 wireless routers

2008-04-05 Thread SuperQ
rbl;287833 Wrote: I have also read that if you give both routers the same names and WEP encryption then you get a stronger signal. Wifi doesn't work that way. What will happen is devices will tend to use the the stronger signal, which will likely be your Linksys. What you could do is

Re: [slim] Using 2 wireless routers

2008-04-05 Thread danco
I can't tell you how to follow my suggestion below on your ISP router. But this is what I have done, and it may work for you. I have two Airport Extreme base stations, one set up as a remote (or is it a relay, I forget). To make sure that my Squeezebox connects only to the nearer one, I have MAC

Re: [slim] Odd display with Hebrew items in SC7

2008-04-05 Thread ymilner
mherger;287800 Wrote: I'm seeing a strange display issue in SC7 when looking at items that have hebrew characters in them. This is on XP and Vista, IE7. If you're still running 7.0, then you should update to 7.0.1. I recently fixed that issues. Michael That is great news! Since

Re: [slim] SSH-tunnel on the Squeezebox Controller?

2008-04-05 Thread bhaagensen
knutm;287828 Wrote: So.. does the Controller have a ssh-client? Can you create ssh-tunnels with it? If it does, we just have to wait for the headphone-plug to work, and hope the internal player is able to hook up to SqueezeCenter through the ssh-tunnel. afaik not atm. But it has an

Re: [slim] Problem synchronising with duet

2008-04-05 Thread jaffacake
James_B;287843 Wrote: So the Sonos boxes have the same issue even with a vertical antenna? No, not in the slightest...I was merely saying that there was more background noise on the player located in the TV cabinet. For reference, here's my current measurements in the various areas of my

[slim] SB3 wont connect WPA2 to Netgear WNR3500 router

2008-04-05 Thread sb3AJY
I have had Linksys, D-link and now a Netgear WNR3500. I have never before had issues getting my SB3 to connect to my network. I just finished the last permutations on the device. It seems that the ONLY way it lets me connect is using WEP. Unacceptable. I only tried WEP as I wondered if ANY

Re: [slim] Loveline as Podcast

2008-04-05 Thread Zevs
Squonk;287840 Wrote: If your username happens to be your e-mail address (and has an @ in it), that can cause a problem. Thanks for the reply!! Yes it is an email address .. but would that make it not play, but still show the names and such of all the podcasts ... ? Any way of getting around

Re: [slim] Loveline as Podcast

2008-04-05 Thread radish
Try replacing the @ with %40, so [EMAIL PROTECTED] would be a%40b.com. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45831

Re: [slim] Loveline as Podcast

2008-04-05 Thread Zevs
radish;287864 Wrote: Try replacing the @ with %40, so [EMAIL PROTECTED] would be a%40b.com. Thanks very much for trying to help! I tried what you suggested and also to change my username on their site to not include the @ symbol. But I still get the same results, i.e. I see all the shows in

Re: [slim] Love the controller , but always room for improvement..

2008-04-05 Thread daverich4
Any chance the scroll wheel could be made to go backwards when you're at the beginning of a list? That is, if I want to hear some Wilco and choose Artist, I have to start at 3 Doors Down and scroll and scroll and scroll through several hundred artists to get there. It would be nice if I could

Re: [slim] Love the controller , but always room for improvement..

2008-04-05 Thread ModelCitizen
daverich4;287867 Wrote: Any chance the scroll wheel could be made to go backwards when you're at the beginning of a list? That is, if I want to hear some Wilco and choose Artist, I have to start at 3 Doors Down and scroll and scroll and scroll through several hundred artists to get there. It

Re: [slim] Love the controller , but always room for improvement..

2008-04-05 Thread ncarver
My battery cover also moves and creaks, but it is only one side (near top). The other side doesn't compress at all when pressure is applied. Unfortunately, the side that creaks is the one that a right-hander will put pressure on when holding unit and pressing buttons with thumb--and I am right

Re: [slim] Problem synchronising with duet

2008-04-05 Thread PLynas
jaffacake;287818 Wrote: Does your system need to include an SBR? Could you not, for example, return it and get an SB3 instead? Clearly the SB3 seems to work for you...where's the big win with the SBR? Well I wanted (and use) the new controller, so for the player itself the Duet is cheaper

[slim] where is the SBC album art cache?

2008-04-05 Thread aubuti
After I added an ALBUMSORT tag to enhance the way album browsing works on the Squeezebox Controller (getting it to sort by Artist then Year), one of my SBCs was showing the wrong artwork for some albums. Seeing that the problem did not exist on my other SBCs or on the web ui, I figured it had to

Re: [slim] Problem synchronising with duet

2008-04-05 Thread bpa
Have you tried using a different wireless channel ? -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45775

Re: [slim] where is the SBC album art cache?

2008-04-05 Thread andyg
I think we might need to add a way for SC to tell SBC to dump it's artwork cache after a rescan. -- andyg andyg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3292 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Problem synchronising with duet

2008-04-05 Thread jaffacake
PLynas;287883 Wrote: Well I wanted (and use) the new controller, so for the player itself the Duet is cheaper than the SB3. It is also smaller and more discreet so fits in my living room better. The controller is available for purchase separately and, I believe, will work without an SBR.

[slim] Update firware: nb alloc failed in slimproto

2008-04-05 Thread Schindler
I just downloaded the lattest nightly (7.0.1 - 18409) and got the same error on updating the squeezebox3 (fw 86). I don't think the unit is faulty until now never had any problems. christian -- Schindler Schindler's

Re: [slim] Albumartist/Compilation Artist behaviour - is this covered in a bug somewhere?

2008-04-05 Thread smc2911
I'm not seeing your out of order problem in my album listing. I have (almost exclusively) flac files. -- smc2911 http://www.last.fm/user/smc2911/ smc2911's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4388

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 + Apple Time Capsule + Wireless = no love?

2008-04-05 Thread lagosirio
I came back today from two weeks vacation and made the SC update and the SB3 Firmware update. It was a full success. Seems that all problems have been solved. Shortly after I even installed the new Time Capsule Firmware Update from Apple. I am working with iMac 24, Leopard 10.5.2 and Time

Re: [slim] Cannot obtain IP address

2008-04-05 Thread pski
TubThumper;287682 Wrote: Hi I've got a new router (the uk BT home Hub) which has replaced an old origo router. Squeezebox ran fine prior to new router but on setting it up it won't find an IP address even though it can find the network. Wants me to specify an IP address (pretty sure I

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

2008-04-05 Thread pski
egd;183029 Wrote: I've just rebuilt a w2k3 machine and installed SlimServer 6.5.2 - 11509 - Windows Server 2003 - EN - cp1252. Accompanying it is Perl Version: 5.8.8 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread and MySQL 5.0.22-community-nt I have a large FLAC library (~50k songs) but damnit, it shouldn't

Re: [slim] Albumartist/Compilation Artist behaviour - is this covered in a bug somewhere?

2008-04-05 Thread jaffacake
Have you not considered applying tags per track, instead of per album? e.g. if i have a 'various artists' album, and it has a track by an artist already in my collection, I choose to make those track compilation=0, all the others retain compilation=1. So all the tracks by that artist appear

Re: [slim] Cannot obtain IP address

2008-04-05 Thread jaffacake
homehubs usually come with wireless encryption enabled. Ensure you're entering the key correctly during setup. -- jaffacake jaffacake's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3206 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

2008-04-05 Thread pski
While we're on performance, could you telnet to the Thecus and cat /proc/cpuinfo ? What kind of bogomips is that puppy doing? I'm running a Buffalo TS Pro II that's only doin' 498 and my speed is wire-constrained... of course, I don't have any 100mb devices on that segment (or my dlink

Re: [slim] Albumartist/Compilation Artist behaviour - is this covered in a bug somewhere?

2008-04-05 Thread smc2911
Interesting approach...I suppose it should work for me as long as there is at least one track with the TRACKARTIST equal to the ALBUMARTIST. If I tag that one track with COMPILATION=0 that might just get the desired effect of putting the ALBUMARTIST in the artist list but not the TRACKARTISTs.

Re: [slim] Tact USA horror story. New buyers beware.

2008-04-05 Thread aberdeencomponents
From Boz, Owner of TacT Audio USA. Dear Friends, In any high tech product thing can go wrong. Products can be damaged by company employees, shipping company and end users. In any case Tact makes sure that the problem is promptly resolved to customer’s satisfaction even if the unit was not

Re: [slim] Albumartist/Compilation Artist behaviour - is this covered in a bug somewhere?

2008-04-05 Thread JJZolx
jaffacake;287940 Wrote: Have you not considered applying tags per track, instead of per album? e.g. if i have a 'various artists' album, and it has a track by an artist already in my collection, I choose to make those track compilation=0, all the others retain compilation=1. So all the

Re: [slim] Tact USA horror story. New buyers beware.

2008-04-05 Thread seanadams
I have closed this thread because it is off-topic - these forums are for discussing Slim/Logi products. AVSforum/Audiocircle/Head-fi might be better places to air your grievance. -- seanadams seanadams's Profile:

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

2008-04-05 Thread funkstar
Just to add more data to this, I can scan the library on my N5200 with my Windows HTPC over gigabit (and no, it's not Cat6, which is not _required_ for gigabit) is roughly the same amount of time as the SqueezeCenter module on the N5200 itself. -- funkstar

Re: [slim] SSH-tunnel on the Squeezebox Controller?

2008-04-05 Thread knutm
bhaagensen;287851 Wrote: afaik not atm. But it has an ssh-server (dropbear). A wild guess is that it's technically straightforward, for someone in the know, to compile dropbear with client support and add some kind of ui for configuring. Ok, I took a look at 'the source'

Re: [slim] ALAC and FLAC

2008-04-05 Thread pski
radish;287129 Wrote: That's only because Apple keep ALAC locked up. That's obviously not in your best interest, because it made your life difficult, and there's no technical reason for it, so why do it? I don't see why you'd continue to support a company who intentionally made it harder than

Re: [slim] Problem synchronising with duet

2008-04-05 Thread mikel51
I have a related problem with my transporter and receiver. When I synch the receiver with transporter, it starts out OK. At song switches, the transporter intermittently stops playing while the receiver continues. stopping and starting playing helps...but it was easier to just stop the

[slim] Please help - Duet PIN not working, i've tried it all

2008-04-05 Thread jdsantaclarita
I just got my duet and i am soo excited to get it all working with rhapsody. So far it has been a frustrating day. I dont seem to be able to get the PIN at all. I have searched this forum and tried everything. (hold left button, connect to squeezenetwork, etc) No luck. No PIN anywhere. I

[slim] MacPro Users-Anyone using Digital Into the MP with SB3?

2008-04-05 Thread Jazz1
I just got a MacPro 2.66 Refurb. I've been flipping back an forth between the SB3 which is playing through a powered speaker set-up. Sometimes I want to use iTunes mostly to play DRM'd music files. I also have a USB powered headphone amplifier. So that is another reason to use the MacPro. Would

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

2008-04-05 Thread denmennis
I have been having similar connectivity issues with the Duet. For the past week, I have had to reset the receiver at least once a day to get the controller and receiver to reconnect. I know just enough about networking, which isn't much, to keep the Duet limping along. My knowledge pales in

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 3 + Apple Time Capsule + Wireless = no love?

2008-04-05 Thread mfitzhugh
Another success: I just upgraded my SB3 to use firmware version 88, which arrived with a recent nightly release of Squeezecenter 7.0.1. My Squeezebox is now back in action, connecting without trouble to my Time Capsule using WPA2. Thanks to all the developers. As usual, you folks rule. -

Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin

2008-04-05 Thread lostboy
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Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

2008-04-05 Thread Jeff Flowerday
denmennis;287975 Wrote: I have had to overcome bandwidth issues...converted to smaller MP3 files and changed channel to 9 to avoid potential interference and this has worked for me as long as the Duet is connected to the system and the controller to the receiver. dj When you

[slim] Play Next within an album

2008-04-05 Thread runtherisk
I'm new here and could not find something that addresses my issue with the Duet. When I play a song within an album (I don't play all..just one song), is it possible to play the next song on the album automatically w/out manually selecting the next song ie...I play the second song in an album,

[slim] Rescan doesn't work v7.0

2008-04-05 Thread benslim
SqueezeCenter Version: 7.0 - 17793 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252 Perl Version: 5.8.8 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread MySQL Version: 5.0.22-community-nt Click Settings. Click Basic Settings. Select Look for new and changed music. Click Rescan. Does nothing. ? -- benslim

[slim] SC7 library logic tags wiki entry project needed!

2008-04-05 Thread MrSinatra
hi all, we have seen a lot of posts lately about trying to figure out how and why SC7 does what it does depending on the files and tags and data it finds (or doesn't find) in our mp3s and other audio files. what i am proposing and requesting help on, is a wiki page that lays out in a linear way

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