On Mon, 2005-04-18 at 08:29 -0400, Jim Dibb wrote:
The only time I really have a problem is when the SpamAssassin daemon
goes crazy and chews up the whole CPU. That happens from time to time
and I don't know why.
How do you filter?
My utility box that does everything -
fetchmail pops,
On Wed, 30 Mar 2005 15:06:14 -0800 (PST), Chris Glushko
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't use Apple Lossless for the iPod. I keep all
the files in Appple Lossless on iTunes. When I want
to put something on the iPod, I just convert the files
to AAC in iTunes, transfer them and then delete
fc4 on x86
using the linux port of mac
squeezebox produces static.
When I remove the -x from the lame switch, it behaves.
I don't know much about ape's format - but the man page for lame says
if you get static, try adding the -x switch.
Is this an OS platform difference - cpu dependent - or is
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 11:46:10 -0800, michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Phil Karn [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Jack Coates wrote:
You might want to do some research on modern virtual memory
management... swap is necessary no matter how much RAM you have.
I disagree. I see no reason for a
On Tue, 22 Mar 2005 10:28:43 -0500, Michael Haan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't remember the exact command, but something like id3v2 -l 11_*.flac
came back:
11_Frogs.flac
No tags found
Or something like that. Most of these files (they're all flac) were
ripped/tagged with
I just bought a flac album from Magnatune -
Elizabeth Wolff - Moments Musicaux
Here is what the file listing looks like (magnatune had spaces which I
replaced with _ as I can't stand spaces in a file name):
01-Sergei_Rachmaninoff_-_6_Moments_Musicaux_Op._16_-_Andantino-Elizabeth_Wolff.flac
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 22:39:48 -0500, Michael Haan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can anyone recommend a good command-line tagger (I'm already using abcde to
rip - just need something to use for the occasional fix). I've tried
audiotool, id3v2 and id3tool but they don't seem to read the
For those testing Fedora Core 4 (Linux) - I'm working on an rpm spec
file for eventual inclusion in rpm.livna.org
It packages things differently than the standard SlimDevices supplied
rpm, the intention is to use system installed perl modules where
possible etc. and reduce what is in the CPAN
I apologize if this is frowned upon - but I found a huge stash of free
indy music, a lot of it is pretty good (various styles). It's a rather
large bt download, but there is a smaller bt download if you just want
to same to see if it's worth downloading the set.
On Sat, 19 Mar 2005 00:09:52 + (UTC), Andy Hawkins
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't have cdrdao, any idea how to do it with cdparanoia?
2) cueconvert -f album.toc -f album.cue
Don't have this one either...source?
You may be able to do it with cdparanoia - but there probably is a
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 10:41:26 -0500, Michael Haan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I just started using abcde to rip to flac last night. It seemed a little
slow, but given everything that was going on on the box, and the processes
nice level, I wasn't surprised. Anyway, I haven't yet figured
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 23:19:09 -0500, Mike Hartley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Although my collection is currently in WMA lossless with no drm (no lectures
please, it made sense at the time :-) ) I'd be willing to re-rip everything
if it was not too horrible from a process perspective.
If
On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 22:26:52 -0700, JJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
For any other computer you'll probably want a monitor, keyboard, and
pointing device. You could run the server headless, but if you run into
problems, say while camping, then you'll want to be able to get on the
computer and
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 08:20:30 +0100, Vince [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I'm looking to know if someone has already installed SlimServer 6 on
Linux for Power PC. My plan is to run SlimServer on a mac mini with
Linux (Yellow Dog Distribution probably).
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 13:10:49 -0500, Michael Haan
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Having just gotten my myth tv box running, and relocating my slimserver (now
6.0 - thanks to those who helped) install to it, I'm ready to rip and tag
the CDs that have piled-up over the past two months and I'd really
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:29:52 +0100, Christian Pernegger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Just so there is some clarity on the subject, here is where I am
coming from completely.
snip
Your post is extremely informative and I'm sure Fedora users appreciate your
work. However, there is exactly one
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 14:54:59 -0800, Michael Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On my 2Hz athlon machine -
That should read 2GHz ;)
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On Thu, 17 Mar 2005 00:06:46 +0100, Christian Pernegger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Are you sure you're cpu bound and not disk bound? The 2.4 disk elevator is a
nightmare and the 2.6 default is not perfect either.
It also happens with my flac files which are on a separate dedicated
hard disk
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:42:40 +0100, Christian Pernegger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
But there's one thing I just noticed: STREAMING. I
Yes - if SlimServer could stream in ogg, there's a good chance it
would make it into distros like Fedora etc. Streaming in flac/PCM is
OK but not a lot of people keep
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 11:26:49 +0100, Christian Pernegger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OGG is an open format. OGG is the default for the FEDORA distribution.
MP3 was eliminated from FEDORA due to licensing considerations. You can of
course obtain MP3
and install it, but the fact remains that MP3
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 15:13:26 +0100, Christian Pernegger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes - if SlimServer could stream in ogg, there's a good chance it
would make it into distros like Fedora etc.
Again, what has support of a particular format got to do with
putting slimserver in a distribution?
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 10:09:21 -0600, Michael Alletto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If a product states that it supports it it will just confuse people.
Why?
I mean really, OGG? Naming is everything and that name sucks.
I don't think it sucks.
It's no worse than mp3 or aac or flac.
You
try
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:23:32 +0100, Christian Pernegger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This would only be relevant if you were streaming formats other than
mp3 to the sb as mp3, i.e. if you were transcoding to mp3
on the server.
As long as you just pass through mp3 data to the Squeezebox
you
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:31:06 +0100, Christian Pernegger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wait a minute, didn't you just bash mp3 halfway around the list because it
was patent encumbered? Yet you consider AAC? I just don't get you...
I didn't bash mp3.
It is a very good lossy codec.
mp3 (and aac)
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:27:00 +1000, Dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I suppose one thing to also consider is which encoder to use and does it have
CCD or similar titling database support (on that note do lossless formats
support tagging??)
Anyways, if anybody has some advice that you think
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:33:08 +0100, Christian Pernegger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I do know that transcoding to WAV is not insignificant; and am skeptical of
the overhead
requirements for FLAC. Regardless, the bandwidth requirements for a FLAC
transmission is greater
than that of ogg.
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:12:14 +, Steven Moore
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Do you know if the 'blank tracks' problem has been solved yet?
I don't know about that - but I do know that I have some probably
improperly encoded mp3's that 5.4.0 could not see (neither could
Rhythmbox - but iPod and
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 06:59:44 -0500, John Rakestraw
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm a Linux user (but definitely not a power user) -- thought I'd point
out that I installed Slimserver 6.0b1 on FC3 last week and it hasn't
crashed since. (I have seen problems (e.g., in playlist display) that
On Mon, 14 Mar 2005 18:33:08 +0100, Christian Pernegger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Don't get me wrong, I like .ogg - I just see no point in implementing a
portable format directly on the squeezebox.
I do.
If it used could use ogg for streaming lossy format, there is a better
chance that it
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 16:36:09 -0800, Joshua Uziel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I really wish Consumer Reports could evaluate stuff like this. They
could save a lot of people a lot of time and money.
Agreed. I got it 'cause it was the cheapest on the market... you get
what you pay for... but
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 08:53:35 -, Patrick Dixon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
it's worked very well for Linux.
Really? As someone struggling to get FC3 configured, googling for
information produces many more people with Linux problems than there are
solutions out there.
Linux runs beautifully
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 01:44:10 -0800, Phil Karn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The WRT54G is a big seller in most retail outlets (there's usually a big
pallet of 'em at the local Fry's) and it is often heavily discounted
and/or sold with rebates.
You can usually tell a big sale on them is going on
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 11:57:26 -0800 (PST), Chris Glushko
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would suggest staying away from Netgear. I just
replaced my WR614 today. Even with the latest
firmware, my netgear router was never very stable and
under intense use (i.e. a few hours of Bittorrent w/
On Sun, 13 Mar 2005 13:32:02 -0500, Ian Whalley
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm about to install a squeezebox system in the kitchen, and
the speakers will need to reside on top of wall-mounted
cupboards, and will be not easily accessible. This makes
most powered-speakers unsuitable, as I won't
Yes - currently there is not a working flac plugin for QuickTime
(which is needed to manage flac in iTunes)
What I do is rip to flac, transcode via a shell script from flac to
mp3 (lame 192VBR), and use mp3 on my iPod.
iTunes doesn't know about my flac files, but it doesn't need to either.
aac
I will eventually re-encode all of my CDs to flac, ogg and mp3
simultaneously (with a custom script).
That's kind of what I do know.
I actually rip to flac (well, I use cdparanoia and have a set of
scripts I use to create metadata - I don't use the lookup services,
they are wrong too often - so
On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 14:18:40 +0100, /rist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If all audio decoding is now done in software, is there any chance the
Squeezebox2 will ever decode ogg natively? I have most of my music in
ogg format, and the way they are played now (with decoding-recoding on
the server
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 17:26:42 -0500, Jeff Fila [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What are your thoughts on the best stand-alone server set up. I'm
building a server that's sole purpose is to run SlimServer. I was
thinking about ClarkConnect in stand-alone mode. That way I could
manage it from a web
On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 18:50:45 -0800, Phil Karn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can somebody give me some background on gapless playback? I don't
understand why it's a big problem.
I'll try in a non technical way.
The mp3 container has to be specific size increments, so you end up
with empty data at
On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 16:21:05 -0800, Marshall Clow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm going to try a mac mini (as soon as it arrives).
Small, silent, Firewire, USB2, 100-T, 802.11 G.
Mac Mini's really are nice.
Sorry for going off topic - but the small form and good looks really
is a big plus.
I'm
On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 14:03:15 +, Andrew Lucas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I was messing with WAV's recorded with a 48khz sampling rate, on my
squeezebox's these play back slow regardless of using internal or external
DAC's, is this what I should expect?
Do they work properly if encoded
On Tue, 8 Mar 2005 23:03:18 -0800, Steven Spies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Native FLAC and Cross Fading on the SB2, Right On! Please tell me the
SB2 supports FLAC ReplayGain, fingers crossed.
If not, I'm sure it would be relatively easy to add it since it's done
in software, correct?
--
flac I believe does record the charset used to write the tags, rather
than assuming it is one in particular. At least if using their native
tags. No wether the playback software respects that or not is a
different question entirely.
As far as being future safe - if you used the charset specified
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 17:36:56 -0500, Sally Shears [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hmm... On my Mac OS X, looking at an AVI file (plays in VLC, not in
QuickTime), I see:
$file xyz.avi
xyz.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI
So, it still won't tell me what I really want to know: Which
application
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 16:31:19 -0700, Chuck Pelto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Mar 6, 2005, at 9:35 AM, Christian Pernegger wrote:
You can have a maximum of one SlimServer running per device,
but you can access its web interface on as many computers
as you like, it runs on port 9000 as
On Sun, 6 Mar 2005 17:21:02 -0700, Chuck Pelto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Mike,
I've tried the http://192.168.0.XXX:9000/ and the
http://my-computer.local:9000/. Neither worked. The other machine just
sat their spinning it's wheels. However, it never did 'timeout'.
Regards,
Chuck
On Sun, 06 Mar 2005 17:30:58 +0100, Christian Pernegger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A future device might want to incorporate an ability to adjust balance
between speakers via the remote device.
I'd rather have less preamp functionality on a component, not
more. If I could I would even
On Sat, 5 Mar 2005 18:38:08 -, Patrick Dixon
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I assume that any music ripped from CD (whether coded as lossy or lossless)
will be replayed by the SB at 44.1KHz.
So when (if ever) is 48KHz replay required?
I ripped the audio from my U2 Rattle Hum DVD
I believe it
Not sure if you're running the Sveasoft firmware, but if you are
adding an entry like 10.0.0.3 00:04:20:05:91:BF sbox to the 'Dhcpd'
section of the 'Management' section under 'Administration' on the
web interface will do what you are asking.
I have no such section (stock, 3.03.1 firmware)
On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 17:55:09 -0600, Ben Klaas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But it cracks me up
that these companies' even try to pretend that they created
their software for anything other than illegal file sharing (be
it music or other).
I get new Linux distros from BitTorrent when
On Wed, 02 Mar 2005 14:00:36 -0800, Phil Karn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The best way is to assign a fixed, static IP address to each host on
your own local network. There's really no point in allocating IP
addresses dynamically to your own hosts given that you have such an
abundant supply of
On Wed, 2 Mar 2005 19:43:34 -0500, Jay Sissom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have a linksys WRT54G. Can you tell me how to do this? I can find
no setting to allow this in the WRT54G.
I also have that router.
The default lease time is a day.
Go to Setup - Basis Setup
Scroll down to DHCP Server
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 14:59:06 -0800, Jack Coates [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yeah, I like him. I also like Lara St. John and (to a lesser degree)
I love Lara St. John!
Another one from Magnatune I like is Lisa DeBenedictis.
Over at http://www.mindawn.com/ - there is a really neat band, Frogg
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 17:51:05 -0500, Jeffrey Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Yes most of my beefs with Linspire and now MP3beamer are with their
marketing and lack of providing anything of substance while providing a
charge on something you can get for free.
I do not like the distro myself
On Mon, 28 Feb 2005 19:16:49 -0800, Pbox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The point I was going to make, excatly.
However there is one more thing to note. Linspire also releases their
code under GPL. So it is a give and take.
Slimserver guys should take a note of the lsongs application.
On Thu, 24 Feb 2005 23:21:23 -0800, Ralph Edington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As far as I can tell, Squeezebox is COMPLETELY and TOTALLY WORTHLESS for the
advertised purpose of wireless music.
Maybe you got a bad unit.
Did you try contacting customer support?
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On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 11:26:44 -0600, momerath [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Another solution is to use Gmail for your mailing lists. It has a
unique interface that closely resembles the flat-threaded forum style
that seems most popular (I prefer branching threads personally). Its
also much faster
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:34:03 +0100, Steinar Bjaerum [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am thinking about playing an uncompressed WAV, recording the signal at the
digital output and comparing the recording with the original WAV.
Be careful when you are doing so - a lot of sound cards will resample
On Fri, 25 Feb 2005 16:19:28 -0600, Michael Alletto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4933903950.html
Scroll down to the pictures of the web interface. Does it look like
slimserver to anyone else? And they are charging $70 for the software
only. If they are
I have no idea about iTunes etc. but I do have a recomondation - if at
all possible, rip to flac - even if it means burning to DVD for space
reasons (it probably will)
You can fit quite a few albums in flac on a DVD-R, if you go with the
newer dual layer stuff you can fit even more albums in flac
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 09:13:49 -0500, Chip Hart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
As someone who has abandoned his MP101, I'd encourage you to
check out the MP101 mailing list(s)
(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NetgearMP101Group/) before
purchasing one. 95% of the
On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 18:25:31 -0800, George Van Wagner
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't know about others, but I'm perfectly willing to answer the
question. I didn't buy a Squeezebox because every time I've looked at
ordering one, the wireless units are listed as a 6-8 week wait.
Very first
On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 07:52:03 -0500, Jeffrey Gordon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bennett, Gavin (LDN Int) wrote:
The bit for SlimDevices to read, please make it.
a) WiFi at 80211.g
b) a lot cheaper
c) have a Unique Selling Point - the Open Source aspect is a good
USP but
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