[slim] sticky squeezebox

Hi all, Took my old v1 squeezebox out of storage this weekend and found the black plastic finish has gone sticky! Any advice on dealing with this? James NOTICE: Morgan Stanley is not acting as a municipal advisor

Re: [slim] Help needed setting up iTunesUpdate in LMS!

What's the exact error you get? I would expect the path to the iTunes_Hist.txt file needs to be provided (unless you are running from the directory that contains it) James -- NOTICE: Morgan Stanley is not acting

Re: [slim] Help needed setting up iTunesUpdate in LMS!

The text file containing the play history should appear in your configured LMS playlist directory. You then run iTunesUpdate.pl on it. James -- NOTICE: Morgan Stanley is not acting as a municipal advisor and the opinions

Re: [slim] No posting of tracks to LastFM? Any suggestions?

LastFM almost always falls over at the weekend. Wait until Monday and see what happens... James -- NOTICE: Morgan Stanley is not acting as a municipal advisor and the opinions or views contained herein are not intended

Re: [slim] New station suggestion

Pretty sure, Toby. When opening the stream via the Reciva website, it opens RealPlayer and gives this URL: http://174.142.150.12:8777/ - which points to a Shoutcast DNAS Status page. That is the link I've given to RadioTime, I'm hoping it's the right one for the stream. -- James Vertigan

[slim] New station suggestion

be most grateful, as would my friend as this would increase awareness of his station among the Squeezebox community. -- James Vertigan James Vertigan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40207 View

Re: [slim] New station suggestion

Thanks Toby. I'll get onto them, just found how to submit a station to them, so hopefully they'll add it soon. -- James Vertigan James Vertigan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=40207 View

Re: [slim] Idea for basic integration with iTunes Genius

It works fine on 7.4 - doesn't it? Or was that a special version with Mac support? James -- NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy, and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use

Re: [slim] Idea for basic integration with iTunes Genius

/SlimServer/iTunesPartyShuffle-2.4.1.zip James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=63005

Re: [slim] Idea for basic integration with iTunes Genius

My iTunes Party Shuffle plugin can already do this. http://www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer Unfortunately Apple have not included Genius in the AppleScript/COM interface to iTunes so you can't initiate a new genius mix from SlimServer, which would be a nice feature. James

Re: [slim] Itunes TMP FIles

by the library rescan... James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error

Re: [slim] Itunes TMP FIles

I'm running pretty much the same set-up as you. Ian, are you using the iTunesUpdate plugin? James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use

Re: [slim] Itunes TMP FIles

Thanks Ian, doesn't sound like you are using the iTunesUpdate plugin. However, I believe the library scan in 7.3 now uses COM to get the artwork from iTunes... James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender

Re: [slim] Wired or wireless

transporter. Heck, a new cordless phone might change your wireless experience. -James -- James Van Vleet James Van Vleet's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=19147 View this thread: http

[slim] Fix for 7.1 upgrade issue

this setting appears to place a size limit on things like alter table and such. Hopefully this post will help out somone else or cause a helpful message added to the server.log. -James -- James Van Vleet James Van Vleet's

Re: [slim] Fix for 7.1 upgrade issue

of environments. On the other hand this post by itself will probably help the kind of people that use mysql for many things. :-) -James -- James Van Vleet James Van Vleet's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

Re: [slim] Pronto with SB3

My Prontos work fine with all the Squeezeboxes I've owned. I never learned the remote commands, just downloaded a pronto config file from SlimDevices - have you tried that? James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify

Re: [slim] Last.fm scrobbling not fair

Try the LastFM 'normalizer': http://www.associativetrails.com/stuff/normalisefm/ James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email

Re: [slim] BBC Radio gets iPlayer treatment

. @bpa: Non-UK users (should) get all the new features except the Flash audio. Hope that helps everyone; thanks for listening. James (BBC) -- James Cridland James Cridland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php

Re: [slim] Itunes integration: Only show playlists and not Itunesfolders

iTunes 'folders' are actually also playlists (try selecting one in iTunes), so there's not a lot you can do about this. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality

[slim] A couple of questions

the duet have to be wireless? I have a computer with a wired router and ethernet running to my stereo. Would I still be able to use the duet? 3. Is the remote IR, Bluetooth, etc.? How far is the remote's range? Can I use it if I am in the other room or outside? Thanks! -- james e

Re: [slim] A couple of questions

So the controller uses wifi to control the basestation but you can have the basestation hooked up via ethernet and it will still work? I just want to make sure I understand this. The control of the iTunes playlists is key for me. I just want to be able to access them. -- james e

Re: [slim] repeat won't stay off

Are you using any internet radio services? A few of them manipulate the repeat mode to make streaming work correctly. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality

Re: [slim] Wish it could filter just star-rated iTunes songs.

No, but iTunesUpdate has a dedicated Duet menu that allows for rating the songs. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email

Re: [slim] Wish it could filter just star-rated iTunes songs.

My iTunesUpdate and iTunesPartyShuffle plugins do all of these things. http://www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality

Re: [slim] SlimServer iTunes plugin...

Is this with the perl script? In it's original form it should loop forever. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email

Re: [slim] Problems with followitunes.pl

Is your player really called 'Squueze2' ? James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42988

Re: [slim] SlimServer iTunes plugin...

library always require a SlimServer rescan, regardless of the source. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when

Re: [slim] SlimServer iTunes plugin...

Try changing the CSRF protection level setting in Settings-Advanced-Security to none. James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Slimserver + new Last.FM features?

the SqueezeScrobbler directory name is case sensitive - must be exactly as I've written it there. James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Slimserver + new Last.FM features?

Thanks so much! But is that really the latest version for SC7? You also shouldn't need to disable the built in AudioScrobbler plugin, in the latest version SqueezeScrobbler should (?) disable its own scrobbling if it detects the other plugin is correctly configured. James

Re: [slim] Slimserver + new Last.FM features?

Did you put all of these files in a 'SqueezeScrobbler' directory, and put that into server/Plugins in your SqueezeCentre installation? James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189

Re: [slim] Slimserver + new Last.FM features?

V1.1.4 is the current version: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/slimscrobbler/SqueezeScrobbler_v1.1.4.zip That V1 link looks a bit dodgy - what you get is v0.99 which is pretty old! James -- James James's Profile: http

Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?

are clearly becoming more frequent as more users move to 7.0. Once again, is there anything I can do to help diagnose this issue? James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive

Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?

, then move another tab to the front of Firefox, the track starts playing immediately because Firefox isn't hogging all my CPU time! James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive

Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?

40 seconds is just to load the Default web page - not to load Firefox! The only addon I have installed is Adblock. I only get this problem with the Default skin, nothing else. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy

Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?

Ooh not sure. I'll have to check - are there any known issues with either? James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited

Re: [slim] Release 7.0 advantages? and when?

... James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=42272 ___ discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Advice on Universal remote - Pronto?

remote, and last time I checked, crazily expensive. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error

Re: [slim] BBC Radio - quality problem?

Just to let you know that we are aware of some audio quality issues on the BBC Radio 2 stream. We hope to have a fix for it shortly. In terms of RalphO's issues - that's not related; some programming is unavailable online for rights reasons. -- James Cridland

Re: [slim] BBC Radio - quality problem?

for It's been fixed. Thanks for listening, and apologies for the fault. James, BBC -- James Cridland James Cridland's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14871 View this thread: http

Re: [slim] Upgrade Now to SC7?

information I can get to debug this? James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error

Re: [slim] Upgrade Now to SC7?

installed, just Adblock. I did have GreaseMonkey installed but I get the same symptoms with it disabled. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use

Re: [slim] Can you get an iTunes playlist into Slim....

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Re: [slim] new music in date added order

on Windows though.) James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error

Re: [slim] Itunes artwork in slimserver

Strange. I won't be able to investigate for a couple of days, but what skin are you using for the web interface and what language is your SlimServer running? Can you take a look in the log file for any obvious errors as well? James

Re: [slim] Itunes artwork in slimserver

since installing the plugin) James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error

Re: [slim] Play iTunes Podcasts w/ SS?

They should be in a 'podcasts' playlist if your iTunes scan is working correctly. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email

Re: [slim] Play iTunes Podcasts w/ SS?

, but they're all empty, that's a whole other issue and I'm sure you can find plenty of discussion of that in other threads! Luckily, it's never happened to me so I don't know what the cause is! Alternatively, you could try looking for Podcasts under Browse/Genre James

Re: [slim] Itunes artwork in slimserver

Actually, not strictly correct. My iTunes Update plugin has an option (for windows only) that copies the artwork for the currently playing song into SlimServer. It is working rather well with the new default skin in SS7.0! James NOTICE

Re: [slim] Itunes artwork in slimserver

. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error. ___ discuss

Re: [slim] Playlist, again....

' on SlimServer, without having to rescan the iTunes library. (and any new tracks are dynamically added to the SlimServer library.) Once I finished it, I never used the SlimServer playlists again! James NOTICE: If received in error, please

Re: [slim] New (Logitech) Squeezebox

I have to say I actually think it looks OK in monochrome on the front of the Squeezebox. The colour version in the web interface is a bit horrible though. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does

Re: [slim] Slimserver 6.5.2 boots up iTunes

Evan, Are you sure you don't have my iTunes Update plugin installed? It would start iTunes after each song is played. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality

Re: [slim] Best Mac random-songs route?

iTunes Update does work on the Mac. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error

Re: [slim] Best Mac random-songs route?

snapshot of the iTunes playlists. Although I can only guarantee the PS plugin works on Windows, there's no real reason it wouldn't work on the Mac. As ever, I need a bit of help testing it, in particular the bit that deletes tracks from the party shuffle playlist. James -- James

Re: [slim] Control SlimServer _from_ iTunes

will carry on playing the old track. I can't think how you could support both types of behaviour at the same time! James BTW, I wrote a windows version of this concept a long time ago, but I don't know why it's missing from this thread! It's called 'follow iTunes' and can be found on my web site http

[slim] Re: Can anyone recommend headphones?

exactly 6 months of daily use from a pair of E3Cs before they start getting faulty. But this is mysteriously double the amount of time (3 months) that each pair of Sony MDR-EX71s lasted me... James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy

RE: [slim] Mailing list/forum bridge problem

I've had this one open for almost a year as well... http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3081 James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege

[slim] Re: Complaints about architecture, slimserver, etc

friendly' though... And to keep the thread on track, I use the web interface way more than I use the player's interface. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality

RE: [slim] Re: Hash (#) signs in music library directory names

http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4652 This bug (mine) is when sending requests from an external app though - I found the 'problem' files played fine when using SlimServer itself... James NOTICE: If received in error, please

RE: [slim] Last.fm stops SlimServer (6.5.1)

Do you have access to your log file? Or if you're running the default installation on Windows can you check the Event Viewer for errors from SlimServer? James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does

[slim] Logitech squeezebox

Didn't the OP just mean Squeezeboxes in the Logitech branded box, as seen at the link? The picture of the SB itself wasn't good enough to make out if the logo had been changed or removed... James NOTICE: If received in error, please

[slim] Re: Apple Iphone= Idiotphone?

, who cares about the phone part? James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error

RE: [slim] Apple Iphone= Idiotphone?

It does have wi-fi. Looks great to me apart from the phone bit - I don't need that at all! James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use

[slim] Re: Integrate With iTunes Artwork

not supporting the iTunes artwork is a shame. James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=31059

[slim] Integrate With iTunes Artwork

doubt Apple are going to provide any but I'm surprised no-one else has figured it out yet! And I still don't know how to easily view the .itc file content on Windows or I'd have a look. It is a shame because I now have artwork for almost all my music but can see none of it in SlimServer! James

RE: [slim] Say it A'int so Slimp3!!

firmware. The upgrade code is no longer supplied in the bundle but it should be in old distros if you look through the archive to around version 3. Cheers, James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of thepainter Sent: 01 December 2006 14:21

RE: [slim] Re: Getting Smartserver to see my iTunes playlists

To do it is quite simple. ... Seems a bit Heath Robinson now I've written it down Or you could just use SS 6.5.1 and set startup type to 'start automatically on login' It's a lot simpler! James NOTICE: If received in error, please

RE: [slim] 6.5 service stops sporadically

Please have your antivirus (McAfee by chance?) ignore MY* files If it is McAfee I had to uninstall it to get SlimServer to work properly... James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend

RE: [slim] Re: SlimServer stopped suddenly while playing

scanner and installed a free one. Not a single crash since... James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when

RE: [slim] Re: last.fm and FLAC tags

Wasn't clear if gutted was playing local files in Winamp or streaming from SlimServer? It is possible that 'stream' SlimServer clients are not logged with Last.FM, because stream clients aren't quite the same as real devices. James

RE: [slim] Re: Slim Server keeps stopping itself

Do you have any virus scanners active? They can cause SlimServer to crash. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited

RE: [slim] Re: 6.5.1 = Nasty Electronic Sound on startup SevereTrackdelays

As I already said, you need to change the startup type. iTunes Update does *not* work when SlimServer is running as a service, but the new SlimTray app allows you to change this configuration by changing startup type to 'automatically start on login' James

RE: [slim] Re: Linkstation - Slimserver - Speed up

The -a flag of ls is for 'all files' and is what displays the hidden 'dot files' James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email

RE: [slim] Re: 6.5.1 = Nasty Electronic Sound on startup SevereTrack delays

I deleted itunesupdater1.9 and the delay has been solved. There seems to be an issue for 1.9 synching with itunes (at least when running 6.5.1). [James is it possible that updater doesnt work with 6.5.1??) Are you running SlimServer 'on startup' or 'on login'? Delays on track gaps

[slim] Re: 6.5.1 - dos window keeps opening

. I get the error writing msqld.exe on each upgrade as well. I guess it's not a problem until the MySQL version actually changes... James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View

[slim] Re: iTunes7 New Feature= Skipped Tracks....Is there a Plug in to Use?

Try looking in the 3rd Party Plugins forum... James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28444

RE: [slim] 6.5.0 is OK except for....

was the problem because I don't normally use it and tracks without cover art were OK. Cheers, James 2) I now have a bunch of random no artist/no album tracks. I saw another poster mention this but couldn't spot the solution. I can't see them in mp3tag or in the file directory

RE: [slim] Re: iTunes 7

Hmmm. Did someone say iTunes 7.0.1 ? I'll be busy tonight... http://www.apple.com/itunes/download/ James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use

[slim] 6.5.0 and Plugins advice

, SlimScrobbler iTunesUpdate are available from my web page http://www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use

RE: [slim] Re: iTunes 7

' feature in iTunes 0.7, open or closed, so I've opened a new one. Please vote for this if you want your album artwork displayed in slimserver... http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4180 James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy

RE: [slim] Why use iTunes

it! If you don't want to use it like this, I would say don't bother. A lot of people find it very frustrating... James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality

RE: [slim] Re: iTunes 7 (QuickTime 7.1.3) Rips Don't Play

must admit, I am hoping for a patch release for iTunes before I touch version 7, as nice as the new features sound! James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality

RE: [slim] Re: iTunes 7 (QuickTime 7.1.3) Rips Don't Play

shows that there is 492 bytes of header data followed by a JPEG image. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited

RE: [slim] Re: scrobbler help

. You are using the latest code from CVS? James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email is prohibited when received in error

RE: [slim] Re: scrobbler help

The missing string could explain why you don't see LastFM in the web interface - are you using any non-EN languages? James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality

RE: [slim] Re: scrobbler help

Well, I checked and the 'string' LASTFM isn't even used anywhere in the plugin... James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive confidentiality or privilege. Use of this email

RE: [slim] Re: scrobbler help

Thanks James, I tried downloading the individual files and then files started disappearing off the site with messages like showing 0 files, show 5 dead filesI think I'll just wait with 6.3 until the package is available:) Yes, the CVS web interfaces is confusing as it shows deleted

[slim] Re: scrobbler help

Do those tracks not have genre tags perhaps? James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26816

[slim] Re: scrobbler help

will probably package up the latest version on my own website as the 6.5 release approaches... James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: LastFM Sync

It's a LastFM limitation, only one stream open per user account. If you open a new one on a 2nd player, the 1st is terminated. But I would be surprised if one could sync internet radio across players? James -- James

[slim] Re: scrobbler help

really need to see the log with Scrobbler messages on to see what's going on! Also you never said which version... -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http

[slim] Re: scrobbler help

have recently rewritten a lot of this code, so that may solve the problem. James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t

[slim] Re: LastFM Sync

no yes. nice and easy! James -- James James's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=189 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26986

[slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7

I'd go for smart playlists. This would address my year limiting requirement (e.g. for random 80's or 90's music listening). James Dunn ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

RE: [slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7

multiple delete of items from a playlist that is already open. That's had an open bug for some time... There are arguments on both sides... http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=62 James NOTICE: If received in error, please

RE: [slim] Re: scrobbler help

you not ever see the automatic submission happening? BTW is this for SS 6.3 or 6.5? The code has changed significantly for the 6.5 version. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend

RE: [slim] How do I customize the Snow Screensaver?

Hi Dave, You need to edit the Snow.pm file found in Server/Plugins. Note that this is part of the SliMServer installation so any edits you make will be overwritten next time you reinstall SlimServer, So take a safe copy of it. James NOTICE

RE: [slim] Re: SlimServer iTunes plugin...

Alex, What happened when you tried it? Anything at all? Do you have more than 1 squeezebox - The script below assumes only one player. James NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does not intend to waive

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