If you're running iTunes Update please check your iTunes rescan interval
(in Server Settings-iTunes).
Each played track updates the iTunes library which can trigger a rescan.
James
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Can I ask all having problems with the LastFM plugin to move over to the
LastFM plugin thread going on in the third party plugins forum?
Otherwise I will get all confused trying to help with 2 threads at the
same time...
James
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I'm not upgrading until I hear of any 'must have' features.
And paying for overpriced music videos is not one of them ;-)
James
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Aaron,
What version of SlimServer are you running What OS is your SlimServer
running on?
Do you have a lot of music with accented characters in the tags or
filenames?
James
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I was having the same problems with chunks of my iTunes library going
missing and upgrading to 6.2 fixed it. (And this was a couple of months
ago)
I belive the iTunes parser is a complete re-write in 6.2, which I think
is why any complaints about 6.1 are being quietly ignored - no point
fixing
Indeed, I had a struggle to get myself relocated from Canada to England!
(although London,England is what gets it right in case anyone else is
wondering)
James
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it works very well, but you should note that the playlists
are no longer'smart' when they're in SlimServer.
They are just a snapshot of the contents of the playlist at
the time SS scanned the iTunes library.
But you can run this scan as often as you want ( well,
depending on the size of
I
agree if you are exporting the iTunes playlists as m3u files. I dissagree
if you have SS pointed at the iTunes xml file. By pointing SS at the
iTunes xml file you do get dynamic changes - as long as you use iTunes to
manage your mp3 library.
Only after an
iTunesrescan.
That's far from
Hi Dean,
I asked if my LastFM plugin might be added to the plugins page some time
ago
(can't remember which @slimdevices.com address I used) and had no
response.
What's the best way to ask?
Might you consider making the Plugins page part of the Wiki?
James
Also the front page of www.last.fm
James
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Everybody wants a pony.
I believe the IR code contains a header that is not repeated when you
hold a button down.
Repeating the code in a macro does repeat the header so it's not the
same command to the Squeezebox.
James
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I'm sure this discussion has come up before... Are you downloading from
the web forum with ie?
It did work fine for me on the email copy I received, using the Windows
XP tool.
I'll update the copy on my website but can't until next week now.
James
Phew.
BTW Apple released iTunes 5.0.1 today ;-)
James
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I can only suggest trying 6.2 instead.
I'm having no problems with iTunesUpdate iTunes 5.0 on SS 6.2.
(I found the iTunes scan in 6.1 to be very unreliable and stopped using
it some time ago.)
James
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I thought it looked really nice until I saw the HUGE speaker hiding
behind it!
I think the display is probably too small as well.
James
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Is there any documentation on how to manipulate the SB2 display
anywhere?
The only plugin that seems to do anything with it is SlimTris and I
can't quite work out what's going on.
James
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Mmm I'm kind of there now.
There is snow falling on my softsqueeze!
But the original screensaver overlayed the snow on top of the now
playing display or date screensaver as I recall - is it possible to do
that do you think?
James
Thanks for the warning - I've been away so I haven't had the time to
install iTunes 5.0 yet.
I think I will try it on my laptop first now...
James
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They have made T-shirts in the past - I've got a Squeezebox one from the
plugins contest.
I don't know if that was a one-off or all the employees have to wear
them as uniform...
James
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Given that the Slim Tray Tool now starts SlimServer via the service I
had assumed the installer always creates the service,
And the start automatically tick box is just controlling the startup
type of the service?
I've not checked this, but if it's not the case it would be a bug.
James
Oh I didn't notice that was Dan posting!
When did this (re) appear?
James
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I think
Do you have a SlimServer service installed? (check in the 'services'
GUI)
SlimTray is just trying to start this.
James
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Hmmm. I am not sure. But at least you got it working!
James
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Have you raised a bug for the crash caused by livesearch?
(Seems strange that it works in Default2 but not Default.)
I too have noticed the difference between the 'livesearch' and the
results given when the search is explicitly started.
I see no reason why the should return different results and
It was the black ones only that were on special offer and now sold
out...
James
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Excellent.
I have reopened bug 987 which seems to cover the search/livesearch
mismatch.
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=987
James
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No you shouldn't!
(I did test this on 2 different installations but not thoroughly enough
it would seem!)
Can you start the server with the --d_plugins option and see what
comes up in the log?
James
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Bernt,
That would be very tricky.
A playlist is not the same as an internet radio plugin, which is what
SlimDevices' Picks is.
You can see the playlist OK under the playlists menu though?
James
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Jeff,
Did you have any additional plugins installed, either for 5.4 or 6.1 ?
BTW I believe 6.2 is a far better choice if you're an iTunes user.
It may be the 'beta' release but the core functionality is very reliable
at the moment.
You can always install a new version in a new directory and
It would be nice if you could add a named playlist to a player menu
though.
I wonder if anyone's working on this?
I think maybe you could do this with a plugin that disguised a playlist
as a radio plugin
Hmmm
James
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I believe the creature II speakers you mention have their own
amplification so should work fine with a Squeezebox.
3-piece multimedia speaker system with 2 powered satellite speakers and
subwoofer
Powered being the important word.
However they plug into a headphone socket so you would also need
Please send me a Sonos system so I can give it a try :-)
You beat me to it!
James
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Yes. But that is the point!
I don't think you can make it private.
James
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That's true.
Also what you or anyone that uses your SB have listened to historically.
There's even a group for Squeezebox owners if you don't mind *us*
knowing as well.
James
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There's no notification,
but if you return to the 'home' page of SlimServer you will either see a
message 'SlimServer is still scanning your library', or a number of
tracks etc. which means it's finished.
James
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First thing to check is that you have 'use iTunes' selected in the first
page of SlimServer's Server Settings,
and you should also have an 'iTunes' tab in the Server Settings page.
I am not entirely sure what will happen if you already have all your
music in SlimServer
(presumably iTunes is
I think the first is either
mms://a1270.l954733372.c9547.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/1270/9547/v0001/ref
lector:33372
Or
mms://a655.l954734465.c9547.g.lm.akamaistream.net/D/655/9547/v0001/refle
ctor:34465
You need to view the source of the first link and look for a .asx link,
then do the same to
No, the difference is that
'play with shuffle' applies to the whole playlist already created
'random play' creates a playlist chosen randomly from all tracks
available
The key difference being that if you only want to listen to 30 minutes
of truly random music you don't need to create a
Most intriguing.
I can guarantee you it wasn't the iTunes Update plugin that fixed it for
you - having written it myself!
James
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Hal,
The 'iTunes' plugin (the one that reads the iTunes library into
SlimServer) is already part of the standard installation.
It should automatically detect if you have iTunes installed and enable
itself - if this is not the case it's a new bug.
(I noticed this no longer working in 6.2 but not in
Patrick,
It's probably the SlimServer iTunes library rescan being triggered -
opening iTunes and any subsequent changes to the library will cause a
rescan each time.
What's your iTunes rescan interval set to? (The default of 60 seconds is
usually too low)
James
You could check by enabling the d_itunes debugging to see exactly what's
going on (and how long your scan actually takes)
James
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If you're in iTunes you can just press the refresh button for a new
playlist.
This would be picked up by SlimServer on the next rescan.
However - I wrote a plugin that continuously reads Squeezebox playlist
tracks from the iTunes Party Shuffle playlist!
(It only works on Windows at the moment)
I
Arjen,
Are you running the script on the machine with iTunes installed?
James
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Ah.
You have to run the script on the machine with iTunes as it's going to
use COM to talk to it directly.
James
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That should be fine.
Just make sure the iTunes Update history file is saved somewhere on the
server that the XP machine can access, then run the updates whenever you
have iTunes open or the XP machine on.
No updates while the XP box is off indeed, but all you'll be missing is
updating of the
Hal,
There is a VERY old bug relating to missing iTunes playlists that some
people encounter - take a look at
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1278
It's probably worth enabling the d_itunes debugging option and running a
rescan to see what comes up in the log.
The playlist scan
I did a bit of reading on mt-daapd - as far as I can tell
it doesn't have an equivalent to the iTunes XML library, if so it's not going to
work with SlimServer.
Although it probably could be supported with a plugin if
someone was to write one...
James
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1 - you can't play music purchased from the iTunes store on a
Squeezebox, due to the restrictive DRM, so they are ignored.
2 - can you give a bit more information?
It sounds like the rest of your music is appearing - do you have a music
folder defined or are just using the iTunes library scan?
You could just try killing SlimServer...
James
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No, I don't think there is such an option.
You can file an enhancement request on bugs.slimdevices.com - it seems
reasonable
(especially if one ever gets in the situation where a rescan takes all
day like some other posters!)
What happens if you kill SlimServer manually without trying to stop
Interesting.
I get almost exactly the same screen corruption on my
SqueezeboxG but I am not running ssh or anything like that.
It's always the first column, butI thinka
different set of pixels each time it happens.
It comes and goes after reboots butI've never
detected a cause.
James
Are the display upgrade kits for the original Squeezeboxes
no longer available?
I can't seem to find them on Slimdevices or any UK
resellers.
Any thoughts on whether it's worth upgrading a Squeezebox
for sale on ebay or just leaveit?
(I quite like the character display, it has a retro
I was just thinking that.
Surely overkill for what we all know is a single threaded process?
I run SlimServer on my office desktop, which I frequently use heavily
while playing music on SlimServer and I have no problems apart from
during the rescan, which I have scheduled to run at night.
On CDs like this I have used MP3Cut to split the tracks into 2 separate
MP3s
OK, it's not the 'original CD experience' but neither is skipping the
silence...
James
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This might not be *exactly* the same problem but I find 6.1.2 is showing
songs with accented characters again as of Sunday's version.
James
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Seems like the URL should be
http://earth.radica.com/magic32kbit?MSWMExt=.asf
Why do they make it so complicated?
You need to keep saving the links as files and looking what's in them.
Follow the trail...
James
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Another level!?
(my link did actually work though)
I was thinking, why can't SlimServer chase the links itself?
If it opens a stream and it's not music, look for an web address and
open that.
Keep going until you find some music or run out of links...
James
Isn't this pretty much what the 'zapped' playlist does?
You press and hold the 'add' key to move the currently playing song to
it, rather than just delete it.
I haven't used it for a while but I assume it still works?
James
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As I recall, you need to be on the 'now playing' screen, where pressing
'add' removes the current track.
However holding it down moves the track to a playlist called 'Zapped
Songs'.
You should then be able to browse that playlist in the usual manner
(it won't exist if you've never zapped
Dan,
All these actions can be done from the remote.
You just need to be in the 'now playing' playlist.
(I didn't even know there was a 'zap' button on any of the skins)
James
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There are Pronto files on www.remotecentral.com that say they contain
discrete commands for Squeezebox.
I've only used the ones linked from SlimDevices before (which don't) but
having seen what's on Remote Central I think it could be time for an
upgrade. A full Squeezebox keyboard on the Pronto?!
Oooh. This is new:
19 March 2005
Just a reminder that the new AAC part of mp3gain is experimental. It's
simply newer, so problems are still being found (and fixed). Use it at
your own risk, and I'd suggest backing up your files first.
Does anyone here have any experience on using mp3gain on AAC
Dieter,
Are you on Windows?
If so changing the Perl code will not work if you're running the
pre-compiled executable.
Probably easiest to wait for this change to get made by SlimDevices
unless you want to get into SlimServer development...
James
Dan also advised disabling tcp keepalive setting last time this came up.
(even though Firefox manuals claim this setting is meaningless)
I did that and it seemed to fix the problem for me.
James
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I think that's not true. When I browse artists I should get an All
artists line first followed by the artists seperately listed. I can
than either play or add specific artists to the now playing playlist
or
all artists by using the first line. The same is true for albums,
genre
and so on.
I did have a look at the open source player
http://mak.zopelabs.com/xplay/ but I couldn't get perlthon - the
python to perl translator - to work.
I don't know any python but I assume if you can do it there it must be
possible in perl!
Anyone ever used perlthon successfully?
James
It shouldn't require addition of the music to the database to handle
this.
Possibly in 5.4 but not in 6.0
I just tried it, and playing the track adds it to the database.
Makes sense because all SlimServer's work is done via the database now.
James
It's probably not a problem (as well as being unavoidable at this point)
but the original poster did say not to put them in the database!
In fact the track did disappear after I deleted it, the 2nd time I
subsequently navigated to it in the library.
Background database maintenance is a future
I've been having this problem as well - nightly from the 27th and a
couple before
Running Windows XP and using Firefox to browse the Default interface
Closing firefox and restarting it seemed to get the web interface
working again for a while but the problem would recur
Seemed like a lot of the
Hi Jacob,
I find that ExBrowse2 is ignoring all my playlists sourced from iTunes -
whichever one I select I end up in the one playlist which isn't from
iTunes ?
Other than that I really like it - I see you have added the javascript
playlist re-ordering - very cool!
James
Can you give any more information?
Like your OS etc. and a log file showing any
errors?
and this is the 'iTunes' library scanner - not the 'iTunes
update' plugin?
(I have not had any problems with iTunes
4.8)
James
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What's the difference between the 'developers' and 'beta' groups?
James
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That's what I thought - but is there not a huge overlap between the two
groups (dev/beta)?
Surely most people will end up reading/subscribed to both, not one or
the other?
James
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OK - now that's a very reasonable argument!
James
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Both browsing folders and playlists do not use the database, so are
slow.
There's a bug for the playlists issue, the folders I doubt anything can
be done.
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1459
James
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I have not upgraded yet but planned on doing so at the weekend
- anyone else upgraded with or without problems ?
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Steven,
Do you have a populated client playlist displayed when you open the
interface?
My experience (Windows/Firefox) is that this is validated against the
database before display.
Subsequent re-opening of the interface or the initial one with an empty
playlist are much faster
James
Hmm thought so.
I believe that playlists are not yet stored in the database and I am
hoping when they are this will no longer happen...
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1459
James
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I'm not on SP2 but SlimServer 6 uses about 70Mb memory on my machine.
CPU usage is around 5% or less on a 2Ghz P4 unless scanning iTunes when
it's anything up to 100% usage.
I have over 9,000 tracks in my library and some very large playlists.
James
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If it really is this system intensive it might be nice to be able to
schedule it to run in the middle of the
night rather than on an interval.
You can;
Set the iTunes rescan interval to 0 and use the 'rescan' plugin to set a
scheduled time.
James
There's a tool for doing this but doesn't appear to support Win98
http://www.commandline.co.uk/cmdow/
Might be worth a look though?
James
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Allen,
Did I miss an explanation of what your problems were?
I am running a week (or maybe 2) old version of 6.1 on XP and almost all
of my iTunes problems are solved.
(the only one outstanding being the CPU usage when scanning very large
playlists)
James
You can just run slim.exe (in the 'server' subdirectory) from the
command line or scheduler etc.
I have a shortcut in my startup folder or one can use a tool such as
firedaemon or cmdow.
James
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Probably you don't have lame[.exe] installed?
64Kbs though!
James
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You can find the instructions here
http://www.slimdevices.com/su_faq.html#troubleshooting-aacwireless
And here
http://www.slimdevices.com/su_faq.html#formats-binarywhere
Which does seem like a weird way of laying it out.
Unless this is covered in the manual?
I think lame.exe is needed to
Any idea where the actual log file is stored?
Unfortunately It's not stored anywhere by default, you need to use the
--logfile filename option to start SlimServer.
James
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A ha!
Yes I think you need to upgrade to the latest version of the plugin.
I think I made a blunder in making the 5.4 plugin version appear to work
on SlimServer 6.0
James
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I would say just for major versions - 5.x to
6.x
But I usually just install them in different directories -
I haven't even got round to uninstalling 5.4 yet.
James
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I would say just for major versions - 5.x to 6.x
But I usually just install them in different directories - I haven't
even got round
or alternatively, don't do a complete
recheck until the size of the main folder has stabilised for a certain
duration ? (maybe that's what the setting does?)
No, the scan just checks for the modified time changing on the XML file.
This seems like a really sensible suggestion as the user's
Indeed.
BTW KDF changed the iTunes scan for 6.1 - setting the interval to 0
should now disable the automated scans.
James
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Have you changed the default iTunes library scan interval?
With it set to the default of 60s, SlimServer will be scanning the
iTunes library constantly while you are ripping.
James
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Server Settings - iTunes - iTunes Reload interval
James
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sounds
So um I can't be the only person 6.0.2 doesn't work for?
Undefined subroutine Slim::Buttons::Common::setFunction called at
C:/Program Files/SlimServer v6/server/Plugins/Favorites/Plugin.pm line
211.
!
James
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and seems to depend on 6.1
APIs. I presume you went from 6.1 to 6.0.2. For now, please manually
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Craig, James (IT) wrote:
So um I can't be the only person 6.0.2 doesn't work for?
Undefined subroutine Slim::Buttons::Common::setFunction called at
C:/Program
Scott,
This doesn't make much sense - is it the output from starting
SlimServer?
Anyway can you download the latest version of the plugin from
www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer ?
Seems like maybe the last version wasn't too good...
James
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I also see this on XP - SqueezeboxG seems very sluggish when I haven't
used the server for a while.
Something to do with memory being swapped out perhaps?
(SlimServer process loses about 40Mb of memory in Task Manager when it's
inactive.)
On the other hand my old character display Squeezebox
Music, Via Browse
Artists to the list of artists. A several second delay (may be up to 5)
whereas it used to be nearly instant on 5.4.1.
I can confirm that this is the same on SB2, SB1 and Slimp3 (all running
from
the same server).
Richard Scales
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Michael said that would be fixed in the latest version, so delete the
directory and see what happens!
James
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