TonyCharman wrote:
It spoils the whole experience for me - may have to put Slimserver back
on a (fast) PC. Looking forward to seeing if Logitech have some ideas
on this - perhaps they will add track discreet advance/back buttons to
the top of the machine as well - oh the number of times I've
Ron
Older versions are at http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/
However, before you try that, go for a newer one: I think you are
running 6.5.0? If so try the 6.5.1 nightly from
http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_nightly.html (DON'T try 7.0, its not
stable).
Whichever you do, make sure you have
SlimJim7675 wrote:
Thanks for the feedback. I will increase the volume to 100. Glad for
such a quick and easy fix - though it seems unusual to run somehting at
its maximum level.
in certain circles, yes. This is one of the indications that squeezebox
aims for the high end. The high
That solved it - now running happily on 9079.
One question left - the server now seems to start always on 9079 and I
have checked that it is registered in the settings but the web browser
interface still opens on 9000. How do I tell it about the change?
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Your problem sounds very simialr to mine, so this might help:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=158862postcount=10
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I have now clarified this issue with technical support. Apparently Perl
on windows will not work with double-byte characters in the filename.
There is little likelihood that this will be fixed anytime soon.
The only solution is to rename all the files concerned. Since I manage
my library with
The change of port did the trick for the starting problem but, as other
people have noted, the library scanning is a nightmare.
I've reinstalled 6.3.1 - still have to use the new port but I assume
thats WMP11 - and everything sems to be fine again.
I'll look forward to installing the new
adamslim;158617 Wrote:
You are right in many ways here, but I think you paint too one-sided a
picture.
The other side includes the independent record companies, who invest
much more time and effort into their artists.
No argument there. Most of the independents do indeed operate fairly
Having changed the slimserver port to cope with conflicts on 9000 I now
find that the browser interface still points initially to 9000 and I
have to change it manually. How can I make it point to 9079 when it
initializes?
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You can create a shortcut in your browser with the port number added
explicitly at the end. You can call any port you want and the browser
will open it. I find having a shortcut on the links bar more convenient
than the tray anyway. The only drawback is when a power outage takes
away SS host's
I have had my 2 squeezeboxes for about 2 months, and they are the best
thing I have ever bought, and so simple to set up. However, I have 1
problem which I cannot find a solution to. Basically, I have loaded all
my music files onto an external hard drive and everything plays really
well, except
richidoo;158886 Wrote:
I probably need to take the SS host off DHCP.
Or, if your DHCP server supports it, use address reservations. That
way, your DHCP server will give the client the same IP every time. I
have so many small components on my home network that it would be
tedious to configure
So my basic question is how can
I delete this ghost music?
Do a clear and full rescan of your collection.
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http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD
http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography,
The December 2006 issue of The Perfect Vision (which is like The
Absolute Sound for home theater) contains a 1-page mini-review of the
Transporter. Most of it is dedicated to the unit's capabilities and
setup.
As to sound quality, there's only this:
The sound quality was noticeably better than
My slimp3 has been stellar ever since I first got it way back when. I
turned it on to one of my playlists the other day and walked away when
I returned I saw a bunch of 'gobbledegook' scrolling across the screen
(music still playing). I thought that was odd so I did a reset (pulled
the plug) and
How do I get rid of it???
I have looked in all of the IE settings, the audio control panels,
etc.
The click I am talking about is a little clicking sound that IE (7)
makes every time the slim devices does its refresh. I am streaming
audio over the internet from my home to work using winamp, so
jonheal;158904 Wrote:
I don't know how something deleted could still be played to I'm assuming
that both album references in the database point to the same physical
files.
When I once had a weird repeated album issue, and I finally resolved it
by stopping Slimserver, and then physically
On 12/1/06, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
TonyCharman wrote:
It spoils the whole experience for me - may have to put Slimserver back
on a (fast) PC. Looking forward to seeing if Logitech have some ideas
on this - perhaps they will add track discreet advance/back buttons to
the top of the
Thanks Michael
I have tried a full clear/rescan but the deleted music reapears, I have
even tried a scan for changed/new files but with the same result
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On 12/1/06, gsalton
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have now clarified this issue with technical support. Apparently Perl
on windows will not work with double-byte characters in the filename.
There is little likelihood that this will be fixed anytime soon.
The only solution is to rename all the
If it still displays date/time correctly the screen isn't gone.
Are you sure the firmware on the slimp3 is 2.2? It is 2.3 on mine and
it has been for quite a while.
Try an upgrade of the firmware. There's an updater program for slimp3
here http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/firmware/2.3/
-s.
Do you have a playlist that refers to the old / deleted file paths ? If
so, delete the playlist and then do a full clear and rescan
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1. Go to Control Panel/Sounds.
2. On the Sounds dialog that appears,
3. In the list of sound-assignable events, there should be something
like Complete Navigation. Find that andy assign a sound of (None)
to it.
4. Click OK.
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Really, it was like that when I got here.
AllanB;158909 Wrote:
Thanks for the quick reply, as I am still a novice with SB how do you
delete the database file,
This link details the location of the database ... depending on your
platform. Be sure to stop slimserver before deleting the database.
jonheal;158920 Wrote:
This link details the location of the database ... depending on your
platform. Be sure to stop slimserver before deleting the database.
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?SlimServerDatabaseFile
Thanks, I'll try that tonight and let you know
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byKnight;158914 Wrote:
1. Go to Control Panel/Sounds.
2. On the Sounds dialog that appears,
3. In the list of sound-assignable events, there should be something
like Complete Navigation. Find that andy assign a sound of (None)
to it.
4. Click OK.
Bingo!!
Thanks a million byKnight!
Hi there
There is a connector between the main and the display board and over
time it is possible the connection gets weaker because of slight
oxidation, causing the display to show glibberish.
It might help taking SLIMP3 apart, separate main and display board,
clean the connection and put it
I need to replace my ancient PDA (Rex 6000, a great little product) and
want one with WiFi. Besides using it for checking email at hotspots and
such, I like the idea of using it as a remote for my 3 SBs. I was
surprised to see that all the PDAs I looked at (including Palm TX and
Dell Axims) only
Slimdevices community ROCKS.. in less than 15min I'm back up and
running...wait , maybe I spoke too soon I just saw some 'gibberish'
run across the screen but now it's back to normal. I've upgraded the
firmware and now I'll do a good cleaning. It looks like that maybe the
problem. But
Okay, I now have got my shiny SB3 - what a wonder!
It works just like the softsqueezes when playing internet radio.
First, my network setup:
- HTPC running slimserver is connected via giagabit LAN to switch and
the to a linksys WRT54G wifi router. I have a laptop using softsqueeze
over wifi. I
As a starting point - the Nokia 770 has 11g.
Its large screen with good resolution and the custom skin has driven a
few people here to get it.
Not really a PDA though - but if you stuff lots of extra memory in it
and add some extra (frre) software then it starts to look a lot more
like one (in
Michael Herger;158864 Wrote:
Do you know which plugin that is ?
I think it's the rhapsody plugin.
It is in the base Slimserver 6.5
If you have a UPnP server on the network and Slimserver can find it -
then it will appear in the Browse dialogue.
In fact - I've noticed some problems with it
I recently installed the latest SlimServer 6.5.0, upgrading from an old
6.0.x beta version (which worked great). Now when my Squeezebox 2 is
idling (i.e. just showing the clock, no streaming music) it consume a
lot of bandwidth noticably slowing down internet access.
Shutdown the SlimServer
You could try setting digital volume control in player settingsaudio to
'fixed', or turning the volume on the SB3 to 100 if it's set to
variable.
I believe replay gain is disabled by default, but you might check. Also
check that bitrate limiting is set to no limit.
In server settingsfile types
Older versions of software are here:
http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/
That sounds like way too much for just the clock display. My
consumption with 6.5.1. is nowhere near that. Someone posted about a
similar problem recently and it turned out that he had a lot of RSS
feeds regularly
First - upgrade to a nightly 6.5.1 - there were a lot of small problem
with 6.5.0 and we don't wnat them interfering with problem solving.
The radio100fm works fine on my Sb3 with 6.5.1
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Siduhe;158945 Wrote:
That sounds like way too much for just the clock display. My
consumption with 6.5.1. is nowhere near that. Someone posted about a
similar problem recently and it turned out that he had a lot of RSS
feeds regularly downloading (for use as a screensaver). Any chance it
On 12/1/06, Psychophylaxis
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Siduhe;158945 Wrote:
That sounds like way too much for just the clock display. My
consumption with 6.5.1. is nowhere near that. Someone posted about a
similar problem recently and it turned out that he had a lot of RSS
feeds regularly
Using tcpdump I can see one IP packet every second (of size 1330 bytes)
going to my TP and my SB3 respectively (with small ACKs going the other
way) while the devices are idling and only showing the time.
That would amount to about 80kB/min or a little more than 3MB in the
time you mention. I
Does the clock have seconds on the display? If so it requires a display
frame very second [the display is created in the server and sent to the
player]
SB1 and SLIMP3 required an display update very second and so there is a
display frame update at that rate all the time. SB2/3/Transporter
I host my slimserver (V6.3.1) on a Linkstation and since it has a
network activity led on the front panel, I can see that displaying the
clock even with just HH:MM format, still sends data every second to my
SB2... As always, YMMV.
Daniel
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There is still network traffic if you display HH::MM, but the packets
are small keepalives each way to confirm to the client that the server
is still there. I think they are once every 2 seconds.
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Triode's
It seems the tray utility doesn't read the prefs file, because that
clearly says 9079.
Intrigued by the idea of browsing to http://music. Is that some kind of
variable set at system level?
David L
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Anyone know how to get rid of this? I have done a search with no luck.
I am streaming to Winamp and (Welcome to Slimserver) is stuck on the
end of the song information for every song.
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bpa;158946 Wrote:
First - upgrade to a nightly 6.5.1 - there were a lot of small problem
with 6.5.0 and we don't wnat them interfering with problem solving.
The radio100fm works fine on my Sb3 with 6.5.1
Good to know. I tried searching for SVN info, but all I could find was
something about
Skunk;158943 Wrote:
You could try setting digital volume control in player settingsaudio to
'fixed', or turning the volume on the SB3 to 100 if it's set to
variable.
I believe replay gain is disabled by default, but you might check. Also
check that bitrate limiting is set to no limit.
The other thing to point out is that when using a local slimserver the
traffic for displaying the clock is entirely within the LAN - it will
cause no external (internet) traffic. The OP mentioned that internet
access was slowed, indicating external traffic, and further indicating
that there's
Just download the windows version of 6.5.1 from here:
http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/latest/6.5/
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No need for SVN - download 6.5.1 from this page
http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_nightly.html
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Also, any UPnP servers like Rhapsody on / attached to the box that is
running Slimserver ? I can see how that might have some kind of
process running in the background which would push up download rates,
and AFAIK, that functionality was only introduced in 6.5.0.
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bergek;158902 Wrote:
Or, even better (but this requires that the SS box successfully
registers its DNS name in your DNS server), use the computer name.
Or run Samba on the server assuming it is a Unix-ish box (including
MacOS), and you can do it from Windowsish clients since Windows loves
Thanks! Do I need to uninstall 6.5 before running the 6.5.1 exe?
And what about my plugins and settings, will they remain after
re/uninstalling?
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Or port 9000 is open through the firewall and some spider found it.
Someone could either download/stream from that (wasting bandwidth), or
just a misbehaved spider could be spamming it.
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shadowboxer wrote:
Anyone know how to get rid of this? I have done a search with no luck.
I am streaming to Winamp and (Welcome to Slimserver) is stuck on the
end of the song information for every song
I haven't tried it but it seems that replacing the text in strings.txt
should work:
If I want to move a squeezebox between networks, say my home router
based network with slimserver on my desktop machine and my office
ad-hoc network using my laptop, will squeezebox remember network
settings such as WPA/WPE keys? Or will I have to re-enter some
information such as the keys?
I
still looking!
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I'm getting this HTTP message (140 HTTP/1.0 OK DATA etc etc) appearing
in the right hand side of the browser (default skin). If I press F5 it
goes away until the browser refreshes and then it reappears. It seems
to appear at the top so forcing the Squeezebox text down and bit, and
also between
After you adjust a setting you have to hit the 'change' button.
Audio startup is just below preamp volume control and digital volume
control in player settings for me..
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jt25741;158975 Wrote:
(Volume still does work after slecting disable)
It will continue to work for the analog output, and the volume slider
will move but the digital out will be full vol regardless. If the DAC
isn't producing sound you wouldn't really know if it worked/not (unless
you meant
you've probably already considered this, but in case you haven't, they
do appear pretty regularly on eBay.
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aubuti;159009 Wrote:
you've probably already considered this, but in case you haven't, they
do appear pretty regularly on eBay.
Though they do hold their value amazingly well
Personally, I would just buy new. You get a warranty and that New
Plastic Smell and the price difference is
Hi, happy new owner of a SB3 here. I have one small problem with
slimserver 6.5.0: when I've indexed my collection (some 13.000 songs) a
few items are not indexed properly. Instead of Artist they have the top
folder name and instead of Album they have the folder name.
Might be hard to
try clearing cache in Firefox (Tools - Options - Privacy).
If that doesn't work try a 6.5.1 nightly, there have been a lot of bug
fixes.
Ceejay
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bpa - thanks
The good news - I installed Tuesday nights build and Alien version from
http://www.x2systems.com/alienbbc/al06_6.5.tar.gz. All works fine,
at least on the stations I tried. Bingo I am back in action.
The bad news - I still don't know what the issue was, shall we put it
down to
Quoting morberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Is this a known bug? Is there a way to delete indexed albums and rescan
for new and added items? (I've rebuilt the entire database once; don't
know if the problem was there before the latest rebuild.)
What you have described sounds like the files in
On 12/1/06, jt25741 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Hello ben. The unit is a few years old now and discontinued(EVS MII
DAC). You can read about it here:
http://www.tweakaudio.com/Millennium%20DAC.html
If I were you I would contact SD support at [EMAIL PROTECTED] This
really seems like
For a minor upgrade you should be fine just installing over the top of
6.5, in which case everything will be preserved. If you're feeling
paranoid, take a copy of the plugins dir and .conf file before
uninstalling and then installing the new one clean.
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kdf;159028 Wrote:
If these files DO have tags, then
double check that they are complete and don't have conflicting info
(ID3 v1/v2 and APE tags, for example.)
Checked v1/v2 and they are consistent. Don't think my tag editor Tag
Tools 1.2 (or XP for that matter?) has support for APE, at
6.5.1 is very stable, its working well for me and a lot of others. As
aways there is a small risk that in any given nightly something weird
is broken but there will always be another one along 24 hrs later...
7.0 is the one to avoid at the moment.
Ceejay
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Logitech WILL release more products and some of them will spin some of
the existing community on its head because they don't understand it.
That's what makes the difference between an enthusiast and someone who
markets this stuff for a living. Logitech might not always be on the
cusp of
Hi,
I have had similar issues with mp3 id3 tags that looked ok in the tag
editor but would not show properly in ss. I fixed them by completely
removing all tags from the offending tracks, saving and then
repopulating the v2 tags only. Invisible corruption?
Doug.
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In my experience the indexing has all kinds of odd little issues. I've
had to strip the ID3 tags from some songs completely and then re-do
them with iTunes to make them show up properly.
That said, use 6.5.1 - it's been stable in the sense of not having the
problems people have been constantly
Ok, not much action in the original thread I mentioned this as an
afterthought, so here's one specific to these tags.
TSOP, TSOA and TSOT frames (sorting tags for Performer, Album and
Title) - Slimserver supports them and I'd LOVE to use them.
I don't have any editor at the moment that can
Pale Blue Ego;158903 Wrote:
Thumbs down:
* Makes noises that remind you it has tech components inside
heh.. the magnetic knob issue. Of course they probably ran 6.5.0, and
not the one with the fixes:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4141
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If everything works - that's good.
Missing RTSP - not possible if you are listening to BBC so there must
be something else in the mix (e.g. browser cache) - but why worry if
everything is OK.
I think R4 LW is not restricted so you could try listening to it for
the cricket on your PC on the BBC
Hi
I was running 6.5 with no problems..
Revently, when I went to start SlimServer it just said Starting Slim
Server for a while. I figured since I have about 500 albums, it was
just reindexing. I looked in processes and saw mysqld and let it run
I returned home five hours later..Starting
MelonMonkey;159039 Wrote:
I've also just started using the Fishbone skin and holy Moses, is it
way better than the default skin. That's subjective I suppose, but I
just find it a lot more intuitive and better laid out. usability went
up by at least a factor of 5.
I hope you've tried the
Quoting SuperQ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Pale Blue Ego;158903 Wrote:
Thumbs down:
* Makes noises that remind you it has tech components inside
heh.. the magnetic knob issue.
my thoughts exactly. However... tech components. I just find that
off-putting in a review. What else would they be??
Hi,
I've had this situation in the past but I can't remember the fix.
It doesn't sound like your display has gone wrong though your date/time
wouldn't work if this was the case.
The Slimp3 display is driven from the server and I'd have thought this is
the most likely area where the
Installed 6.5.1 from dec 1 (some minor glitches with SlimTray during
installation, but easily fixed). Rescan did not help, but clear and
rescan (without deleting library database) seems to have done the
trick.
Thanks for the fishbone tip, a tad dark for my taste (will try the tan
version now)
This sounds like an electrical problem - possibly impedance mismatch or
a flaky cable. I would suggest trying a different type of cable, or a
different length. Try a video cable, which will have the correct 75 ohm
impedance.
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What I want to do is have the date/time display come up when I
press-and-hold the button that adjusts text size on the SB3. What
line(s) do I have to add to my custom.map file to make this happen?
Thanks!
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The inability of Slimserver to adhere to HTTP standards continues to
fascinate me. HTTP 1xx messages are informational but are not part of
the HTTP/1.0 specification (which Slimserver responds with). They were
introduced in HTTP/1.1, however RFC2616 does not include a reference
for status code
Click start, click Run, type in 'services.msc'. Find slimserver in the
list and double click on it. Set it to automatic. This should cause
it to start on boot.
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seanadams;159064 Wrote:
This sounds like an electrical problem - possibly impedance mismatch or
a flaky cable. I would suggest trying a different type of cable, or a
different length. Try a video cable, which will have the correct 75 ohm
impedance.
Hi Sean: The cable is a very high-quality
Jack Coates;158790 Wrote:
On 11/30/06, lampis
lampis.2i3y1n1164927301 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com
wrote:
I'm trying to compile SlimServer 6.2, with ActiveState Perl Dev Kit
but
I have several problems with a lot of includes (use some::thing),
the
errors messages indicate
Jack Coates;158790 Wrote:
On 11/30/06, lampis
lampis.2i3y1n1164927301 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com
wrote:
I'm trying to compile SlimServer 6.2, with ActiveState Perl Dev Kit
but
I have several problems with a lot of includes (use some::thing),
the
errors messages indicate
Looking at the internal wiring of that DAC I'd have to say it's a bit
suspect - there are longish unshielded wires coming in from the coax
plug on the back panel, and it's hard to tell how they have it wired up
to the chip.
http://www.tweakaudio.com/Resources/P4220005.JPG-1.jpg
I realize you
Hello,
I will take the Bolder modded Elpac PS if available. Please send me a
message to confirm.
Thanks,
Dave
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Hi Guys,
have been struggling with my imac G5 (Tiger), itunes, nicecast,
slimserver(6.5.1) and squeezebox1 all night and I give it up. Who can
help me?
This is what I want: although I like slim server, I want to stream
itunes directly via the squeezebox to HiFI. Nicecast could do that, but
I
seanadams;159088 Wrote:
Looking at the internal wiring of that DAC I'd have to say it's a bit
suspect - there are longish unshielded wires coming in from the coax
plug on the back panel, and it's hard to tell how they have it wired up
to the chip.
On 12/1/06, jt25741 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
seanadams;159088 Wrote:
Looking at the internal wiring of that DAC I'd have to say it's a bit
suspect - there are longish unshielded wires coming in from the coax
plug on the back panel, and it's hard to tell how they have it wired up
to the
Ben Sandee;159113 Wrote:
On 12/1/06, jt25741 jt25741.2i5zfb1165022401 (AT) no-mx (DOT)
forums.slimdevices.com
wrote:
seanadams;159088 Wrote:
Looking at the internal wiring of that DAC I'd have to say it's a
bit
suspect - there are longish unshielded wires coming in from the
coax
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