[slim] Re: Can't connect to SlimServer

2006-02-04 Thread snarlydwarf
Cams Wrote: Thereafter I got through the set up, had an IP automatically assigned and had to enter the SlimServer IP manually. That's as far as it gets. Are you sure it's connecting? Is the IP 192.168.something or is it 169.254.something? The latter would be I couldn't get an IP number

[slim] Re: no space left on device

2006-02-04 Thread notanatheist
Thanks Dan. Is a rebuild or newer version of Perl needed? I went to use a 6.2 nightly and got a bunch of errors. I'll look into again tomorrow. -- notanatheist notanatheist's Profile:

[slim] Re: Can't connect to SlimServer

2006-02-04 Thread Cams
It's a 192.168 IP. When first I set it up, it did find the IP address automatically. That's what made me thing something was not right this time around, and indeed, that seems to be the case. -- Cams Cams's Profile:

[slim] Slimbox for travellers

2006-02-04 Thread klausbgva
I am travelling quiet a bit and am looking for a smart way to take the slimbox along. In most hotels I can connect wireless with the laptop and squeezbox. I had planned to take my slimbox on the trip. But that means take along: the BOX, Powersupply and a pair of powered speakers. To be honest

[slim] Re: How to edit .wma tags?

2006-02-04 Thread ceejay
tonymuffin Wrote: When I ripped a recent CD in Windows Media Player to .wma format it did not download the Album information. I have since gone into Advanced Editor within Windows Media Player and have edit the tags, howere Slime Server does not see the tag information. What is the best

[slim] Re: Any Perl programmer want to make a few bucks?

2006-02-04 Thread Victor
Ooops, just noticed I missed this line: The outputted text file should be called DirectoryName.dii where DirectoryName is the name of the directory holding the files, as above. Sorry about that. Fixing it now... I am going to assume you want all the *.dii files in the same dir after you're

[slim] Re: Feature request: Player Controls in Web Interface

2006-02-04 Thread northendboston
and to Mark Lancot thanks for the advice about softsqueeze (and synching) - now it all works perfectly jp 2006-01-25, 17:15 Mark Lanctot Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 490 Re: Feature request: Player Controls in Web Interface

[slim] Re: Any Perl programmer want to make a few bucks?

2006-02-04 Thread Victor
Ok try #2 :) Now the code searches all the subdirectories of any directories given on the command line and it tries to be semi-smart about not getting itself into an infinite loop if a subdir is a link to a dir it's already seen, or if you name a dir twice by mistake. It dumps all the .dii in

[slim] Re: Greatest Hits grouping question

2006-02-04 Thread Patrick Dixon
You have checked the box so that it uses 'Common Album Titles', haven't you? -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk Patrick Dixon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=90 View this thread:

[slim] Re: Possibile to recieve non slimserver fead ?

2006-02-04 Thread kimj
seanadams Wrote: To be clear, you want to be able to configure Squeezebox to boot up and then start playing some URL continuously, correct? Setup: I deliver a stream to a hostingcenter. The hostingcenter will deliver a livestream (MP3, WMA or another) I configurer a Squeezebox to receive

[slim] Re: Feature request: Player Controls in Web Interface

2006-02-04 Thread northendboston
OK Mark actually ...you are right...synching is SOMETIMES not an (apparent) problem! It seems to depend on what you are listening to and volume as to whether or not it is noticable. When quiet tracks are played - it is clear that the local player is about (???) 1/3 or 1/2 second behind the SB2

[slim] Re: Can't connect to SlimServer

2006-02-04 Thread Cams
The ZyXEL router is being used only for the ADSL modem. The new router has Gigabit ethernet and a stronger wireless signal. I would much rather have got an all-in-one device with Gigabit ethernet, good wireless and integrated modem, but there doesn't seem to be such a thing on the market as yet.

[slim] Re: Can't connect to SlimServer

2006-02-04 Thread Cams
I still can't connect to SlimServer using only the ZyXEL router so I thought I'd post back with some more info. The ZyXEL router is taking care of the DHCP IP assignment. The SB3 is connecting to the wireless network and is being successfully assigned its own IP address. I can ping the SB3 from

[slim] Re: Can't connect to SlimServer

2006-02-04 Thread ceejay
OK, understand the problems... So, at the moment you've gone back to just the one router - the SBs can get onto the network and connect to Squeezenetwork- but can't find Slimserver. This suggests that either slimserver isn't running (check you can access it from a browser on a PC) or is being

[slim] MAC Help

2006-02-04 Thread Richard Scales
Hello all I have been a keen Slimserver user since I bought my first Slimp3 I have just set a friend of mine with 2 x SB3 running on a MAC. I have no experience of Mac (and although he uses it for his work he knows nothing about networking etc). My primary problem is this: In

[slim] Re: Can't connect to SlimServer

2006-02-04 Thread Cams
Thanks for staying with me on this ceejay. Your help is very much appreciated. I did the hard factory reset on the SBs, disabled Wireless g+ on the router and changed the 802.11 mode from 802.11g only to Mixed. I then saw that my Clark Connect OS had switched from Standalone (No Firewall) mode

[slim] Re: Feature request: Player Controls in Web Interface

2006-02-04 Thread rtitmuss
northendboston Wrote: is there a way a non-technical user can cure this? Peoples experience of sync with Softsqueeze seems to vary. I have recently started converting the audio play back to a native program, see this thread http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20750. I'd like

[slim] Re: Announce: squeezeslave 0.3

2006-02-04 Thread rtitmuss
Pale Blue Ego Wrote: Running the Windows version on my PC, with slimserver on a Linux box, I can see the player on the web interface, but trying to do anything with it basically locks up slimserver. I kill the squeezeslave window and slimserver immediately unlocks. That's strange. Could

Re: [slim] Squeezebox display doubled

2006-02-04 Thread Richard Titmuss
Bruce Tucker wrote: I recently installed Slimserver 6.2.1 and Softsqueeze 2.2, but my Softsqueeze displays the same line twice. Is this a known bug or is something wrong that can be corrected? Strange, I've not seen that before. A couple of people have posted about this on the softsqueeze

Re: [slim] Re: Softsqueeze Performance Expectations

2006-02-04 Thread Richard Titmuss
Chris Laplante wrote: Did this memory leak ever get resolved? AFAIK Softsqueeze has never had any memory leaks, the issues discussed earlier in this thread were to do with deadlocks. I seem to be having a similar problem: Exception in thread AudioDecoder-1 java.lang.OutOfMemoryError:

[slim] Re: Announce: squeezeslave 0.3

2006-02-04 Thread Patrick Dixon
Works for me on Win XP with a Linux server using FLAC. Sound quality is a little hard to assess on my PC, but it doesn't seem unusually bad! I do get 'glitches' when moving between tracks though ... like a buffer isn't being dumped. Web UI vol control doesn't work FFwd works but FRev crashes

Re: [slim] Re: Announce: squeezeslave 0.3

2006-02-04 Thread Patrick Dowling
On my OS X box it doesn't run. I get the following output: ./squeezeslave Found 2 devices Built-in Audio : : 1 Built-in Audio : : 1 Error connecting to 127.0.0.1:3483 Broken pipe ./squeezeslave --debug slimproto ./squeezeslave: Recompilie with -DDEBUG to enable debugging.

[slim] Re: Announce: squeezeslave 0.3

2006-02-04 Thread rtitmuss
Patrick Dixon Wrote: Works for me on Win XP with a Linux server using FLAC. Sound quality is a little hard to assess on my PC, but it doesn't seem unusually bad! That's my problem too, I really need a proper amp and speakers for my PC! Patrick Dixon Wrote: I do get 'glitches' when

[slim] Problem in streaming native wma

2006-02-04 Thread ahonly4u
Hi all While i choose wma to stream in native format, and issue the play command in slim server, the slim server is not sending the slim proto command, i.e 'strm' command. In release notes slimserver 6.2 it is mentioned that wma can be streamed in native format. When i choose wma to stream

[slim] Re: Problem in streaming native wma

2006-02-04 Thread Kyle
AH, a post to one forum should be sufficient. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20763

Re: [slim] Re: Announce: squeezeslave 0.3

2006-02-04 Thread Richard Titmuss
Patrick Dowling wrote: On my OS X box it doesn't run. I get the following output: ./squeezeslave Found 2 devices Built-in Audio : : 1 Built-in Audio : : 1 Error connecting to 127.0.0.1:3483 Broken pipe Is your slimserver running on the same machine? Do you have a firewall

[slim] Re: Home automation and cli interface

2006-02-04 Thread Skunk
Jeff Wrote: If you buy an RS-232 interface, you can hook it up to your AMX NetLinx system, download my module on SourceForge (of course), and off you go. Thanks again for your guidance. I made a stupid post on the 'player controls for web interface' thread above, RE: SS needing to be

[slim] Re: Problem in streaming native wma

2006-02-04 Thread Siduhe
And a few more details ? Which 6.2 Slimserver - 6.2.2 or 6.2.1 ? OS ? SB2 /SB3 / Softsqueeze / a combination ? Also there was another recent thread on this - anything in there help you: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20460highlight=native -- Siduhe

[slim] How can I stream my favourite radio stations?

2006-02-04 Thread patrickw59
hello all, I am new to this forum, hope I posted this message at the proper location. I am used to listen to a number of radio stations through my web navigator. here are a few links: http://yacast.rtl.fr/V4/rtl/microplayer/rtl_micro_main.html?id=rtl http://tinyurl.com/c39lq

[slim] WMA streaming in native format.

2006-02-04 Thread b_prem
Hello all, I try to stream a WMA file in native format from Slimserver. We are using a custom written client for that running in Windows. For this in the convert.conf, we added the line wma wma * * - But still, the slimserver is not sending the start command in the strm message and it is

[slim] Re: Announce: squeezeslave 0.3

2006-02-04 Thread Patrick Dixon
rtitmuss Wrote: How do you access these from the web ui?I assume you mean the FFwd/FRwd? In Fishbone skin there are icons for them in the Player window. -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk Patrick Dixon's Profile:

[slim] Re: How can I stream my favourite radio stations?

2006-02-04 Thread vain4
patrickw59 Wrote: When I use the Slimserver, option /Help/Internet Radio and use the option Tune in now, the web page displays (for example): Now playing 1 of 1: http://player.rireetchansons.fr/V4/rireetchansons/microplayer/rireetchansons micro main.html?id=rireetchansons QUOTE]

[slim] Re: Rescan on Reboot?

2006-02-04 Thread Randall
Thanks Mark. I have the server rescan every night, then reboot using windows scheduler, so that memory is freed up. It seems to help when I run 6 of these guys at one time to reboot daily. I just wanted to make sure that I didn't have a redundant scan happening when it restarted. -- Randall

[slim] Re: Scroll Custom Text?

2006-02-04 Thread GoCubs
NJSal Wrote: Could you please explain in detail? I'm a newbie at this, and although I have and love your plug-in, I have no idea how to add customized text. Sure- There are several ways to do this using SuperDateTime. Assuming that you have the plugin working, go to the server settings -

[slim] Re: I want a Squeezebox boombox

2006-02-04 Thread Michaelwagner
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17185 Question:

Re: [slim] Announce: squeezeslave 0.3

2006-02-04 Thread Philip Meyer
A new release of squeezeslave is available today, you can download binaries for Windows, Linux and OSX from: http://softsqueeze.sourceforge.net I couldn't find any mention of Squeezeslave from that link, but I found the download here:

[slim] Re: How can I stream my favourite radio stations?

2006-02-04 Thread pm314
It looks like you may be trying to type in the web page that you usually go to instead of the stream that is the actual music. For example, for classic FM if you try tuning into the HTML page it does not work, but if you tune into the following link it does.

[slim] Re: Slimbox for travellers

2006-02-04 Thread fairyliquidizer
I have to agree that I'm not sure that I can see the advantage in bringing the SB. Could you explain your reasoning a little please? -- fairyliquidizer fairyliquidizer's Profile:

Re: [slim] Announce: squeezeslave 0.3

2006-02-04 Thread Richard Titmuss
Philip Meyer wrote: I couldn't find any mention of Squeezeslave from that link, but I found the download here: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=105169package_id=176494release_id=390716 True, that would probably have been a more useful url to include. Is there any web

[slim] Music Magic resulting in duplicate songs

2006-02-04 Thread agentsmith
I am still having the problem with having a duplicate of every song in the library when MusicMagic is installed. The library ended up with 2 entries for each song, one with mm and one without. I really like MM, and it helps me to open up my music library. But this annoying feature takes away

[slim] Beautiful Squeezebox ... Ugly Amplifier

2006-02-04 Thread Jon
My two new Squeezeboxes arrived a few days ago, and my wife and I are pretty amazed at the sound quality. My wife, a serious technophobe, is rapidly falling in love with the device (setting up a playlist with all her favorite radio stations helped). So now, I have this beautiful new device in

[slim] Re: Announce: squeezeslave 0.3

2006-02-04 Thread ericj
No problem w/ installation, but with WinXPPro sp2, and several sound devices. I get 'garbled' sound with both flac and mp3 with and without bitrate limiting to the device. I do have (too?) many sound devices on this machine... Thanks for the excellent concept. Here's the startup:

[slim] Re: MAC Help

2006-02-04 Thread Ben
Did you try just setting the music folder within Slim server? It's on ther server settings page, you'll probably have to set it to something like /volumes/hd2/Music Folder. Also, make sure that 'Do Not use Itunes' is checked on that same page. Ben -- Ben

[slim] Re: Music Magic resulting in duplicate songs

2006-02-04 Thread Siduhe
If you are importing your music library information from Musicmagic you _must_ leave the Slimserver Music Library entry blank or you will get duplicate items. If you fill in both you're effectively telling Slimserver to look in two places for music, which is why you see duplicate items. That's

[slim] 6.2.1 Server won't start (after trying 6.5)

2006-02-04 Thread jmesberg
I tried 6.5 but wasn't happy with the number of problems so I am trying to revert to 6.2.1 (on Mac OS/X 10.4). Install went fine (install was recognized as an 'update') but server won't start. Seems to start for a couple of seconds but then fails. Suggestions? [just tried 6.2.2 but same problem]

[slim] Re: MAC Help

2006-02-04 Thread thepainter
You did almost everything right - instead of making an alias of HD2 and putting it in the music folder you need to make a 'symbolic link' of HD2 and put it in the music folder. Do a version tracker search for symbolic link - I believe there is a program that's called symbolic linker that does a

Re: [slim] Slimbox for travellers

2006-02-04 Thread Jack Coates
klausbgva wrote: I am travelling quiet a bit and am looking for a smart way to take the slimbox along. In most hotels I can connect wireless with the laptop and squeezbox. I had planned to take my slimbox on the trip. But that means take along: the BOX, Powersupply and a pair of powered

[slim] Re: 6.2.1 Server won't start (after trying 6.5)

2006-02-04 Thread mattybain
Try uninstalling and the reinstalling, works for me. I have the same problem everytime I use 6.5 and then go back to 6.22, however this is on Windows XP. -- mattybain After intensive investigation (comma) of the markings on the alien pod (comma) it has become clear (comma) to me (comma) that

[slim] Re: Any Perl programmer want to make a few bucks?

2006-02-04 Thread Mike Anderson
I checked it out, but there appears to be a bug or two. 1) I pointed it at a directory named C:\TestDir1: File1.txt File1.tif File2.txt File2.tif File3.tif File4.tif File5.txt File5.tif File6.tif File7.tif File8.tif And the output it gave me is: @FULLTEXT DOC ;RECORD 1 @C BEGDOC# File1 @C

[slim] Re: Greatest Hits grouping question

2006-02-04 Thread joncourage
Yep (see above), originally it was un-checked. So I tried selecting it and re-scanning but the artists who only have a Greatest Hits album still don't show up under Browse/Artists...? -- joncourage joncourage's Profile:

[slim] Re: no space left on device

2006-02-04 Thread Dan Sully
* notanatheist shaped the electrons to say... Is a rebuild or newer version of Perl needed? I went to use a 6.2 nightly and got a bunch of errors. I'll look into again tomorrow. Yes - you will need a perl 5.8 release. What version of *nix are you running on? Michael Herger has put together a

[slim] Re: Greatest Hits grouping question

2006-02-04 Thread Siduhe
joncourage Wrote: My Greatest Hits albums are getting grouped under Various Artists, even tho the artist tag is the same for each of the albums (eg Chicago, Aerosmith, etc). That kind of behaviour sounds a bit like the way that the compilation setting works. Try switching Compilation

[slim] Re: Announce: squeezeslave 0.3

2006-02-04 Thread mattybain
rtitmuss Wrote: This is playing mp3 files? If possible could you try flac and see if that's ok. I can confirm that for me MP3's have a distinctive backgroup hiss whilst FLAC's seem to play very well and sound as good as with Softsqueeze. This is on Windows XP SP2 with 6.22. Also getting the

RE: [slim] Re: MAC Help

2006-02-04 Thread Richard Scales
Thanks to you and Ben for your tips. I will try it all, I just set up remote access to the Slimserver in question so it will be fairly easy (well easy to 'have a go' anway!) Kind regards Richard -Original Message- From: thepainter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 February 2006 15:57

[slim] Re: Slimbox for travellers

2006-02-04 Thread klausbgva
OK I know I can do it with the Laptop. The built -in speakers are not the best to listen when more than 2 feet away. When on the laptop I have my BO headset and the sound is as good as the wireless will allow it. If I take a pair of speakers along they must be powered and need to connect to the

[slim] Re: Can't connect to SlimServer

2006-02-04 Thread Cams
I got it working!!! I pulled out the ZyXEL and worked on the LAN using just the new router. I manged to get it to assign the IP addresses that I wanted it to assign and got the SB3s working over the wireless network with WPA. Signal strength is up in the 80s now so problem solved. Plugging back

[slim] Re: Beautiful Squeezebox ... Ugly Amplifier

2006-02-04 Thread coldslabs
You could try the Super t-amp: http://www.thinkgeek.com/electronics/audio/6cd8/ If you do, let me know how it works. I need an excuse to buy one. --G -- coldslabs coldslabs's Profile:

[slim] Re: Feature request: Player Controls in Web Interface

2006-02-04 Thread Mark Lanctot
northendboston Wrote: OK Mark actually ...you are right...synching is SOMETIMES not an (apparent) problem! It seems to depend on what you are listening to and volume as to whether or not it is noticable. When quiet tracks are played - it is clear that the local player is about (???) 1/3

[slim] Re: Beautiful Squeezebox ... Ugly Amplifier

2006-02-04 Thread fairyliquidizer
Hmmm my amp isn't the sexist looking and hasn't had fantastic reviews but. to my ears it sounds a lot better than the amp I walked into the shop to buy (and cost 1/3rd the price!). http://www.hifichoice.co.uk/review_read.asp?ID=321

[slim] Re: Any Perl programmer want to make a few bucks?

2006-02-04 Thread Mike Anderson
After the @I, just put the subdirectory name. It should be the name of the subdirectory that contains the .txt and .tif files. (And you shouldn't have to worry about there being any subdirectories lower than that, or any identically named directories.) thanks again, Mike -- Mike Anderson

[slim] Re: Announce: squeezeslave 0.3

2006-02-04 Thread Mark Lanctot
Squeezeslave is perfectly functional for me. As mattybain noted, MP3 playback is quite noisy, lots of background hiss, but FLAC playback is excellent. Skipping from track to track causes a bit of a glitch at Patrick Dixon noted. I'm not getting a FLAC decoder error, but every once in a while I

[slim] Re: Squeezebox3 seems very buggy

2006-02-04 Thread JJZolx
shawkie Wrote: I've just bought a new Squeezebox3 and I can't believe how buggy it seems to be. Give it a little time. It'll grow on you. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile:

[slim] Re: Squeezebox3 seems very buggy

2006-02-04 Thread Patrick Dixon
Some of them may already be fixed - try a 6.2 nightly. WMA support was new in 6.1 so the bugs may well be sorted (I don't know 'cos I don't use it). 2) fair comment on the button operation, but there is a plugin that allows you to jump to any point in a song I think. Maybe that would work for

[slim] Re: Any Perl programmer want to make a few bucks?

2006-02-04 Thread Mike Anderson
Victor Wrote: So after the @I, do you put full path name or just the dir name? And if the dir is a subdir of another (i.e. dir1/dir2), what do you put? Whoops, just to clarify: If the directory with the .txt and tif files is named SubDir1, then that whole line with the @I should show: @D

[slim] Re: Squeezebox3 seems very buggy

2006-02-04 Thread shawkie
Thanks for your reply. I just tried the latest beta and it seems to have all the same bugs plus a new one. 8) After fast forwarding a WAV file and resuming playback it plays back okay for a few seconds and then becomes slow and choppy. And some more comments 3) If you rewind from the middle of

[slim] Re: Beautiful Squeezebox ... Ugly Amplifier

2006-02-04 Thread dangerous_dom
I have a Cambridge Audio Azur 640a AMP (BLACK). It's had great reviews and i highly recommend it. Not sure if you can get them in the USA (that were you are i take it?). -- dangerous_dom dangerous_dom's Profile:

[slim] Re: Squeezebox3 seems very buggy

2006-02-04 Thread dangerous_dom
shawkie Wrote: 1) Fast forward doesn't work on WMA lossy (CBR or VBR) files. It says Scanning 2X but the audio stops and the progress bar doesn't move. Pressing play causes playback causes it to stop saying Scanning 2X but still no audio. Pressing play again causes playback to start from

[slim] Re: Squeezebox3 seems very buggy

2006-02-04 Thread Michaelwagner
If you're new to the Squeezeboxes, a few comments are in order. People on this list know most of this stuff, but forget that newcomers don't. The Squeezebox is a thin client (the slim in the name), so there's not all that much in the box itself. A processor, a software DSP, stuff for the

[slim] Re: Any Perl programmer want to make a few bucks?

2006-02-04 Thread MrC
How about taking this discussion offline since it has no relation to Slim nor music in general. -- MrC MrC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=468 View this thread:

[slim] Re: Can't connect to SlimServer

2006-02-04 Thread Siduhe
Sorry this didn't come in time for the two of you but for anyone who finds this thread in future, the list of known router status is: http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?RouterStatus The D-Link624 G mode issue is noted there, but feel free to update with any other info you have. -- Siduhe

Re: [slim] Announce: squeezeslave 0.3

2006-02-04 Thread Mr Nõu
rtitmuss wrote: Feedback welcome, as always ... Syncing between a SB1 unit and squeezeslave on an old laptop is much better at v03 compared to v02. v02 was better than softsqueeze as far as sync. still. there is a perceptible lag, just perceptible. both players are fed by the same

[slim] Re: I want a Squeezebox boombox

2006-02-04 Thread Michaelwagner
A poll associated with this post was created, to vote and see the results, please visit http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=17185 Question:

[slim] Re: Announce: squeezeslave 0.3

2006-02-04 Thread evergreen25
Squeezeslave 0.3 seems to be working fine for me on Win XP - I don't notice any particular sound quality issues when playing mp3. Sync with my SB2 is still a little off. Squeezeslave is somewhere between 0.1 and 0.4 seconds behind the sqeezebox. The amount of delay seems to be pretty

Re: [slim] Re: Announce: squeezeslave 0.3

2006-02-04 Thread Richard Titmuss
evergreen25 wrote: What is the syntax for that command? My guess would be: squeezeslave.exe 127.0.0.1 set PA_MIN_LATENCY_MSEC=50 No, try it like this: C:\folder set PA_MIN_LATENCY_MSEC=50 C:\folder squeezeslave.exe 127.0.0.1 Richard ___

[slim] Re: 6.2.1 Server won't start (after trying 6.5)

2006-02-04 Thread jmesberg
In order to go back to 6.2 from 6.5 I had to delete prefs filenow all is working. Thanks. -- jmesberg jmesberg's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3517 View this thread:

[slim] Re: Scroll Custom Text?

2006-02-04 Thread NJSal
Thank you for the info GoCubs. I was able to place a small message on my SB3 but it was having trouble scolling a larger message, even after playing with the scrolling settings. Plus for some reason, it did not accept spaces in between words? Michael...if you could tell me what I have to do to

[slim] Re: SB3 locking when wirelessly connected

2006-02-04 Thread SteveL
Update on the originally reported problem is that I have now received a replacement unit and am pleased to say it appears to work faultlessly. Thus the SB3 freezeing when used in wireless mode appears to have been a fault with the actual SB3 box (or else the power supply, as someone eluded to

[slim] Re: Greatest Hits grouping question

2006-02-04 Thread joncourage
That must be it, when I change that setting the album shows under the correct Artist. I took a look at the tags (FLAC) using my tag editor and don't see anything that makes me think it's tagged as a compilation though. Not sure what that looks like so will try to compare to ones that really are

Re: [slim] Re: Music Magic resulting in duplicate songs

2006-02-04 Thread KDF
Siduhe wrote: If you are importing your music library information from Musicmagic you _must_ leave the Slimserver Music Library entry blank or you will get duplicate items. If you fill in both you're effectively telling Slimserver to look in two places for music, which is why you see duplicate

Re: [slim] WMA streaming in native format.

2006-02-04 Thread KDF
b_prem wrote: Hello all, I try to stream a WMA file in native format from Slimserver. We are using a custom written client for that running in Windows. does slimserver identify it as a known player properly, and is it SB2? But still, the slimserver is not sending the start command in the

Re: [slim] Squeezebox display doubled

2006-02-04 Thread KDF
Richard Titmuss wrote: Bruce Tucker wrote: I recently installed Slimserver 6.2.1 and Softsqueeze 2.2, but my Softsqueeze displays the same line twice. Is this a known bug or is something wrong that can be corrected? Strange, I've not seen that before. A couple of people have posted about

[slim] 2 network cards creating connectivity issues

2006-02-04 Thread mike1976
I have a PC with 2 network cards installed to 2 seperate cable modems. Connection 1 is connected to a modem here at my desk which is also the same network my slim server is installed on. My slimserver is an older model (not wireless). A couple of weeks ago I added a second cable line (modem) to

[slim] Squeezebox RSS question - can I display the title only?

2006-02-04 Thread Jon
Is there a way to get the Squeezebox to display the contents of the title field in an RSS feed but not the description field? I would like to use my Squeezebox to check the daily offer at woot.com, but when I link to their RSS feed the title (which shows the daily item for sale) is quickly

[slim] Re: 2 network cards creating connectivity issues

2006-02-04 Thread MrC
This occurs because the wireless network (and dialup) has a higher priority over the wired ethernet connection, and takes over the default route and routing information. You need to setup a manual route on your PC to forward traffic to your first network whenever the second network is up. Bring

[slim] Buffer drained, pausing playback

2006-02-04 Thread natemorriss
Here's the situation. I have a Mac mini 1.42 GHz 1GB DDR SDRAM running OSX 10.4.4 Slimserver 6.2.1 and a SliMP3. This is the household mac but is also the slimserver. I have two additional 200GB external Firewire and USB2 HD. The music is on the Firewire drive. My music playback will stall,

[slim] Re: Speaker Recommendation for non-audiophile

2006-02-04 Thread Skunk
http://www.music123.com/Behringer-MS20-i156836.music edit: another with higher WAF: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=36-136-102 -- Skunk Skunk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2685

[slim] Re: 2 network cards creating connectivity issues

2006-02-04 Thread MrC
Adding to my previous post, please also see: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=14000highlight=playeraddr -- MrC MrC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=468 View this thread:

[slim] Great SB Review (Podcast) on AVS Forum

2006-02-04 Thread mbonsack
http://www.htguys.com/audio/2006/HDTV-2006-02-03.mp3 This is done by the HT Guys; a very positive review covering most aspects of the SB -- Closed vs. open source, remotes (Sonos' killer remote vs. PDAs/Nokias), high-quality audio engineering, competition, even their attempts at synchronization

[slim] Re: Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?

2006-02-04 Thread Xhorder
GoCubs Wrote: Hey Guys- I'm going to look into what would be involved making a Sirius plugin. It's more network-involved than my SuperDateTime plugin, but I'll give it a shot. I give myself 50/50 chance of going ahead with it. -Greg I love SuperDateTime! Please go for it. I'd kick in

Re: [slim] Re: Squeezebox3 seems very buggy

2006-02-04 Thread PAUL WILLIAMSON
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 02/04/06 1:52 PM I have these exact same problems. I am hoping the problems are due to Slimserver and not the SB3. All the nightly beta's i have tried have been to buggy for me. Waiting for the proper 6.5 release to see if that helps. Anyone know when 6.5 is due for

[slim] Re: Slimserver Webinterface over a PSP ( Playstation Portable )

2006-02-04 Thread EnochLight
Just finished a review of the Nokia 770 skin on the PSP. Check it out below: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=20733 -- EnochLight EnochLight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3392

[slim] Re: Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?

2006-02-04 Thread SoundBoy
I bougth the SB3 with SqueezNetwork access to listen to commercial free music, with world wide news and absolutely free of folks like Stern.. smile... and hey - I get it for free... what was your question.. smile... no seriously... I would not pay for SatRadio as I think it can not match

[slim] Mp3 stream title format

2006-02-04 Thread JJZolx
Can you suppress the (Welcome to SlimServer) string that gets tacked onto the end of the mp3 stream track title? I'm talking about the format shown when an application is connected to http://[server]:[port]/stream.mp3 -- JJZolx Jim

[slim] Re: Buffer drained, pausing playback

2006-02-04 Thread Bonesteel
I have been in your same situation, but switching to the Roku is not the answer. As it was described to me, after I essentially pitched a fit here, the SLiMP3 has a very small buffer. Do a little searching and you'll find the Wiki page which compares it to the newer devices. Given this

[slim] Re: Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?

2006-02-04 Thread Kyle
SoundBoy Wrote: I bougth the SB3 with SqueezNetwork access to listen to commercial free music, with world wide news and absolutely free of folks like Stern.. smile... and hey - I get it for free... what was your question.. smile... no seriously... I would not pay for SatRadio as I think it

[slim] Re: Mp3 stream title format

2006-02-04 Thread JJZolx
kdf Wrote: JJZolx wrote: Can you suppress the (Welcome to SlimServer) string that gets tacked onto the end of the mp3 stream track title? I'm talking about the format shown when an application is connected to http://[server]:[port]/stream.mp3 strings.txt, but that affects it in

[slim] Re: Buffer drained, pausing playback

2006-02-04 Thread natemorriss
I honestly don't think that a larger processor would do any good for the situation I'm in. It looks like the server has about reached it's usful life and they are no longer supporting the SliMP3 folks. When the playback stalls the proccessors are about 80% free. The Mac mini is more then

[slim] Using custom-types.conf

2006-02-04 Thread JJZolx
Is there a way to use the custom-types.conf file to remove a file type? Going back to SlimServer 5.x I've had the .cue file entry commented out in the types.conf file to avoid cataloging problems caused by storing CUE sheets in my music folders. #cue cueaudio/x-cueplaylist

[slim] Re: Are you willing to pay for a Sirius Radio plug-in?

2006-02-04 Thread tyler_durden
So I can listen to Howard Stern? No thanks. I can't imagine why anyone would pay money for a Sirius subscription so they can listen to that idiot. The brilliant execs at Sirius who gave him $500M must have been high when they came up with that idea... I'm glad he went to Sirius. No there's

Re: [slim] Re: Music Magic resulting in duplicate songs

2006-02-04 Thread Ben Sandee
On 2/4/06, Siduhe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you are importing your music library information from Musicmagic you_must_ leave the Slimserver Music Library entry blank or you will getduplicate items.If you fill in both you're effectively tellingSlimserver to look in two places for music, which is

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