I played around with Visulizer.pm file last night. Came up with a
combination that sort of works; 'fonts' = ['standard.1','light.1'],
the orignal; ['standard.1','high.2']. If I increase the font size, then
it doesn't show the rest of the info since it pushes to the left then
back. It needs to
Jim Wrote:
No problem, in later posts I might have come over as slightly
patronising but that was because I was getting annoyed that nobody
understood my it's either lossless or it isn't point of view. I
never faulted the idea of the original poster, just how he was
considering
On 3-May-05, at 11:05 PM, Darren wrote:
for Dummies would be welcomed.
I was changing the .pm file into .txt to modify. It was kind of kluge.
Wouldn't you say. That's DIY in me. Bench tech in a previous life.
you can keep them as .pm files. Using windows, try UltraEdit or TextPad
and make sure
My SB2 arrived yesterday (yay !!).
Everything seems great, I've even got it running wirelessly with
breaking up which I never managed with the SB.
One weird thing though, during the setup screens (network setup etc.),
if I used my Marantz RC9200 touch screen remote, each command
(right,up,down)
hi there!
first of all, i have a news ordner, is it possible to display DIRs in
there in a date order?
also it would be nice to be able to select the sort order, at best for
every dir!
and then, i guess i use now sqlite (nightly from today, fresh gentoo
with all perl modules and sqlite
Didn't work. It killed the Visualizer plugin. First it didn't show up
in the UI. Noticed it unchecked itself. Checked it. Bounced hardware
software. Black screen. Need sleep. Will continue tommorow.
Thanks,
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Hi there, I seem to be having major problems connecting to my
slimserver.
At first, I could connect and everything was ok, but a couple of days
ago it just stopped and now (with the exception of last night for a
brief moment) I simply cannot connect.
Here is my setup (winXP).
As I don't have a
ah, yes, sorry. that should have been:
'line2' = Slim::Music::Info::getCurrentTitle($client,
Slim::Player::Playlist::song($client)),
slimserver.pl --d_plugins helps show those kinds of problems on startup.
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At first, I could connect and everything was ok, but a couple of days
ago it just stopped and now (with the exception of last night for a
brief moment) I simply cannot connect.
So what did you change in your system's configuration? Any update, new
soft?
It then tells me that it's looking for
i tried to install it with mysql as described in the wiki.
e emerged mysql an set it up, it works from the command line.
but not with slimsrv:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] slim $ ./slimserver.pl --audiodir /mnt/storage/200.j/mp3
--diag
Uncaught exception from user code:
Can't connect to data source
In this case, it all started when I briefly removed my D-link USB
adaptor. The wireless transmitter on my PC is a USB device that sit's
in a cradle.
After I removed it, and replaced it, Squeezebox couldn't connect
anymore.
So, I went back a day on System Restore, and this brought the device
i tried to install it with mysql as described in the wiki.
e emerged mysql an set it up, it works from the command line.
but not with slimsrv:
Is mysql running on the same machine? Do you have DBI-MySQL installed?
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Ben Wrote:
... So, I've manually deleted 'dupes' (whether exact or not, the same
studio recording of a song) ...
Ben
And in my original post the removing of these 'exact' copies was all I
was on about, with Slimserver (or even some other 3rd party program)
just putting a reference file into
Hi guys,
Any update on when we can expect to start receiving wireless platinum SB2s
in the UK?
Thanks
Andy
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I have noticed that the port settings in my RealSlim plugin have
vanished with the install of Rhapsody 3.0. Probably coincidence. Can
someone with a working RealSlim post the port settings for HTTP, upnp
and ipc?
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rtitmuss Wrote:
Please try Softsqueeze 2.0b8 either from the softsqueeze sourceforge
downloads, or in tomorrows slimserver 6.0.x nightly build.
Richard
I've started updating my SlimServer 6.0.x via subversion. Will I still
get the new SoftSqueeze this way, or will I need to manually drop
I found out after rebooting that the sharing preference has been reset
changing the name of the computer - a warning panel says another device
is using that name - well my computer should have only one name. I think
this points to a Tiger anomaly.
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i thinks its only when i browse folder. wouldn^t it be possible to add
the dirs to database aswell?
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rtitmuss Wrote:
Yes, the new version of Softsqueeze is in the Slimserver 6.0.x
downloaded using subversion, or the nightly build. This fix is not yet
available in 6.1.x versions.
Richard
Ah, I'd just logged on to say that I'd done an svn status -u and
noticed that it does indeed
kdf wrote:
Thanks. this is a known issue, and I believe partly due to recent
changes when it comes to wmp10.
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=781
Nope, that's the wrong bug, kdf. That one is an enhancement request to
have Slimserver _create_ playlists with relative paths.
The correct
On 5/4/05, Richard Titmuss [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yes, the new version of Softsqueeze is in the Slimserver 6.0.xdownloaded using subversion, or the nightly build. This fix is not yetavailable in 6.1.x versions.
Any idea as to when it will be available in 6.1.x?
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Roy Owen wrote:
Any idea as to when it will be available in 6.1.x?
When I build a new version on that branch, probably later this week. It
takes at least an hour to build, confidence test and upload each
release, so I am trying to include several fixes/enhancements in each
release on the trunk
Okay thanks, I'll give it a try.On 5/4/05, Richard Titmuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Roy Owen wrote: Any idea as to when it will be available in 6.1.x?When I build a new version on that branch, probably later this week. It
takes at least an hour to build, confidence test and upload eachrelease, so
nemstter wrote:
i now found out that it works when i start slimserver as root.
its not really faster tough, i seem to have way too much files ;)
maybe there is a caching option in mysql?...
It's not expected to be faster. It might scale better, but that's just
a theory at this point.
- Marc
Ben Wrote:
I almost hate jumping into this thread, but I guess it depends on your
reason for using FLAC (or any lossless codec). If it's to archive your
album collection, then you're right, It's either lossless or it isn't
(Why do I have a sneaking suspicion you're a cuesheet guy? ;) ).
I
But then you're going to be moaning about a 5-minute startup time as it
would need to scan all the folders to put them into a database (kind of
like a lite version of the existing rescan).
Windows provides no easy way to see if new folders were added to a
folder, especially when in the name of
Jim Wrote:
1 - Don't use browse folders, tag all your stuff correctly.
2 - Seperate your folders into subfolders, e.g. D:\Music\Beatles -
White Album\ could become D:\Music\B\Beatles\White Album
nr 1 would be nice but damn time consuming
nr 2 nAH
i dont use window$...
i see the
Hi,
I can get a (cheap) Roku soundbridge, actually I am
a (proud) owner of a Squeezebox.
My question is: Is it possible to sznchronize both
via Slimserver to hear same music.
Thanks
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A little help here please. I'm able to get MP3 files to stream no
problem, but I have over 5000 tracks in WMA format and none of them
will play in SlimServer.
I see the WMADEC.EXE file in the
SlimServer/server/Bin/MSWin32-x86-multi-thread/ directory and my
convert.conf file has the following
Are they by any chance copy-protected?
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From: jwgraves [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com
Sent: Wednesday, May 04, 2005 10:58 AM
Subject: [slim] Windows Media Files
A little help here please. I'm able to get MP3 files to stream no
problem, but I
Any news on this?
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No, they were all ripped from my own CD's and are 64kbps.
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Sorry, but the sound bridge is not supported.
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Double check that the Protect Content toggle is not checked under your
preferences. I've accidentally ripped songs with that toggled on, and it
puts WMA copy proteciton on the file. I only discovered it when I moved the
music folder to a new PC and had Windows start refusing to play those files
On 5/4/05, Tahir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Any news on this?
Tahir,
You'll want to track bug 1352
(http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1352) -- any new info
will show up there first.
You can add yourself to the cc list to be updated automatically by email.
Ben
Probably you don't have lame[.exe] installed?
64Kbs though!
James
NOTICE: If received in error, please destroy and notify sender. Sender does
not waive confidentiality or privilege, and use is prohibited.
Nope, double-checked, my files are definitely NOT copy protected in any
way. Thanks for the idea though.
I'm thinking this has something to do with WMADEC or LAME...any other
ideas out there?
Thanks!
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When I upgraded to Slimserver version 6.0.2, I deleted the
slimserversql.db file because previous attempts were acting strange.
Now, when starting the server, I get some error messages as it is scanning
the library. Any ideas how to debug this?
substr outside of string at
Cool. It works! Thanks a lot. Now I'll try to modify the push to a
scrolling effect. Emphasis on try.
Also, thanks for the suggestions on text editors. With some research,
I ended up with Notepad++.
Much appreciated,
D
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Though I haven't used it for a slim server, I'd definitely check out
Trustix trustix.org.
Its a recent RPM based system with security in mind. I've used it for
several email/antivirus/spam filtering gateways.
Very active mailing list and super easy to maintain.
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* Marc Sherman shaped the electrons to say...
i now found out that it works when i start slimserver as root.
its not really faster tough, i seem to have way too much files ;)
maybe there is a caching option in mysql?...
It's not expected to be faster. It might scale better, but that's just
a
'fonts' = ['standard.1','standard.2'], is a nice compromise.
Anyone else fair better?
D
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Please excuse my ignorance here: I have lame_enc.dll (needed it for
some of my ripping software), do I need to have a lame.exe? Never
needed that before - not even sure where to find it. Thanks for the
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You can find the instructions here
http://www.slimdevices.com/su_faq.html#troubleshooting-aacwireless
And here
http://www.slimdevices.com/su_faq.html#formats-binarywhere
Which does seem like a weird way of laying it out.
Unless this is covered in the manual?
I think lame.exe is needed to
Quoting jeibie [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Hi,
I can get a (cheap) Roku soundbridge, actually I am
a (proud) owner of a Squeezebox.
My question is: Is it possible to sznchronize both
via Slimserver to hear same music.
roku has an emulation mode that can connect to slimserver. in theory, it would
Problem solved!
Found a copy of lame.exe out on the web and just copied it to the
/bin directory and my wma files are now working just fine.
Thanks for the help.
John
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Dan Sully Wrote:
Artist names are shown in these listings in the 6.1 tree. We listen! :)
This is a preference in 6.1. If you want to enable it , look under
Server Settings-Formatting (a strange place to put such prefs,
IMHO!).
Max
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Quoting max.spicer [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Dan Sully Wrote:
Artist names are shown in these listings in the 6.1 tree. We listen! :)
This is a preference in 6.1. If you want to enable it , look under
Server Settings-Formatting (a strange place to put such prefs,
IMHO!).
except that this is
Hi,
Can someone give me some instructions on how to use my SB2 as a
bridge?
I followed the instructions in the manual which basically just take me
through the wireless setup.
Unfortunately I dont see anything about the bridge in the wireless
setup.
Has any one successfully?
Thanks
Mark
My SB1 was working fine, but now there is no sound from the receiver. The
volume is up on both and the receiver fm tuner produces sound. The SB has
the track playing symbol present. I can't get it to work either with the
optical cable or RCA. Any ideas?
Quoting Mark Gillespie [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Has any one successfully?
I've been using it in bridge mode for a long time now. It asked as part of the
wireless setup; no special trick. Did you have the xbox connected at the time?
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You need to have the ethernet port connected. If going to an Xbox you
will need to use a crossover cable.
If the ethernet link does not come up (which I suspect is what's
happening here) then it won't ask you about bridging. This is just to
make setup easier for the typical case (no
seanadams Wrote:
You need to have the ethernet port connected. If going to an Xbox you
will need to use a crossover cable.
If the ethernet link does not come up (which I suspect is what's
happening here) then it won't ask you about bridging. This is just to
make setup easier for
JJZolx [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I store CUE sheets that reference multiple files in my flac directories
to facilitate the burning of redbook CDs from those flac files.
SlimServer appears to read these CUE sheets for the purpose of
cataloging when it does a scan. This is usually apparent
My SB1 was working fine, but now there is no sound from the receiver. The
volume is up on both and the receiver fm tuner produces sound. The SB has
the track playing symbol present. I can't get it to work either with the
optical cable or RCA. Any ideas?
I don't want to insult your
or perhaps you have headphones plugged in? if you don't have headphones
plugged in, how about trying that and seeing if you're getting sound there.
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Greetings all!
Well as I continue to drool over the SB2 setups, I still have to put
up with the old SB1!!
However I can say that (some how) I haven't had any problems with my
general setup - including streaming FLACs over a wireless network..
Anyway, I am
Dan Sully wrote:
Bug 288 is open on this - to handle VA albums better.
Cool. I'll go add my name.
Artist names are shown in these listings in the 6.1 tree. We listen! :)
Nice! I haven't played with 6.1 yet; I'm just enjoying the nice, stable
6.0.2 for a while and staying off the bleeding edge.
gharris999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
OK, Im REALLY confused by the treat multi-disc sets as a single album
feature.
...
AND I use metaflac to add a
DISCNUMBER=1 etc. comment tag to each flac. None the less,
Slimserver is making a hash of the set. I can browse to Piano Works
but when I
seanadams Wrote:
You need to have the ethernet port connected. If going to an Xbox you
will need to use a crossover cable.
If the ethernet link does not come up (which I suspect is what's
happening here) then it won't ask you about bridging. This is just to
make setup easier for
Steve Baumgarten Wrote:
Jim wrote:
1 - Don't use browse folders, tag all your stuff correctly.[/color]
My stuff is all tagged 100% correctly, and SlimServer's DB reflects
this. For what I want to be able to do, however, it's not enough.
I second this post. I use 'browse music
There was no database in 5.4.x. All data was loaded and stored in ram, hence
the long startup and heavy ram usage. 6.x has a faster startup, but the data
is primarily stored on disc in a database. scanning files, and hitting the
database means accessing the filesystem. Browse music folder
kdf Wrote:
There was no database in 5.4.x. All data was loaded and stored in ram,
hence
the long startup and heavy ram usage. 6.x has a faster startup, but
the data
is primarily stored on disc in a database. scanning files, and hitting
the
database means accessing the filesystem.
I'm trying to enable musicmagic in 6.02. I'm was never sure how it
worked in 6.01 (a lot of fiddling with server settings was needed
IIRC). Now in 6.02 when i try to enable the plugin the checkbox
unchecks when i hit change (ie, checkbox unchecked, check it, hit
change to 'save' - checkbox is
1) you need a paid version of musicmagic, or at least an active trial key.
2) you need to enable the API service from musicmagic in the options section.
3) ideally musicmagic should be running before the server starts
4) d_musicmagic shows the connection attempts in the log, so that you can
Quoting SlimPvC [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Thanks, that does clear things up for me!
However, in case of using the Browse Music Folder, it does not 'feel'
like an enhancement. Although technically, I'm sure it is.
I can certainly understand that. The enhancement of it is not really seen so
much.
In response to your questions:
- I am playing MP3s
- I attached a pdf with my display settings.
PS I sent Kevin Pearsall an email with pictures of the problem (too
large to post in the forum - if I don't get stuck in the office again,
I'll minimize the files post).
kdf Wrote:
It is a known issue, but those who have spent the most time working with
it are not sure, at this time, how to optimise it any more without
losing aspects of the design.
IMO, it's just plain silly to use this method of navigation to build
the database. Aren't there better options
On 5/4/05, kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1) you need a paid version of musicmagic, or at least an active trial key.
yes
2) you need to enable the API service from musicmagic in the options section.
yes (or at least it was before - i had it working under 6.01)
3) ideally musicmagic should be
Call me a moron, but I'm totally baffled as to when I can get no sound
from iTunes connected to my streaming SlimServer 6.02. iTunes shows an
updating elapsed time and that it is playing, but there is no sound.
iTunes plays other media and streaming stations fine.
Any help?
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Hi all,
My SB2 arrived today. Great! I thought it would be a trivial exercise to
discover my wireless network, as the SB1 installation went quite smoothly.
However...
I unplugged my SB1 from the lounge (that's destined for the bedroom), and
plugged the SB2 in its place. I switched it on,
Hey DrNic, have you tested the FLAC files to see if there's any increase
in sound quality over MP3?
It would be one thing to *re-rip* all your CDs to FLAC. That would be
a great idea. But I can't imagine you can achieve anything--besides
bigger file sizes--by going from MP3 to FLAC. The MP3
once you start playing from iTunes, the server will create a streaming player.
iTunes does not send any other commands to the server, so you will still need
to go into the slimserver web interface, create a playlist and start playback
from there. Until you do that, iTunes will think it is
I don't usually use headphones, but I wanted to hear how close the
synchronisation was between my SB1 and SB2, and to try to compare the audio
quality difference between the two devices.
I detected a bit of crackly sound on the left ear, and as I checked the jack
plug was fully inserted, the
I detected a bit of crackly sound on the left ear, and as I checked
the jack plug was fully inserted, the left ear completely dropped
out. I found I had to wiggle it into a good position to make a
good contact - it felt a little loose. These are Sennheiser HD535
headphones. I tried
Thanks, but that wasn't the problem. I had a playlist already
configured, and playing.
I figured out that I needed to install the lame.exe and lame_enc.dll
files to get the conversion. Without those, nothing plays, and player
on the server side web interface always shows as stopped.
Install
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I think this needs to be documented better.
where did you look for information when setting up?
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DrNic Wrote:
I use EAC to rip to wav then FLAC 1.1.1a to encode.
Johnny: I think you can assume by the quote above that he is
re-archiving his collection from the original CDs to FLAC. As you
mentioned, MP3 is lossy. Coverting an MP3 to FLAC is going to sound
exactly the same as the MP3
Dan Sully wrote:
Question - What do you have Sort By File set to? It's in Settings- Behavior
It's set to Sort by File Name. I figured this would be the faster of
the two options (where the other one is Sort by Song Information),
though in my case it wouldn't make a difference as all my tracks
JJZolx wrote:
IMO, it's just plain silly to use this method of navigation to build
the database. Aren't there better options for low-cost methods of
cataloging newly added files?
I kind of understand what's going on behind the scene. If you think
about it, what can SlimServer do when it
if you can read perl, the handler for browse music folder(and browse playlists)
is in Pages.pm, sub browser() and browser_addtolist_done()
If you have any suggestions or find any places where there is room to optimise,
let me know. I would love to be able to understand that part, but I just cant
Steve Baumgarten Wrote:
I kind of understand what's going on behind the scene. If you think
about it, what can SlimServer do when it descends into a directory?
If it just spit back a raw directory listing, well, that's OK as far
as
it goes, but then none of the tracks would be clickable.
excellent!
i think you may be right about me downloading a plugin. i'll see if i
can track it down again.
thanks!
kush
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I believe it was Sleep.pm plugin. I dont see it on the Slim Devices
site or any good link from google that isn't an old mailing list post,
so it may not have a host site anywhere. This is the plugin posted,
with the displayName change required by slimserver 6.0. hopefully that
is all that
Re: the possibility of it being a windows problem: 100% impossible. I
am running Slimserver on a Linux Fedora Core 3 box, and the only
windows box in the house is a laptop that hasn't been used in at least
the past week. The last time the laptop was used, I connected
wirelessly to the same
Snowflake,
On May 4, 2005, at 8:55 PM, Snowflake wrote:
I do have a bit of an update, though: the SB2 sits in my living room,
and the router (Linksys WRT54G) is in the basement, one floor and one
wall away. I happened to check the wireless signal strength on the
SB2, and found it fluctuating
Charles,
I'm with you. It seems every 6.x release constantly maxes out CPU and
freezes my machine. I've almost given up on trying to run the
slimserver on XP SP2.
Now also the slim process randomly crashes when navigating songs on
the squeezebox.
-Allen
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You may want to consider Michael Herger's MusicInfoSCR plugin. You can
pick from a lot of different info to display. I can't say offhand if
the visualisers are enabled in the background yet, but it should
certainly be possible.
-kdf
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You may want to consider Michael Herger's MusicInfoSCR plugin. You can
pick from a lot of different info to display. I can't say offhand if
the visualisers are enabled in the background yet, but it should
certainly be possible.
They are. If you put the now playing mode to display
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