Re: [slim] What is the ideal way to store and serve your music?

if money is no object, get a NAS box and do a raid 5 so it can survive drive death. even better would be to store your music at a remote web server, so you could listen to it and stream it from there, to yourself wherever you are and your friends or whoever. i don't know if you could get SS

Re: [slim] Squeezebox with 2Gb on board memory.

Thanks for the posts. I was thinking of a larger buffer which can be streamed later. If 2Gb isn't possible then why not something less. There are some DAB tuners that can save a bit of DAB for playing later and I'm sure they don't have operating sytems. I realise the data from DAB is smaller than

Re: [slim] Slim Server 6.5 and Salling Clicker

I too would really like this function restored... -- Fezz Fezz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8172 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=27970

Re: [slim] Sean Please -SlimServer Salling Clicker 3.0

Well the SlimServer remote works fine, now if we can just get it to pause when we are on the phone... -- Fezz Fezz's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8172 View this thread:

Re: [slim] What is the ideal way to store and serve your music?

even better would be to store your music at a remote web server Has anyone had any success with web servers and streaming to the squeezebox? I notice that oboe have an unlimited account for $39.95 a year but is this really unlimited. I have 120gb of music would this reallybe covered? Also is

Re: [slim] Squeezebox with 2Gb on board memory.

i for one think putting SS on the SB and completely removing it from the computer is a FANTASTIC idea that i've wanted since i first setup the whole shebang. for one, it completely gets rid of the platform issues. for two, upgrades and so on could be done automatically by the SB on its own, no

Re: [slim] What is the ideal way to store and serve your music?

mattybain wrote: even better would be to store your music at a remote web server Has anyone had any success with web servers and streaming to the squeezebox? Well, I have a colo server that runs slimserver. I normally use it for running SoftSqueeze at work, but there's no reason I

Re: [slim] What is the ideal way to store and serve your music?

erland already gave a neat summary of the general options, I'd just like to add some of my personal experiences (to make choices even harder ;-)): 1. Loudness: Of course, it is very likely, but a NAS solution might not necessarily be more quiet than a dedicated PC/workstation solution. I

Re: [slim] Squeezebox with 2Gb on board memory.

Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], tyler_durden[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The SB would simply grab the entire playlist as fast as the server can squirt it, then the server could be shut down. And the Squeezebox's display would go dark, and the remote would no longer work. Andy

Re: [slim] What is the ideal way to store and serve your music?

Hi, In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], MrSinatra[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: even better would be to store your music at a remote web server, so you could listen to it and stream it from there, to yourself wherever you are and your friends or whoever. As long as bandwidth from the server is

Re: [slim] Ideal remote to browse slimserver? (not nokia 770 though)

Move your old HDD to a PC, back it up, move the stuff to the new HDD and put in your tablet PC... -- tommypeters SB3--Meridian G68--NuForce Ref8--Bc Acoustique ACT A3 tommypeters's Profile:

Re: [slim] scanner.exe crash, memory could not be written

thank you for your advice but i don't have any playlist or shortcuts as far as I'm aware. any ideas other than a lot of removing files from folders, rescanning then replacing until i find the fault -- Monkeyboy1

[slim] Fixing playlists

I'd like to re-organise my music folders to make them easier to navigate via the remote control, but this will break all my playlists (.m3u files) that have pathnames pointing to the files where they are now. Does anyone know of, or dare I ask, can write, a script that would take a .m3u

Re: [slim] scanner.exe crash, memory could not be written

If you don't have playlists or shortcuts - do you need the folder setting for Playlists entered into Slimserver ? [H:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Documents\My Music\My Playlists] I would start by deleting this entry if you don't need it. It also looks like a networked drive ? Does

Re: [slim] Infinite menus in 6.5.1

Hi Michael, After updating to the 0.31 mysql appears to be playing nicely - thanks for all your help! Will -- wilhol wilhol's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10027 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Fixing playlists

Sidule has posted this link in several threads recently: http://www.joejaworski.com/m3u/. I downloaded and used on her recommendation, and it worked perfectly. However, I have had to tweak my playlists since then and used a regular editor for that task which would also worked with Find Replace

Re: [slim] Infinite menus in 6.5.1

After updating to the 0.31 mysql appears to be playing nicely - thanks for all your help! Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad you helped me sort out that issue. -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD

Re: [slim] Getting better performance out of MySQL

This is a great thread. I've been having SlimServer performance issues on Windows for quite some time now. I'm going to try out making those changes to the amount of RAM it uses. I think it would be even better if SlimServer would optimize the commands that it uses for the MySQL to be more

Re: [slim] Getting better performance out of MySQL

FYI, I made the changes to my.tt and restarted slimserver. Unfortunately that hasn't solved my problems. The web interface seems to choke if I add say a dozen albums to it and then try to navigate. For example I tried clicking on page 2 of 3 and the web interface is pretty much completely

Re: [slim] Will There Be a SB4?

stewrt;177750 Wrote: -Wireless N !! to go with my new apple extreme But that's pre-n. Actual 'n' won't be out until mid-2008, and that's if there are no delays. What if the standard gets changed? Some overly ambitious companies have promised compatibility, including hardware

Re: [slim] Will There Be a SB4?

325xi;177886 Wrote: When SD produces SB boombox or anything else for MP3-don't-care-about-quality consumer it will mark beginning of the end for audiophile SB line, especially when it is now part of Logitech. So I would wish SD not to proceed with that any soon. If they want device for

Re: [slim] Will There Be a SB4?

Mark Lanctot wrote: stewrt;177750 Wrote: -Wireless N !! to go with my new apple extreme But that's pre-n. Actual 'n' won't be out until mid-2008, and that's if there are no delays. What if the standard gets changed? Worse, it is marketing speak pre-n as not only is there no

Re: [slim] Will There Be a SB4?

Mark Lanctot wrote: Slim/Logitech could never equal an SB3 connected to a very good audio system, but it doesn't have to be very low quality either. Just something decent. They'd be well-advised to omit digital output jacks, even analog output jacks, but should keep a headphone output.

[slim] Wiki or no Wiki ... ?

Hi all, I see a lot of great stuff *IS* available for the SB and the SlimServer. Much more is happening than I get the impression of when I browse the plug-in section. QUESTION: = So my question is as follows: How come that e.g. the new SlimFX skin is not already described by someone

Re: [slim] Wiki or no Wiki ... ?

ANYbody can write into the wiki. Even you! If you feel strongly, add it yourself, though I'd suggest its probably up to the plugin writer to decide when its worth adding (already had such an exchange with SlimFX's author). Ceejay -- ceejay

Re: [slim] Waiting to Sync. message - no playback

ds2021;177734 Wrote: This is a 'known bug unfortunately' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4638). The only solution at present is to revert to Slimserver 6.3.1. Thanks. I'll download the older version. -- david515

Re: [slim] Reset the auto-refresh interval for slimserver?

Michael Herger;178142 Wrote: Close that tab? Funny, but not that helpful. Being able to check the songs being played is useful, I'd just like to refresh it myself when I need to, or slow down the refreshes. -- maxst

Re: [slim] Poll: What is your library size and hardware

5003 albums with 41168 songs by 1574 artists. SYSTEM: Dell XPS 410 2 GB RAM Intel Core Duo 2 @ 2.13 GHZ STORAGE: Readynas NV 4 500GB Seagate ST3500641AS HDDs X-RAID -- tfish77 tfish77's Profile:

Re: [slim] Reset the auto-refresh interval for slimserver?

played is useful, I'd just like to refresh it myself when I need to, or slow down the refreshes. You can set the refresh rate to some huge amount (10 minutes should be fine). It will then only update every song once or twice. -- Michael

Re: [slim] Ideal remote to browse slimserver? (not nokia 770 though)

I don't think it's quite that easy, but as soon as Tyler does it let us know. I too got a Fujitsu tablet the 3400 (ebay $150). I saw someone who skinned his bezel so I tried with a Mohogany veneer (my first try). I then got into Netremote which controls my AV system via tcp/ip. If I can figure

Re: [slim] Upgraded to 6.5.1 and NO SOUND

I was so happy it worked... but no sometimes i still don't have any sound from my alac files and the strangest things happens. First, now, i have problem can't open file for and 2nd this file i try to play goes directly in a no genre folder ! It's SF as this no genre folder didn't exist right

Re: [slim] Ideal remote to browse slimserver? (not nokia 770 though)

I should say I borrowed MOE'S netremote skin and am in the progress of customizing it to my needs, for instance I don't have SAGETV or an LD but I need to change those, but MOE is a Photoshop expert and changing the buttons are a little more difficult for me, so moe if you are a squeezebox owner

Re: [slim] Ideal remote to browse slimserver? (not nokia 770 though)

Just curious if the Tablet PC is where you are storing your library and if it is wireless? I've actually considered the tablet PC option--It really is a great happy medium between a PDA and a laptop. I like the SB remote finemost of the time. It really is one of the most intutive remotes I

Re: [slim] SlimServer running on a Playstation 3!

Rather than having slimserver on the PS3, I would want Soft Squeeze on the PS3. I already have my 60GB Apple Lossless music collection on my Mac in my office. I already have a Squeezebox in the living room with my small stereo system (Onkyo stereo receiver, JBL bookshelf speakers). I also have

Re: [slim] Upgraded to 6.5.1 and NO SOUND

kdf, did this alternate socketwrapper file work for the bug you posted? it certainly seems that SD needs to rewrite theirs, if this ones code isn't available to them, and isn't full proof anyway. i am curious as to what it does exactly, and why in 6.5 all was well, but in newer vers, it isn't.

Re: [slim] SlimServer running on a Playstation 3!

i don't have a ps3, so i'm a bit confused... i gather it comes with a HD, but whats on the HD? anything? blank space? an OS? how do u install an OS to it, and then pick what loads? i'd assume out of the box it loads its own native ps3 OS. is this linux as well? how would u choose between

Re: [slim] Ideal remote to browse slimserver? (not nokia 770 though)

Actually I use a mac mini for my server both audio and video. The tablet I have max's out on RAM at I believe 256 and the HD is a 4G. I have it running wirelessly with a PCMCIA adapter. I suppose if you wanted you could have a NAS drive with huge HD for the storage and the tablet with the

Re: [slim] Poll: What is your library size and hardware

hardwear: Pentium P3, screaming at 0.5 GHz 384MB ram Win 2000 Library: roughly 11,000 files -- desjarm1 desjarm1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6956 View this thread:

[slim] Constant drop-outs after changing ISPs

Last month I switched from one satellite ISP (Wildblue) to another (HughesNet). When I was on Wildblue, I had my PC set to use a static IP address, but when I switched to HughesNet, it didn't work and the installer told me I had to change it back to dynamic IP. This is the only thing that has

Re: [slim] SlimServer running on a Playstation 3!

autopilot;147208 Wrote: But if you plan to get a PS3 anyway, as i probably will after a couple of price drops, it could be very interesting. Don't hold your breath... This console has some very expensive parts in it (not comparable to the situation with last generation devices). I doubt Sony

Re: [slim] Upgraded to 6.5.1 and NO SOUND

A change was made to resolve bug 4318 which means that socketwrapper is now always used when transcoding formats. Prior to this it was only used for some radio formats. Unfortunately this appears to have triggered the problem that socketwrapper does not work with some security software. I

[slim] How can i tune in 'The Jazz'

Hello All Got my Squeezebox last week and delighted with it, absolutely fantastic. I'm having trouble working out how to tune in and then save a radio station. The station in question is 'The Jazz' it's a UK DAB station and has a listen online option. The URL is www.thejazz.com the url for the

Re: [slim] SlimServer running on a Playstation 3!

MrSinatra;178360 Wrote: i do love the idea of using a console to be a media adapter. let it serve whats on a NAS elsewhere. Then say hello to an original XBOX running XBMC. Cheers. -- shabbs [shabbs] *Rip/encode:* 'EAC' (http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/) 0.95b4 [secure] w/ 'Lame'

Re: [slim] Poll: What is your library size and hardware

183 albums with 535 songs by 98 artist -- Recoveryone Pioneer Elite Fall in! SqueezeBox 3 wirelessly connected Pioneer Elite VSX-81TX Pioneer Elite DV-45A Pioneer Elite M53 CD Pioneer M66R Cassette Server running on (In garage) P3 800 MHz 1 gig ram Windows 2000 Professional 2x 20

Re: [slim] Poll: What is your library size and hardware

795 albums with 8498 songs by 317 artists stored on LinkstationII Slimserver 6.5.1 on Dell Precision M70 workstation 2 gb Ram Centrino 2.13 Ghz Squeezebox3 running through Bose Lifestyle 48 Cheers -- gbruzzo gbruzzo's

Re: [slim] Poll: What is your library size and hardware

Your music library contains 1914 albums with 23101 songs by 882 artists. Mine is bigger than mine -- haunyack haunyack's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9721 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Poll: What is your library size and hardware

Library contains 418 albums with 5142 songs by 229 artists. Running on Via MII1000 itx 512mb RAM Clarkconnect 4/Slimserver 6.5.1/Squeezebox3 x 2 -- norman12 norman12's Profile:

Re: [slim] How can i tune in 'The Jazz'

Does this work for you ? http://mediaweb.musicradio.com/V1/playlist.asx?streamid=91 -- Siduhe Siduhe's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=723 View this thread:

[slim] In the news today

Apple CEO Steve Jobs on Feb. 6 called on the four major record companies to start selling songs online without copy protection software known as digital rights management. http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2090998,00.asp Slim Devices' latest Squeezebox is extremely attractive,

[slim] playlists causing artitst to drop from database?

just today i discovered that certain artists were not showing up in my database properly anymore. that is, they were showing up when i browsed through the albums, but not if i went directly to artists. examples: track=sol, artist=ishq, album=floatation track=drifting, aritst=circular,

Re: [slim] Poll: What is your library size and hardware

Your music library contains 5431 albums with 91339 songs by 4844 artists. AMD 64 +3200 w/750M of RAM and approx. 2.5 TB of Disk space. -- sfraser sfraser's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2026

Re: [slim] playlists causing artitst to drop from database?

just tried some other things. i created a huge playlist from scratch within slimserver and not with an external tool. (~42 Kbyte in size, ~380 tracks). the problem is still there, which means it has definitely nothing to do with the fact that i made my playlists with winamp. (after rescanning i

Re: [slim] In the news today

Apple/Jobs comments on DRM are a welcome breath of fresh air! They have enough clout that record companies just *MIGHT* take notice. Now, us consumers, need to rise up and demand the same! -- sleepysurf squeezebox2 (with elpac linear psu) benchmark dac1 modwright swl 9.0 pre belles 350a

Re: [slim] playlists causing artitst to drop from database?

The example you show in your first post would appear to be two different artists on the same album. Could it be that all of the artists that you are missing are from compilation albums? If so, there is a part of the scan that merges compilation albums under the single various artists label.

Re: [slim] low volume

Ben Sandee;177407 Wrote: On 2/3/07, jlrood jlrood.2lgijz1170552601 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com wrote: yes... im telling ya, it's playing about 3db to 5db lower than anything I got going on. something is not right! Maybe all your other hardware is just too loud?

Re: [slim] low volume

Skunk;177409 Wrote: It's worth noting that only a turntable can be plugged into the 'phono' input of a preamp. Like Steve said, switch the cd player and Sb3 connection on the preamp. I hope you don't have all eight speakers connected to a single speaker output, unless the amp is ok with

Re: [slim] SB3 rebooting very frequently

Have you heard anything yet? Sounds similar to the problem I just posted about here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32506 -- MeSue Sue PS: I once wanted a Squeezebox boombox, but I don't anymore. ;-)

Re: [slim] New to Mac and Itunes - slimserver library help

I rip my tunes via iTunes as Apple Lossless. It is lossless as compared to a raw AIF file, but half the size (or 60%). Once I've confirmed I like the tag info in iTunes, I let SS re-scan, preferring NOT to run the iTunes side of SS. If I want to put songs into the iPod I use an iTunes plugin

Re: [slim] SB3 rebooting very frequently

If you have four units all running the same firmware, and only one is having problems, then it points to a hardware failure. What you've described is consistent with a faulty SDRAM chip, but that's just a guess. Tech support is normally very responsive... typically just a couple business hours.

Re: [slim] Getting better performance out of MySQL

bgriffis;178232 Wrote: I'm really getting sick of this damn thing. I've been thinking about getting a second PC and running Linux. Maybe I'd have better results there. Absolutely. slimserver is an absolute dog for me on two separate w2k3 boxes, one of which is a fresh base install with

Re: [slim] Ideal remote to browse slimserver? (not nokia 770 though)

My friend has one of '_these_' (http://b2b.sony.com/Solutions/subcategory/notebooks/ux-series). He uses it to trade commodities on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade. Would something like this be well suited for controlling a Squeezebox? -- gweempose

Re: [slim] What is the ideal way to store and serve your music?

Thanks for the feedback, guys! Since I always have a PC running 24/7, it probably doesn't make any sense for me to go the NAS route. Most likely, I'll set up a large RAID array inside my PC and use an external drive for added backup. -- gweempose

Re: [slim] Poll: What is your library size and hardware

i already posted, but i've noticed a problem with SS: on my home SS page it says: Your music library contains 1640 albums with 20253 songs by 544 artists. however, on the SS albums page, in gallery view, it says: 1639 albums with 20251 songs by 5663 artists. meanwhile, winamp which i think

Re: [slim] Ideal remote to browse slimserver? (not nokia 770 though)

gweempose;178456 Wrote: My friend has one of '_these_' (http://b2b.sony.com/Solutions/subcategory/notebooks/ux-series). He uses it to trade commodities on the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade. Would something like this be well suited for controlling a Squeezebox? It should work,

Re: [slim] Constant drop-outs after changing ISPs

playing local music or internet radio? if radio, get the new nightly and switch your SB from direct to proxy streaming. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram

Re: [slim] Constant drop-outs after changing ISPs

MrSinatra;178461 Wrote: playing local music or internet radio? Local music always. Just tried the latest 6.5.2 and rebooted my router. Still doing it. :-( -- MeSue Sue PS: I once wanted a Squeezebox boombox, but I don't anymore. ;-)

[slim] Bugs? inaccurate library counts and tag info displayed

i am hoping someone very familiar with the bug system, (like you kdf), can say or verify if a bug for each of these things exists, or if no bug exists, and if none exists, if one should be filed? first, i mentioned this in another thread: on my home SS page it says: Your music library

Re: [slim] Constant drop-outs after changing ISPs

u don't need an ISP to play local music. what OS do you use? what router? is your SB wired or wireless? signal strength? what kind of files are you trying to play? bitrate? set your PC to a static local IP number in the router, do the same for the SB. 192.168.1.100 and .101 as an example.

Re: [slim] Bugs? inaccurate library counts and tag info displayed

Sounds like your tags are seriously messed up. Multiple tags aare used for Artist: Composer, Performer, AlbumArtist... If you have a song like: NAME=Let It Be ALBUM=Beatles Covers PERFORMER=Some Cover Band ALBUMARTIST=The Beatles COMPOSER=John Lennon COMPOSER=Paul McCartney Then, yes, that will

Re: [slim] Bugs? inaccurate library counts and tag info displayed

There may be issues with the count, but it is to be addressed at a later date. For now, I'll simply point out that a direct comparison with winamp is not going to work. The counts within slimserver are done in very different ways, and take into account the database query response, the