I hope everyone has joined the SlimScobbler group as well?
There we already have our own charts etc.
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Now, about that glossy remote ...
Isn't that just a protective sheet of plastic? It should peel off..
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This sounds great but where can I download a custom.map? IR
folder only
contains default,jvc_dvd, and Slim_devices_Remote.
I tried just copying and editing default.map but I dont know what to
edit it with--note pad looks like a mess with some square
boxes at the
end of functions
Thanks! I shall add these notes to my web page.
Don't you have to do
arrow_right = dead
arrow_right.single = whatever arrow_right was before
arrow_right.hold = lastfm_skip
To remove the initial command?
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Hi David,
You should enable the d_itunes debugging option and then force a rescan.
Then check the SlimServer log to see exactly what's going on...
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Nice! Pogue's a big name in the Mac world,
Really? I thought it was a pretty poor article technically.
Was anyone else amused by this line?
Four kinds of audio-output connectors are provided, including RCA (red
and white) and digital outputs (optical and coax).
James
I'm guessing this won't be available to non-US users beyond the free
trial?
You can lie on the registration about your location but then that won't
match up with your CC billing address.
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if for example...a non-geographic email address (e.g.
@gmail.com) and the only zipcode I know (90125 ;-) the
Pandora licensing hasn't been explicitly broken...
And how will you pay for the subscription required for the SlimServer
access?
A buddy who lives in the states or paypal?
I couldn't find any details about what methods of payment they take
without signing up.
Anyway, don't get me wrong, I think this is great news for SlimDevices!
This is exactly the sort of thing they need to differentiate from the
competition.
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2510
Please vote for this - it really needs fixing and it seems like kdf has
identified the cause.
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Should work with any kind of SlimServer client.
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Wow. I'm impressed it works!
Unfortunately I don't think there's anything to be done about the delay
- the script checks what iTunes is doing once a second already, so I
guess most of the delay comes in from SlimServer cueing up the file and
any buffering done in the Squeezebox.
James
I have this problem myself - would be interested in knowing if there's a
solution...
My wireless SBG always needs restarting to see SlimServer.
SB2 wired to router reconnects by itself.
SS 6.2.2 on XP connected wirelessly to Linksys Router.
James
Raymond,
You can change the screensaver from both.
In SlimServer's web interface, go to player settings for the
appropriate player (if you have more than one), then scroll down to
screensavers.
It's in pretty much the same place in the player menus.
James
Sounds like this bug:
Now Playing out of sync with what's really playing
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2510
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This won't help, but I've
used the Mac program Airfoil to redirect any audio from my Mac to an Airport
Express. Works real nice with Pandora.com.
Well,it would help if Pankaj had a Mac -we're getting
close!
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Ah ha!
http://www.nanocrew.net/2005/07/23/justeport-02/
windows tool to redirect to Airport Express- written
by the infamous DVD Jon...
http://www.nat32.com/nat32e/htm/radio.htm
windows tool for capturing soundcard
output
add the two together
Run Softsqueeze on theAirport
Don't worry it does occur on 6.2/Windows!
I have added my vote - always forget about that, although I wonder if
anyone ever looks at the votes?
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Yes, that did sound quite tricky. Also it doesn't seem to be possible to
capture the sound indefinitely, a time period is required.
Anyway, followiTunes is done as-is:
it's not supposed to be a plugin, because your SlimServer might not be
on the same machine as iTunes.
Really, installing Perl
The MSI should open in Windows installer and do everything
automatically.
http://downloads.activestate.com/ActivePerl/Windows/5.8/ActivePerl-5.8.7
.815-MSWin32-x86-211909.msi
If you're on XP I think you should already have the right version of
Windows Installer.
I wouldn't recommend the .as
Ah! OK In theory...
Open up the script in notepad.
Firstly is the SlimServer host the same as your SlimServer host?
If not, you need to replace the $server_address variable with the
correct IP address.
Secondly, you need to enter the MAC Address of the squeezebox to control
in the $player
Correction !
Firstly is the SlimServer host the same as your iTunes host?
If not, you need to replace the $server_address variable with the
correct IP address.
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Hi Pankaj,
Unfortunately the followiTunes script is only written for Windows!
I think it also does the reverse of what you want - ie it makes
SlimServer play whatever iTunes is playing.
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Ah sorry, I had somehow got the impression you were a mac user from the
reference to airport!
I suppose it is what you want then, although the SB will actually be
playing music!
Therefore if you want to run the script you would need to install
ActiveState Perl (which is free),
Then you'd just
It's not entirely clear quite what you need here but...
Have you looked at the 'shadowplay' plugin? This allows you to control
remote SlimServer clients.
I'm not sure if it would work on a stream-only client though.
I also think it would be possible to write a plugin for controlling
iTunes from
The only real solution is to buy another squeezebox!
If this isn't an option it seems like you can still theoretically do it
2 ways...
1) stream Slimserver - iTunes - Airport Express. Control/view
SlimServer stream via (Shadowplay?) SlimServer plugin.
2) stream iTunes - Airport Express.
Matt,
On default at least, when using iTunes integration there is an 'iTunes
Podcasts' item on the home page player menus that goes directly to the
podcast list!
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I fell in love with Itunes music server and how EZ it is to arrange,
sort, create playlists quickly and intuitively with Roku. Now I am
painfully and excruciatingly trying to do the same in Slimserver, with
every mouse clicks result in webpage refresh, no way to sort,
alphabetize, group songs
I can play the standard xfm stream on windows media player
for mac, but not as a stream in iTunes. Could this be a LAME issue?
It's a wma stream so it's unlikely to work in iTunes!
James
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I know that there's an option to import m3u files to iTunes - have you
tried this with the SlimServer files? ( I've never used it myself.)
Alternatively my iTunesUpdate plugin can save the current playlist
directly to iTunes, as long as you're running both SlimServer iTunes
on the same XP box...
Unfortunately the guy who wrote the iTunes Update OSX code for me
couldn't get it to work on saving the playlists!
But as you're on OSX, have you seen this applescript to do what you're
asking?
http://www.balnaves.com/archives/2003/08/index.html
James
I think the problem is that iTunes doesn't do what you expect when given
an m3u.
It appears it just loads all the tracks from the m3u into the library
and plays them.
Now, I assume that wtbates already has all the tracks in his library, so
it probably doesn't appear to do anything!
Possibly the
You can make changes to the files in the Plugin subdirectory as they are
read on startup.
Changes anywhere else will require using slimserver.pl perl script
rather than the pre-compiled slim.exe
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Hi Wei,
SlimServer doesn't use iTunes 'sharing' feature.
You would need to mount your windows laptop as a drive on your Linux
server.
(I'm not sure how you would do this, most people are usually looking for
the reverse setup)
For full iTunes support in SlimServer you need to make sure both the
Have you tried these URLs?
http://wmlive.vitalstreamcdn.com/live_eonwmss_vitalstream_com_ccri-kufxf
m?MSWMExt=.asf
http://69.88.131.16:80/live_eonwmss_vitalstream_com_ccri-kufxfm?MSWMExt=
.asf
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The squeezebox can't play aac directly, so do you have quicktime
installed to convert them into wavs?
You will also need the lame binaries to convert back to mp3 if you have
bitrate limiting enabled.
If not, you should be able to find the details in the wiki or faq...
James
SlimServer will handle the conversions for you once the required
software is installed.
(you won't be able to fast-forward or rewind though)
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I would suspect that iTunes Update plugin is actually working when you
run slim.exe and hence triggering constant iTunes library rescans.
Setting the iTunes reload interval to 0 is the right thing to do, but
you may still have to wait for an initial scan to complete if SlimServer
is in the middle
Squiffy,
I have been reading your mails with interest as I have just acquired a
2nd hand xbox on ebay.
The one thing I don't understand clearly yet is that if I wish to:
A) retain the ability to play xbox games (not interested in xbox live),
B) run Linux (including replacing the hard drive)
-
There is a bug open for this
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1740
You can add your address for updates and vote for it...
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See
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2623
I got my SS to behave by changing the Filter genres at the album
track level. setting, but this did not work for everyone on the bug
above. There's definitely a problem here...
James
You know I was sure I added a hint to use cmdow somewhere but I seem not
to.
There were instructions on the service matter already on the website
though:
http://petherton.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/SlimServer/#interactive
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Are the sound dropouts from iTunes on XP?
There's a setting somewhere in the Quicktime properties called SafeMode
that should fix this.
I'm getting increasingly fed up with iTunes.
Using 100% CPU time while checking for Podcast updates is outrageous!
Anyone know if this is fixed in 6.0 ? (Or
Seems like a lot of people have been reporting this recently.
There is a bug open at the moment
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2687
That you may wish to contribute to or keep an eye on.
With so many people having the same problem it's difficult to know what
to suggest,
but try
Maybe it's the other one that needs renaming?
I'd imagine everyone expects a screensaver to return to the original
position when woken up.
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Bug 2510.
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2510
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That's not a bug I believe, you're supposed to put the shared album name
in the 'common album titles' preference.
But can one put 'No Album' in this list?
If so I guess that solves the problem. I will try that tonight.
I would suggest that should be done by default though...
James
No it isdefinitely aproblem, Aaron's
explanation a few messages earlier describedit
correctly.
(Talking specifically about the 'no album' case here. If I
have albums with shared names I rename them to be unique)
I've just noticed as well, that on the small library I have
here, artists
I have the playlist folder on the same device and the server settings
set to \\Rimmer1\music\MP3 Data\!Playlists which is obviously in a
different branch to the MP3s; there are quite a few playlists
in there.
Can you post a sample of the entries from the playlists?
Maybe the paths don't
Dan,
It really sounds like you are not waiting for the initial iTunes scan to
complete.
I'd guess that is going to take at least 30 minutes if all goes well.
With the interval set to 0 there is no initial scan hence no problem
(but no iTunes interaction!)
James
Mike,
I've just tried both Internet Radio pages in both ie and firefox on XP,
and all combinations worked.
This was with 6.2.1 so you might want to upgrade and see if this helps.
James
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You don't need ActivePerl installed to SS run from the command line.
Just run slim.exe instead.
Other than that, an excellent suggestion!
James
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I think it is a common problem.
It seems to be affecting Mac users more than XP users. Or maybe there
are just more iTunes users on Mac?
The iTunes rescan changed significantly from 5.4 6.2 and produces a
different performance profile than before.
It has to both parse the iTunes XML and scan the
A new installation should use iTunes if detected (and hence the
playlists) but this is not foolproof.
In the Server Settings page, is 'use iTunes' enabled?
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When I disable the iTunes plugin it works perfectly. but, it
no longer
uses iTunes which I want it to use. When I tell it to rescan
it reverts
to not using iTunes. When I switch it to use iTunes it plays
music for
a few seconds then stops then picks back up. What should I do?
Most
It could be the library rescan.
Are you using the iTunes library and/or any plugins?
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SlimServer doesn't use apache, it has it's own webserver.
But it will one day (that's what the roadmap says).
James
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I believe the WMA stream still goes via SlimServer, even if the SB2 is
decoding it?
Or are you talking about using Squeezenetwork?
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iTunes plugin = from iTunes
iTunes Update plugin = to iTunes
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There is a bug open for this.
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2334
Any comments appreciated as it's not clear what causes this.
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What are you doing to create the playlists by accident? Never seen this
myself!
I can make the key reassignment optional.
Would you want the rating keys disabled as well?
This bit needs a bit of work anyway as you can't save playlists on the
Mac, but I still grab the key setting.
James
Actually it's holding down the play key that saves playlists!
I might remove the now-playing mapping for that - I doubt anyone uses it
often enough to be an annoyance!
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But Allan you can already do this... Don't tell me you didn't read the
readme file!!!
Set the iTunes rescan interval to 0 (no rescan) and use the Rescan
plugin to set a fixed time daily rescan.
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Yes, I do mention this in the readme file that comes with the plugin -
but it seems no-one ever READS it!
Maybe I should just force a change to the rescan interval if it's set to
the default...
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Hi Sulvo,
I've written a plugin that allows you to put one of your playlists into
the 'Internet Radio' menu on the web page and player menus after a
couple of people asked for this. Just one playlist so far.
Www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer RadioPlaylist plugin.
Really I think the SlimServer
Indeed. That is an option but it's not very nice!
I'll probably have something ready next week...
James
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Yes, you can run the iTunes plugin from a Linux SlimServer, as long as
it can see the location of the iTunes Library XML file and the music
files. You'll need to copy the Library file over as a one-off if not.
This might end up being a lot of work for a party this weekend though!
There was
If you don't want any audio from the other player, you might be better
off with the ShadowPlay plugin,
Which mirrors the interface from another player.
Then SlimServer's not doing the work associated with syncronising
players.
That would be somewhat of a waste of a SB3 though!
James
Sounds like the bug 1960 relating to failed installation of the
SlimServer service.
Try running this command
C:\program files\SlimServer\server\slim.exe -install
Or just reinstalling SlimServer
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Are you running any plugins?
I would check the performance at the server end while the dropouts occur
- it could be a burst of CPU usage from SlimServer itself rather than
any other process.
Not being a mac user I have no idea how you do this though...
James
Almost certainly the missing service.
Please run this command and see if it helps...
C:\program files\SlimServer\Server\Slim.exe -install
Bug 1960 and already discussed in the forum this week...
James
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SS doesn't care about the offical MP3 genre list.
But I believe it is a bit flaky at picking up genre changes on existing
files.
Have you checked the re-tagged files have the correct genre in SS?
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Annoyingly, if the file has ID1.1 ID2.x tags, iTunes will
only update
the 2.x tags. I then have to go into winamp and use the Copy
to ID1.1
button to synch the tags.
Isn't there an iTunes option that deals with this?
(Would check but I don't have iTunes installed here).
I've never had
Almost certainly the missing service.
Please run this command and see if it helps...
C:\program files\SlimServer\Server\Slim.exe -install
Bug 1960 and already discussed in the forum this week...
James
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This is not normal!
Have you tried with any other file types?
I think that WMA Lossless with Softsqueeze might be a bit of a grey area
at the moment.
James
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It would be useful to tell us what on earth Otto's Baroque
Musick is!
James
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Ah!
BTW I created a new page on the wiki to put the URLs for frequently
requested stations.
Or maybe notes on why they won't work on SlimServer.
(Mainly because you can't search the forum for XFM and I always forget
the URL)
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?InternetRadioURLs
James
Nope. But I'm not fussy!
Isn't it an MP3 stream though?
I'm not sure if that's relevant anyway - can WMA be streamed to all SB
models now? I lose track.
James
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I think that to listen to this station would require a plugin, like
LastFM.
However I would guess that they'll be less open to revealing all of the
details one would need to do so.
James
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The last thing I expect from gizmodo is accuracy!
To play devil's advocate, $100 will seem like a lot to the average
person for two products that do essentially the same thing.
James
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By the way it's even worse in the UK. £100 ($175) between the M1000 and the
SB3. Ouch!
This new case may be more appealing to the 'average user' but the price
certainly won't be.
James
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The first web site I found on google (it would pain me to provide a link where
someone could buy one) was £136.16 for the SB1000 including the wireless
adaptor. The SB3 is £236 on dabs.com who usually have very competitive prices.
I'm not trying to promote the Roku product but this is a HUGE
No! you might buy one!
James
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I see there's a article up on the register now, where they think the
display is still character based...
a bright, crisp 20 x 32 vacuum fluorescent display
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Nick,
You should be able to access SlimServer already, but it will be a bit
sluggish until the rescan completes.
Full rescan of my iTunes library on 2Ghz XP, 9000-ish tracks takes 30-40
minutes...
James
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Dean already said no SB3s at the MacExpo.
Shame, they probably could have sold as many as they could bring...
James
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Can you check there is a 'SlimServer' service installed?
(Services tool under Administrative Tools)
What are it's settings?
Does the status change to 'starting' when you try to start SlimServer
(I'm guessing with the SlimTray tool?)
I would also try opening a command tool and running c:\program
I have seen this mentioned before...
I would run the installer again, it should have created the service the
first time, but it seems this doesn't always work.
Do you remember what the 'start automatically' option was set to when
you installed SlimServer the first time?
James
Oh dear. I don't think you needed to uninstall.
For future reference the file you need to keep for all the settings is
slimserver.pref
But at least it's working eh?
James
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Hi Ronny,
I'm guessing you don't have a SlimServer service installed?
This should get created automatically but there seems to be a problem
here.
Try reinstalling SlimServer and this should create it.
James
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It seems there is an outstanding bug for this issue:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1960
You should be able to create the missing service by running
C:\program files\SlimServer\Server\Slim.exe -install
James
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You upgraded from v6.1 ?
The database schema has changed for 6.2 so a rescan is required.
James
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Indeed, there won't be, unless there is a major database change.
Which one would hope is unlikely this close to the official release.
James
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It's on engadget already and gizmodo does always seem to lag them a
bit...
James
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Ooops.
That message never gets automatically updated!
(cause of many complaints)
Try doing a refresh...
James
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Oooh! Nice!
James
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Ah I thought it would be unlike SlimDevices to make such a big slip-up.
Announcement today surely?
I'm hoping it's just the SB2 in a new box, then I'll have no reason to
be depressed.
James
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I like that the headphone socket has moved to the back, and the arial
has gone.
My SB2 looks rather untidy now I've an IR Blaster sticking out of the
headphone socket.
I don't like the extra height though!
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Put the SB1 on ebay quick - they are still going for a very reasonable
amount (in the UK, not sure about US prices)
James
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It's the same as SB2 though isn't it... I couldn't see anything in the
manual relating to new features?
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