Re: [slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-12 Thread Dr Lovegrove
On 12/03/06, bgriffis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've installed Moose v0.26 on two of my computers now and am happy to report that it is working quite well for the most part. What a fantastic program! Anyone out there who is looking for a nice GUI front-end to Slim Server should try this out!

[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-12 Thread MeSue
Moose doesn't seem to take my Windows taskbar into account when it opens, which means I always have to move the window up a little to get to the buttons along the bottom. This is a minor annoyance, but maybe easily fixable? -- MeSue Sue PS: I want a Squeezebox boombox.

[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-11 Thread bgriffis
I actually came to the forums earlier this afternoon with the intent of asking/suggesting about making a nicer interface than the web page through which I currently talk to my SB2. A quick search brought up this thread and it really grabbed my attention. I've installed Moose v0.26 on two of my

[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-10 Thread mattybain
Dr Lovegrove Wrote: ] Dont understand this.. I know there was a problem with 6.5 nightlies a few weeks back that would cause the problem - you'd sometimes get art on the first couple of tracks from an album, but non after that. Is this what you're seeing ? Otherwise, if you're

Re: [slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-10 Thread Dr Lovegrove
On 09/03/06, Mark Lanctot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So I decided to drink the Kool-Aid and tried Moose. Oh dear, you dont wanna do that.. Welcome on board though.. ;-) .NET 2.0 is a huge improvement. No impact on boot-up times and no annoying 'ASP .NET' user. Yeah, I was quite suprised at

Re: [slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-10 Thread Dr Lovegrove
On 09/03/06, Mark Lanctot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: O yeah! So it uses SlimServer's database! Yup, seems to work well! Thanks. Yup.. BTW, if you're using SQLite, make sure you either stop slimserver briefly, or point Moose at a copy of the db file - SQLite only likes 1 program talking to

[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-10 Thread Mark Lanctot
Dr Lovegrove Wrote: Hmm, I'll check this out.. Those buttons just do the same as the ones on the remote (in theory).. Things keep changing on the server, so maybe something's broken.. Obviously it's not doing the same on yours, nor has anyone else mentioned this, so it may be just me. Pause

[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-10 Thread Mark Lanctot
BTW linking the popcorn button to the Random Mix plugin as you describe on your website works perfectly. Thanks. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this

[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-09 Thread Mark Lanctot
So I decided to drink the Kool-Aid and tried Moose. I guess the thing that was holding me back was .NET. Last time I installed it, it was pretty obnoxious, adding a user, lengthening boot-up time, etc. So I armed myself with a complete system and registry backup and found relevant web pages

[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-09 Thread Mark Lanctot
Ah...Moose seems to work fine with playlists SlimServer has generated, but when I try to get Moose to generate a playlist on its own, problems. It seems that Moose has not picked up any tags. No Artist or Album tags. They are all labelled Artist My Documents, Album My Music. All songs are

[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-09 Thread Yannzola
Mark Lanctot Wrote: I guess this is due to the flat directory structure I'm using. I have never seen the need for multiple directories and I have everything in one directory. This has never caused problems for SlimServer so I haven't thought twice about it. But I guess it's what Moose

[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-09 Thread Kyle
Dr. L, I miss the background. Are we going to get it back? Great work on the improvements. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread:

[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-09 Thread bossanova808
Any chance the icon pause setting could be remembered across sessions? I keep forgetting to turn it on, so it doesn't work, so my music is still blasting out when the I go to answer the phone... -- bossanova808

[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-08 Thread mattybain
0.26 working a treat here. The only thing annoying me know is the lack of album art in the now playing window. Does anybody else experience this? when browsing the library the album art is fine so I don't really understand what is happening. -- mattybain http://www.last.fm/user/MattyBain/

[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-08 Thread ezkcdude
Also, what happened to the background colors? Is there a reason for the drop-down menu for this option being disabled? -- ezkcdude To be determined... ezkcdude's Profile:

[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-07 Thread Dr Lovegrove
On 02/03/06, Dr Lovegrove [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just uploaded a new version of my windows front-end Moose to the usual place: http://www.rusticrhino.com/drlovegrove Ok, just put up a new build.. 0.26.. One big new feature and bunch of little fixes: * F5 refreshes playlist. * Optimised

[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-05 Thread bossanova808
As usual, it's definitely moving in the right direction - the UI side of it is way, way improved over a couple of months ago. The two biggest problems are lack of support for Various Artists, and the fact it regularly crashes slimserver if one loads up a REALLY big playlist (eg. I have one I

[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-04 Thread Browny
Ok - downloaded it and it worked first time. I'm now very happy - one of the downsides to switching to MySQL was loosing Moose. Thanks for all your efforts Just a question for the future - If your running on MySQL is there any need to snapshot the whole database into a moo file? I

[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-03 Thread mattybain
Okay it is just my cr*ppy ISP (bloody NTL), seems fine from work. -- mattybain http://www.last.fm/user/MattyBain/ mattybain's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=44 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-03 Thread Dr Lovegrove
On 03/03/06, mattybain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay it is just my cr*ppy ISP (bloody NTL), seems fine from work. Hmmm, interesting.. I've just duplicated the file online now which should fix things with NTL.. I'll try and remember to do this for the next version too.. It's now there as both

[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-03 Thread 0xdeadbeef
0.25 is a big step forward. It feels much smoother and also doesn't seem to crash the server anymore (which the previous versions did more or less instantly for me). However I find the pause feature pretty annyoing when clicking on the traybar icon. I would expect that the main screen (now

[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-03 Thread mattybain
My tray icon works fine, all the controls work and are responsive. However my album art in the moose now playing dialog box is not showing, it previously worked fine on 0.24. Album art in the library window works fine. -- mattybain http://www.last.fm/user/MattyBain/

[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-02 Thread mattybain
Don't seem to be able to download 0.25, for me the links are still all 0.24. Can anyone else confirm this or is it just my ISP and a caching issue? -- mattybain After intensive investigation (comma) of the markings on the alien pod (comma) it has become clear (comma) to me (comma) that we

[slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-02 Thread ezkcdude
Love the updates. However, my playlist is not showing up. The songs are playing in the correct order (which I can see on the SlimServer browser). Not sure what's going on. Edit: Well, it's working now. I hit the shuffle mode button a couple of times, and that must have done something. --

Re: [slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-02 Thread Dr Lovegrove
On 03/03/06, mattybain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Still no joy downloading 0.25 :( what am I doing wrong (apart from waking up at 4.30!!!) Strange.. Just checked Moose.zip and it does contain 0.25.. Are you using a proxy server or anything ? Might be worth clearing your internet temporary files

Re: [slim] Re: Moose 0.25 now up

2006-03-02 Thread Dr Lovegrove
On 03/03/06, ezkcdude [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Love the updates. However, my playlist is not showing up. The songs are playing in the correct order (which I can see on the SlimServer browser). Not sure what's going on. Edit: Well, it's working now. I hit the shuffle mode button a couple of