Re: [slim] Same Problem with Two Plugins (getDisplayName)

2005-04-26 Thread Jess Askey
Hi Mike, thanks for the reply. I did have the d_plugins flag set just to get these messages... here is a snip (farther down) of my entire log when I refresh the plugins through the web interface... I don't get any other errors, just the 'getDisplayName' problem for Biography and Forecast. All

Re: [slim] Same Problem with Two Plugins (getDisplayName)

2005-04-26 Thread Michael Herger
thanks for the reply. I did have the d_plugins flag set just to get these messages... here is a snip (farther down) of my entire log when I refresh the plugins through the web interface... I don't get any other errors, just the 'getDisplayName' problem for Biography and Forecast. All the

Re: [slim] Same Problem with Two Plugins (getDisplayName)

2005-04-26 Thread Jess Askey
Well, I just stopped and restarted slimserver twice to try and see if there were additional log entries for the plugins on a fresh startup(there weren't). But, this time Biography started up fine. Forcast, still didn't start. Strange. Jess Askey wrote: Hi Mike, thanks for the reply. I did have

Re: [slim] Same Problem with Two Plugins (getDisplayName)

2005-04-26 Thread Jess Askey
These were the only additional log entries...prior to the Plugins loading. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/slimserver/Slim/Buttons/Plugins.pm line 82, DATA line 1. Use of uninitialized value in string comparison (cmp) at

Re: [slim] Same Problem with Two Plugins (getDisplayName)

2005-04-26 Thread Michael Herger
On Tue, 26 Apr 2005 09:20:42 +0200, Jess Askey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, I just stopped and restarted slimserver twice to try and see if there were additional log entries for the plugins on a fresh Did you start slimserver.pl -d_plugins? startup(there weren't). But, this time Biography

[slim] Re: Mac OSx Norton personal firewall

2005-04-26 Thread Joe Hickey
Bromo, I have a simple rule with my Mac, if the box has got Norton written on it its not going in my Mac. Remember their Crashguard that always crashed on startup? I would ditch Norton and use the inbuilt firewall, which, in conjunction with your router one, will give you more than enough

[slim] Trimming Posts

2005-04-26 Thread Dan Sully
As a courtesy to those using the forums - could those using email please trim their posts to only quote the relevant material? I just read a post with 2 new lines of data, and over 100 quoted. Thanks. -D -- Off the record, on the QT, and very hush-hush.

Re: [slim] Same Problem with Two Plugins (getDisplayName)

2005-04-26 Thread kdf
Quoting Jess Askey [EMAIL PROTECTED]: These were the only additional log entries...prior to the Plugins loading. Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at /usr/local/slimserver/Slim/Buttons/Plugins.pm line 82, DATA line 1. Use of uninitialized value in string comparison

Re: [slim] Trimming Posts

2005-04-26 Thread Michael Herger
As a courtesy to those using the forums - could those using email please trim their posts to only quote the relevant material? I just read a post with 2 new lines of data, and over 100 quoted. No names, please :-/. I'll do my best. And did you really count them? ;-) -- Michael

Re: [slim] Trimming Posts

2005-04-26 Thread Philip Meyer
As a courtesy to those using the forums - could those using email please trim their posts to only quote the relevant material? No need to single out forum or email users. The same ettiquette should apply to all. Phil ___ Discuss mailing list

[slim] iTunes / OSX / Mac Mini / Ripping = yikes

2005-04-26 Thread gocam
Perhaps I am expecting too much in which case please feel free to say so ! I'm a longtime happy slim owner - up until recently I've run the 5.4 server on a martian netdrive (low power linux box), but, for closer integration with itunes and my ipod etc, I've decided to experiment with putting the

[slim] Re: Remote Delays?

2005-04-26 Thread cliveb
Justme Wrote: Of note, my machine isn't the fastest, it's a 1ghz Athlon, 1 gig RAM, XP Pro machine (with loads of HD space free), but this is the only speed issue I have with it. I've seen the same symptoms as you. But my server is a 533MHz mini-ITX with just 256MB RAM running Win2000 Pro.

RE: [slim] iTunes / OSX / Mac Mini / Ripping = yikes

2005-04-26 Thread Craig, James (IT)
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 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of gocam Sent: 26 April

[slim] Oh no, my SB2 has just died.

2005-04-26 Thread Patrick Dixon
I selected Monday night's Late Junction from AlienBBC, hit play (from the web interface), got a burst of noise and then the SB2 display locked up showing the programme with the right VDU at max and the left near min, and no sound. The server's still running and having recycled the SB2 it's now

[slim] Wireless SB2 clock 'pause'

2005-04-26 Thread mcauter
My wireless SB2 is connected wirelessly via a router to the server. It is a permanent on connection which works very well except from time to time (2-3 times a week) the clock screensaver stops at a certain time. When I turn the SB2 back on, the clock rolls forward to the correct time and then

[slim] Re: iTunes / OSX / Mac Mini / Ripping = yikes

2005-04-26 Thread mcauter
sounds interesting, but how does one change the i-tunes scanning frequency? (might be obvious but I can not see how!) -- mcauter ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

RE: [slim] Re: iTunes / OSX / Mac Mini / Ripping = yikes

2005-04-26 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Server Settings - iTunes - iTunes Reload interval James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of mcauter Sent: 26 April 2005 11:56 To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] Re: iTunes / OSX / Mac Mini / Ripping = yikes sounds

Re: [slim] Re: iTunes / OSX / Mac Mini / Ripping = yikes

2005-04-26 Thread kdf
Quoting mcauter [EMAIL PROTECTED]: sounds interesting, but how does one change the i-tunes scanning frequency? (might be obvious but I can not see how!) server settings-itunes itunes reload interval. -kdf ___ Discuss mailing list

[slim] Re: SB2 missing end of FLAC files

2005-04-26 Thread chrisal
Radish - keep us posted on your progress - this is a crucial feature for me too. I haven't got an SB2 yet so this could be a show stopper if it's a widespread bug. Does anyone actually have this working successfully? -- chrisal ___ Discuss mailing

RE: [slim] 6.0.2 Release Candidate

2005-04-26 Thread Craig, James (IT)
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 - NOTICE: If received in

[slim] Re: Softsqueeze is silent.. and so is AlienBBC

2005-04-26 Thread pharmswo
OK i have now RTFMed and checked out more detauls I now get normal music played. YES!! AlienBBC Radio 4 is displayed on softsqueeze but no sound... Any ideas? I'm using XP SP2 on a notebook. Regards Paul -- pharmswo ___ Discuss mailing list

[slim] Re: SB2 missing end of FLAC files

2005-04-26 Thread radish
Will do. It does work sometimes, it's just not reliable. From what I can tell it works most often when the source file is not flac, and works least often when it is. It also seems to be consistent with tracks - a given album either will always work or will never work. -- radish

Re: [slim] 6.0.2 Release Candidate

2005-04-26 Thread Vidur Apparao
Hmmm...the Favorites plugin is a 6.1 feature and seems to depend on 6.1 APIs. I presume you went from 6.1 to 6.0.2. For now, please manually remove it from your Plugins directory. Craig, James (IT) wrote: So um I can't be the only person 6.0.2 doesn't work for? Undefined subroutine

RE: [slim] 6.0.2 Release Candidate

2005-04-26 Thread Craig, James (IT)
Whoops that would explain it! thanks James -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vidur Apparao Sent: 26 April 2005 14:59 To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] 6.0.2 Release Candidate Hmmm...the Favorites plugin is a 6.1 feature

[slim] TelCanto for Slimserver Question

2005-04-26 Thread bjmacdow
I downloaded the trial for Telcanto onto an AXIM X30 yesterday and I have a question about it. I prefer to browse per my music folder as opposed to by Album, Artist, Genre, etc. The problem that I have while browsing my music folder, that I do not have while browsing my library by artist,

Re: [slim] TelCanto for Slimserver Question

2005-04-26 Thread Jim Dibb
Hi, I had another thread on TelCanto earlier and got this link to a forum specifically about TelCanto where you may get a better answer. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/telcanto On 4/26/05, bjmacdow [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I downloaded the trial for Telcanto onto an AXIM X30 yesterday and I

[slim] Synchronizing SoftSqueeze

2005-04-26 Thread diurnate
I'm trying to get SoftSqueeze on WinXP to synchronize with my new SB2. No matter what I do it remains between 1/2 - 1/4 second delayed. I've gone through the checklist at http://softsqueeze.sourceforge.net/sync.html - I've upgraded to 2.0b6 and SlimServer 6.0.1 - 2895 (running on Win2003,

[slim] Re: 6.0.2 Release Candidate

2005-04-26 Thread Greg Friedman
Bug 1289 is on the original list of issues you hoped to fix for 6.02, but it hasn't been fixed yet. I would really appreciate it if you tried to get it in - Radish and I have posted multiple logs and have been actively working on gathering enough data for Vidur to diagnose and address it. Bug

[slim] Re: Softsqueeze is silent.. and so is AlienBBC

2005-04-26 Thread Daniel Cohen
On 26/4/05 at 6:42 am -0700, pharmswo wrote AlienBBC Radio 4 is displayed on softsqueeze but no sound... Any ideas? Same as before. Does it work with mplayer? You may have the wrong version of the codec. -- Daniel Cohen ___ Discuss mailing list

[slim] Digital volume control

2005-04-26 Thread jhenderson010759
Is there any means by which the data samples sent to the Squeezebox 1 or Squeezebox 2 can be up-sampled to 24-bits, prior to implementing volume control? If this were done, then when playing 16-bit streams, such as FLAC tracks, up to 48 dB of digital attenuation could be effected without any

[slim] Re: Remote Delays?

2005-04-26 Thread earthbased
I experience this as well running SlimServer 6.0.1 on a WinXP P4 3.2Ghz, 1 GB RAM, SATA RAID drives. Just received my SB2... -- earthbased ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: improved equalizer?

2005-04-26 Thread earthbased
radish Wrote: Well there's a 2 band equaliser (bass/treble) in the settings menu. I have a SB2 and have NO bass/treble adjustment under SETTINGS. Am I missing something? -- earthbased ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Digital volume control

2005-04-26 Thread Sean Adams
This is already how it's done. On Apr 26, 2005, at 8:09 AM, jhenderson010759 wrote: Is there any means by which the data samples sent to the Squeezebox 1 or Squeezebox 2 can be up-sampled to 24-bits, prior to implementing volume control? ___ Discuss

Re: [slim] Re: improved equalizer?

2005-04-26 Thread Sean Adams
radish Wrote: Well there's a 2 band equaliser (bass/treble) in the settings menu. I have a SB2 and have NO bass/treble adjustment under SETTINGS. Am I missing something? No, EQ controls are not implemented yet. ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Re: improved equalizer?

2005-04-26 Thread Chris Glushko
--- Sean Adams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: radish Wrote: Well there's a 2 band equaliser (bass/treble) in the settings menu. I have a SB2 and have NO bass/treble adjustment under SETTINGS. Am I missing something? No, EQ controls are not implemented yet. Perhaps the reference was

Re: [slim] Oh no, my SB2 has just died.

2005-04-26 Thread Sean Adams
This sounds like a software crash got it into a locked-up state. Try power cycling a few times and see if it snaps out of it. Otherwise contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] - they may be able to unwedge it for you, or it may need replacement. On Apr 26, 2005, at 3:20 AM, Patrick Dixon wrote: I selected

Re: [slim] Re: SB2 missing end of FLAC files

2005-04-26 Thread Vidur Apparao
chrisal wrote: Radish - keep us posted on your progress - this is a crucial feature for me too. I haven't got an SB2 yet so this could be a show stopper if it's a widespread bug. Does anyone actually have this working successfully? Yes - gapless playback of FLAC files on SB2 is a working and

[slim] Silent SoftSqueeze 2.0b99 workaround

2005-04-26 Thread Thomas B. Malsbury
This is mainly directed at Richard, but I have seen a few posts about AlienBBC being displayed but silent in SoftSqueeze, so it may be helpful in working around that issue as well. Today I upgraded my SoftSqueeze install on my work PC from 2.0b2 to 2.0b99, my playlist loaded and everything

[slim] Re: improved equalizer?

2005-04-26 Thread radish
No - I am - sorry! I forgot they took it out of the SB2 (it was on the SB1). I believe there's a bug listed to bring back the bass/treble, not sure if there's an ETA. -- radish ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: improved equalizer?

2005-04-26 Thread earthbased
radish Wrote: No - I am - sorry! I forgot they took it out of the SB2 (it was on the SB1). I believe there's a bug listed to bring back the bass/treble, not sure if there's an ETA. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1305 Anyone know why this was taken out? I hook my SB2 to a wave

Re: [slim] Re: improved equalizer?

2005-04-26 Thread kdf
Quoting earthbased [EMAIL PROTECTED]: radish Wrote: No - I am - sorry! I forgot they took it out of the SB2 (it was on the SB1). I believe there's a bug listed to bring back the bass/treble, not sure if there's an ETA. http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1305 Anyone know why

[slim] Re: iTunes / OSX / Mac Mini / Ripping = yikes

2005-04-26 Thread gocam
I'll give that a try and thanks for suggestion - what would be really good is to have some way of specifying a bracket easily though - you know, something like a StartRip/EndRip button or such that would cause it not to try checking the library until I'm done, with me manually hitting that button

[slim] Jumpy displayon 'browse albums'

2005-04-26 Thread John Gorst
Nice feature having the artist next to the album in the browse album section. However it seems to have introduced a bug. The display seems to jump as it scrolls if there is a title that doesnt fit on one line. This only occurs in the 'browse album' view and not for example the 'browse artist'

Re: [slim] Trimming Posts

2005-04-26 Thread dbls
As a courtesy to those using the forums - could those using email please trim their posts to only quote the relevant material? I agree, and I have been making the effort recently. OTOH, as one who prefers the email interface, I'm finding that since the advent of people posting to the forum,

Re: [slim] Problems/Frustration with Softsqueeze/SSH

2005-04-26 Thread John Gorst
Tom McGurk wrote: Hi All, I'm trying to set up softsqueeze to access my slimserver on my home PC (behind a firewall, of course). I can PuTTy into port 22 on the device, but can't get any connection to the slimserver. Make sure you are not running slimserver on the machine you are trying to

[slim] SB1 + SlimServer 6.0.1 problems using Martian Netdrive

2005-04-26 Thread gordonavon
Hi, I have been using an always on hard disk called the Martian Netdrive for a year now. It runs on some form of Linux (Linux Martian 2.3.20). It's always worked fine, but having just upgraded to v 6.0.1 of slimserver (but still using SB1) I am having several problems. 1. It no longer boots

[slim] Re: AAC playback background noise. Slimserver6/FreeBSD

2005-04-26 Thread icestorm
icestorm Wrote: All, I've just received the squeezebox2. Great little device! I've bought a sonic T-amp amplifier for it and it sounds great! However...When I try to play AAC music from my FreeBSD server, (which is most of my music collection), I can hear a sound like a constant wind

[slim] Re: AAC playback background noise. Slimserver6/FreeBSD

2005-04-26 Thread kevin
icestorm Wrote: ping? Anyone? you could try ruling out the flac conversion as an issue by creating a 'mov wav * *' or 'mov aif * *' rule depending on what the byte order is coming out of faad... it's possibly a byte swap issue, though... usually when that happens you can still hear a

[slim] MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-26 Thread hunta
I've installed SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3 to get to grips with things while I wait for my SB2 to arrive. This evening I tried integrating MusicMagic. It took a while to get the two talking to each other, solved only when the mysterious 'Use MusicMagic Playlist' radio button came to

RE: [slim] MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-26 Thread Howard Darwen
Strange as MMM should be the process hogging CPE when it's scanning as far as I can see. Am not sure what slim could be doing. I've actually turned slim off while MMM is scanning my library - not because it was consuming CPU, it's just MMM randomly stopped when I had slim on, and it seems to be

Re: [slim] MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-26 Thread kdf
Quoting hunta [EMAIL PROTECTED]: As soon as that was checked things fell into place. However, slim.exe has been running at near 100% CPU ever since. I guess this is while it reads the MusicMagic data. it reads the data fairly fast. The problem is that MusicMagic itself can take DAYS to run

[slim] Softsqueeze 2.0b6 (Over SSH), Slimserver 6.0.2-1, No audio...

2005-04-26 Thread pbrubaker
I just upgraded to Softsqueeze 2.0b6 and now I have no audio. It looks like it's playing but there is no audio, the timer does not update and the spectrum does not display. Originally I tried upgrading to Sofsqueeze 2.0b6 on Slimserver 6.0.1 and noticed this, then upgraded to Slimserver 6.0.2

[slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-26 Thread tvoil
Make sure all your music is analyzed in Music Magic before you integrate it with Slim Server. Once it is it is best to do a wipe cache once you turn on Music Magic support in Slim Server. -- tvoil ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Re: Rhapsody on Slim

2005-04-26 Thread Aaron Zinck
Checking the listen.com website looks like a major announcement April 26. Probably the broad release of the 3.0 service with to-go features. So has anyone tried the new Rhapsody with the existing Realslim plugin? Seems unlikely that it'd work but I gave the new rhapsody a try here at work

[slim] Re: Softsqueeze 2.0b6 (Over SSH), Slimserver 6.0.2-1, No audio...

2005-04-26 Thread pbrubaker
Just after I posted this, I noticed that after the stream is buffered if I press pause, then pause again it will begin playing the audio. If I press the next track button the player will hang and after waiting for the buffer I again press pause then press pause again and the track will begin

[slim] Re: Softsqueeze 2.0b6 (Over SSH), Slimserver 6.0.2-1, No audio...

2005-04-26 Thread pbrubaker
Oh and one more thing, it looks like it will advance to the next track on it's own somewhat ok. It jumps back and fourth between the tracks when it switches. It seems like it should be crossfading at that time but instead I get hopping between the last track and the current track at the same

[slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-26 Thread hunta
Thanks for the feedback. My library is fully analyzed, but I'll try turning analysis off in MMM and see whether that helps. One thing I wasn't sure of: tvoil: Make sure all your music is analyzed in Music Magic before you integrate it with Slim Server. Once it is it is best to do a wipe cache

Re: [slim] Status of full UTF-8 support?

2005-04-26 Thread michael
Christian Pernegger [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ... The server (as in web interface) has been working fine with my Japanese tagged tracks since the first 6.0 nightly I tried. It's just that the display on the sb2 itself shows only ?? for those songs' tag information. As I've said before,

[slim] Re: Rhapsody on Slim

2005-04-26 Thread markmun
It looks great but I am chicken as well. I'll try it on my work computer I do think the chances are slim. -- markmun ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Re: Rhapsody on Slim

2005-04-26 Thread markmun
It looks great but I am chicken as well. I'll try it on my work computer I do think the chances are slim. Speaking of Slim, it does not appear that they are interested in supporting Rhapsody. I understand they would rather the community picked up support. But for me it is too important. I

Re: [slim] Transcode when downloading file

2005-04-26 Thread michael
bdillahu [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ... Now for the next step I wish I could figure out how to do... I want to be able to pick and choose music to download to an iPod or other player device. They want mp3... fine, I can transcode them, but I really wish there was a already transcoded link in

Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-26 Thread kdf
How do I do a wipe cache? in the web browser, server settings-performance click the Wipe Cache button. With 6.0.1, there have been some issues using wipe cache, however. If you end up with strange results in the pagebar (the letters at the top fo the browse lists), a server restart should

[slim] Re: Digital volume control

2005-04-26 Thread jhenderson010759
Sean - Is this how it is implemented on SB1 as well as SB2, or is only SB2 implemented this way? Also, on the systems that are implemented in this fashion, are the SP/DIF data samples which are sent over TosLink/Coax 24-bit words, or is it truncated to 16-bits after the volume scaling

[slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-26 Thread hunta
kdf Wrote: How do I do a wipe cache? in the web browser, server settings-performance click the Wipe Cache button. With 6.0.1, there have been some issues using wipe cache, however. If you end up with strange results in the pagebar (the letters at the top fo the browse lists), a server

[slim] Re: MusicMagic, SlimServer 6.01 and SoftSqueeze 2.0b3

2005-04-26 Thread Dan Sully
* hunta shaped the electrons to say... Okay, I've tried all that and even uninstalled SS 6.01 and replaced it with the pre-release SS 6.02. Still exactly the same - slim.exe at near 100% if I enable MusicMagic integration. MM itself is doing nothing (CPU 0%, all songs analysed). The only way to

Re: [slim] Softsqueeze 2.0b6 (Over SSH), Slimserver 6.0.2-1, No audio...

2005-04-26 Thread Thomas B. Malsbury
pbrubaker wrote: I just upgraded to Softsqueeze 2.0b6 and now I have no audio. It looks like it's playing but there is no audio, the timer does not update and the spectrum does not display. Are you by chance using the Primary Sound Driver option in the audio settings section of the

[slim] Re: Rhapsody on Slim

2005-04-26 Thread JimB
The new client is pretty slick with some creature comforts. It does not work with Real Slim. Real Slim does not recognize that Rhapsody is running. It does download 160kbps audio files. Mine show up as WMAs but I think its likely that WMP is my default player for the type it downloads. You

[slim] Re: Softsqueeze 2.0b6 (Over SSH), Slimserver 6.0.2-1, No audio...

2005-04-26 Thread pbrubaker
That could be it. I tried both JLayer and the Java MP3 plugin to no avail. I'll try changing the sound setting to Java Sound Audio Engine tomorrow when I get back to work. Thanks for the tip, --Pete -- pbrubaker ___ Discuss mailing list