RE: [slim] Re: Itunes Update help

2005-04-21 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Well um no! Those messages do not relate to the plugin actually doing anything with iTunes, but they shouldn't be there either, looks like something is wrong. This is with the latest version of the plugin? Can you start SlimServer with the --d_plugins option and send (me) the output? James

RE: [slim] Re: Just getting started...

2005-04-20 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Last time I used dbpowerAMP it did look up the CD data! Is it not working? James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pat Farrell Sent: 20 April 2005 17:14 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] Re: Just getting started... On Wed,

[slim] SqueezeboxG display corruption

2005-04-18 Thread Craig, James (IT)
I noticed some weird display corruption on my SqueezeboxG over the weekend: From time to time the display would 'roll' up and down, like a TV that had lost vertical sync. Does anyone know what causes this? I've recently moved all my hi-fi/squeezebox/router components and ramped up the scrolling

RE: [slim] Re: softsqueeze $420!!!

2005-04-13 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Where are you, 'orb'? You mentioned amazon.co.uk VAT so I guess people assumed you were in the UK? If you're in the EU, buying from any EU based reseller should avoid taxes. James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Orb Sent: 13 April 2005

RE: [slim] iTunes - Played Count

2005-04-12 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Toby, Firstly there is no 'played count' in SlimServer (or if there is one in the database it's not implemented that I know of?). Secondly, you can get the played count in iTunes to be updated by SlimServer by using my iTunes Update plugin: www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer James -Original

RE: [slim] Re: iTunes - Played Count

2005-04-12 Thread Craig, James (IT)
@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] Re: iTunes - Played Count Craig, James (IT) Wrote: Toby, Firstly there is no 'played count' in SlimServer (or if there is one in the database it's not implemented that I know of?). Secondly, you can get the played count in iTunes to be updated

RE: [slim] Re: Slightly OT: Small Amplifier recommendations

2005-04-12 Thread Craig, James (IT)
I have my amplifier, dvd player, vcr cable box hidden in a cabinet. The Squeezebox is the only thing outside (apart from the TV). So I think a small case works pretty well... (although that little battery powered amp linked to recently looked very cool!) James -Original Message-

RE: SV: [slim] TO SLIM: Shoutcast crashes with SlimServer 6.01

2005-04-11 Thread Craig, James (IT)
I think Tore means that the web browser cannot connect or display http://yourserver:9000/log.txt once SlimServer has crashed. I'd suggest running from the command line (after stopping the service) : Slim.exe --logfile filename James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [slim] itunes settings suggestion

2005-04-11 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Setting it to 0 doesn't disable the scan in case anyone was wondering. What's the --noscan parameter supposed to do ? It certainly doesn't stop the initial scan. James -Original Message- From: Craig, James (IT) Sent: 08 April 2005 15:21 To: 'Slim Devices Discussion' Subject: RE

RE: [slim] itunes settings suggestion

2005-04-08 Thread Craig, James (IT)
I am starting to share the same position as Steven, my iTunes rescan takes about 90 seconds during which all players stop (no music, no menus). What does setting the interval to 0 do - could we have this as disabling rescans if it doesn't already do so? James -Original Message- From:

RE: [slim] WPA or WEP encryption - any issues with SB1 (firmware 40)?

2005-04-07 Thread Craig, James (IT)
again all, for you response. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig, James (IT) Sent: 06 April 2005 10:33 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: RE: [slim] WPA or WEP encryption - any issues with SB1 (firmware 40)? I think it's called 'open key

RE: [slim] WPA or WEP encryption - any issues with SB1 (firmware 40)?

2005-04-06 Thread Craig, James (IT)
I have WEP enabled, I believe WPA is not supported for SB1 (I assume it's unlikely to be at this point now that SB2 is out) You can't use 'shared-key' encryption either - this got me for a while. Other than that it was painless. I only use 64 bit encryption (lazyness). James -Original

RE: [slim] WPA or WEP encryption - any issues with SB1 (firmware 40)?

2005-04-06 Thread Craig, James (IT)
the case, what is the alternative to shared key? Cheers again! Dan. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Craig, James (IT) Sent: 06 April 2005 10:22 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: RE: [slim] WPA or WEP encryption - any issues with SB1

RE: [slim] Re: Missing Files On ReScan v6

2005-04-04 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Nope, XP SP1. Vidur's last change has helped immensely but playback is still stopping occasionally. James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Sully Sent: 01 April 2005 18:44 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: [slim] Re: Missing

RE: [slim] Softsqueeze 'reset' message

2005-04-04 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Craig, James (IT) wrote: What does it mean when I get a message box saying 'reset' with an OK button when I start Softsqueeze? Seems to happen each time I install a new SlimServer release? Sorry, that was debug that I accidentally left in a release. This is displayed when Softsqueeze

RE: [slim] Re: Re: Missing Files On ReScan v6

2005-04-01 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Simon, I have similar problems. It seems SlimServer is picking up all tracks after a rescan, but once it attempts to play or displaying them it is removing them at random from the database. See bug 1256 http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1256 James -Original Message- From:

RE: [slim] Re: Re: Missing Files On ReScan v6

2005-04-01 Thread Craig, James (IT)
v6 Yes I have this too, Dan is investigating. bug number 1226 in may case. BTW I looked at the latest nightlies, there is no mac version, is this usual? http://slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/SlimServer_v2005-04-01/ Steven Moore On 1 Apr 2005, at 11:12 am, Craig, James (IT) wrote: Simon

RE: [slim] Re: Feature Request: Completely random play

2005-03-30 Thread Craig, James (IT)
If you're using iTunes, I wrote a plugin to take a track-at-a-time feed from the 'Party Shuffle' playlist. I find that I use this a lot as it's easier quicker than working with a huge playlist, although my girlfriend hates it because she likes to hear whole albums in a random order. Anyway I

RE: [slim] Re: Starting slimserver in Windows

2005-03-23 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Hi Michel, That is interesting, I could never get it to work as a service and notes in the Moodlogic plugin led me to believe it was not possible. Did you change the service settings at all? What version of Windows are you running? As to Manuel's original question I have a shortcut to slim.exe

RE: [slim] Softsqueeze

2005-03-23 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Danny, most likelyyou have the 5.4 version cached and this is being loaded despite the splash screen version. Check the version under Softsqueeze settings to confirm. Clear the browser cache to get the correct version. Or run from a 2.0xx link. (BTW I thought this was a bug that was fixed

RE: [slim] Re: Starting slimserver in Windows

2005-03-23 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Ah I see, Manuel was asking about the iTunes Update plugin, which is not the same as the iTunes plugin. iTunes plugin reads from iTunes, iTunes Update writes to iTunes. James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michel Fombellida Sent: 23

RE: [slim] Can't get 6 b2 to work

2005-03-21 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Er yes that is what I do. Can you point me to a module that does this correctly? Of course there is an updated version of the plugin available which would also fix this. James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of kdf Sent: 19 March 2005

RE: [slim] iTunes Update and Slimserver 6.0b1

2005-03-21 Thread Craig, James (IT)
March 2005 08:16 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: RE: [slim] iTunes Update and Slimserver 6.0b1 On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Craig, James (IT) wrote: Allan, This is a tricky one! I checked and I have not changed that part of the code at all. Yeah, I noticed that, it has me stumped. As I

RE: [slim] POP3 Email Check on Windows

2005-03-18 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Lee, Is this SlimServer v6.0 or 5.4? A few people have seem problems with net related plugins no longer working on 6.0 James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 March 2005 12:07 To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] iTunes music store without the drm

2005-03-18 Thread Craig, James (IT)
I'm surprised no-one's mentioned this yet. If you're happy to pay for your iTunes Music Store song downloads, but could live without that pesky DRM stuff the recording companies insist Apple inserts into each file, you'll be pleased to know that notorious hacker Jon Lech Johansen, he of DVD

RE: [slim] iTunes music store without the drm

2005-03-18 Thread Craig, James (IT)
with your wallet. I don't buy DRM music and I won't use iTunes. That's how I think different. I just bought two CDs at Tower Records. I'd rather give them my business. -- Damon Craig, James (IT) wrote: I'm surprised no-one's mentioned this yet. If you're happy to pay for your iTunes Music

RE: [slim] iTunes question

2005-03-17 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Title: iTunes question I suggested thisas a performance enhancement on a related bug -I think it's a good idea. Someone should raise an enhancement request... Otherwise one could write some sort of parser that isolates the playlist section of the iTunes XML and point Slim at this? James

RE: [slim] Re: iTunes question

2005-03-17 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Sent: 17 March 2005 17:14 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: [slim] Re: iTunes question * Craig, James (IT) shaped the electrons to say... I suggested this as a performance enhancement on a related bug - I think it's a good idea. Someone should raise an enhancement request... Otherwise one

RE: [slim] Rescan issue ...

2005-03-16 Thread Craig, James (IT)
KDF, I raised a bug for this yesterday because the iTunes scan is far from improved. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1093 My experience is that it's 60% slower on the initial scan and 420% slower on rescans. Sorry! James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [slim] Slightly OT: Converting MP3 bitrates

2005-03-15 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Aynsley, I think that dbPowerAmp could do that. There is a converter type plugin for it. I used it to convert all my .ogg files to .mp3 when I realised how limiting ogg files are. (ha ha couldn't resist that given the other discussion going on!) James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [slim] SlimScrobbler

2005-03-11 Thread Craig, James (IT)
I think you will have much bigger problems even if you fix this one! The Scrobbler plugin is tied to the old data cache and this code has all gone now. Someone needs to rewrite for 6.0 - I have not seen any mails from Stuart for some time but a couple of people have mentioned looking at it. I

RE: [slim] Moodlogic Instructions?

2005-03-10 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Craig, James (IT) [EMAIL PROTECTED]: KDF, Are you sure about it working as a service? I only ask because the other COM-based plugins (Moodmagic iTunes) won't work if SlimServer is a service. I might be wrong...I never run as a service. try running manually, if it fails to show up with a service

RE: [slim] SB2 and radioio

2005-03-09 Thread Craig, James (IT)
For now? Oh how you tease! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vidur Apparao Sent: 09 March 2005 16:16 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] SB2 and radioio Maurice Poirier wrote: Will SB2 give free access to radioio like SB1?

RE: [slim] WikiSlim? SlimWiki? SlimWikiCity?

2005-03-02 Thread Craig, James (IT)
- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thomas B. Malsbury Sent: 02 March 2005 17:36 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] WikiSlim? SlimWiki? SlimWikiCity? For the record it is located at: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/tiki-index.php Craig, James (IT) wrote

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