Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

i asked why isn't it done in C? Because SlimServer has been developped in Perl, I guess. It's probably as simple as that. does anyone know why someone would want those things to run as services rather than processes? is it a security/users thing? Services are run at machine startup. You

Re: [slim] Article in Fast Company?

Just read the Fast Company article - very interesting. The one point that really surprised me - and I apologise for being a bit ageist here - is how young Sean Adams is. Maybe I've been living on Mars, but I had no idea he is only 27. What he's achieved (product-wise) and the extremely mature

Re: [slim] Article in Fast Company?

What he's achieved (product-wise) and the extremely mature attitude he exhibits on these forums made me assume he must be in his forties or thereabouts. Same here - I imagined him gray-heared wearing a beard (I'm sorry, Sean :-)) -- Michael

Re: [slim] How do I remove Slimserver completely?

Surely you must be able to remove all the Slimserver files?? Are there any ideas out there...please?? Remove C:\program files\slimserver* and subfolders (or wherever you installed slimserver). -- Michael -

Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!

Die Musikbibliothek enthält 569 Alben mit 7577 Titel von 240 Interpreten. SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11048 - RedHat - DE - iso-8859-1 Perl Version: 5.8.6 i386-linux MySQL Version: 5.0.21-standard SME Linux 6.0, Via C3/1GHz, 512MB RAM 1 T, 1 SB3, 2 SB2, 2 SBG, 1 SliMP3 (some of them temporarily

Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!

SlimServer 6.5 Windows XP SP2 3.2Ghz 1G Ram, also doubles as general file server for Pixel MediaBox and Apache web server 11,000 files all MP3 Dozen or so playflists - used a lot 2 x Slimp3 - wired (these just keep on going) 1 x SB2 - wired Grab Playlist pluggin Everything stable

Re: [slim] Need to factory reset SB3 evey morning!!!

I found power cycling the router in the morning before starting up the computers cured my problems. I was having similar problems on a wired sb1. I now have a timer switch connected between the mains and the router so this does the power cycling for me in the wee hours when the router is not

Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!

SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - Debian - EN - utf8 Perl Version: 5.8.8 powerpc-linux-gnu-thread-multi MySQL Version: 5.0.22-Debian_4 Plugins installed - Audioscrobbler Submitter - Auto Dim Display - Command Line Interface (CLI) - Date and Time Screensaver - Dynamic

[slim] Nightly Build

For non-techies, how does one install the nightly build of 6.52? After downloading it, there doesn't seem to be an installer application, but perhaps I missed it. Thanks. -- miguelk miguelk's Profile:

Re: [slim] Nightly Build

For non-techies, how does one install the nightly build of 6.52? After downloading it, there doesn't seem to be an installer application, but perhaps I missed it. There should be, but currently there seems to be a problem preventing it from finishing the build. The latest you can get is

[slim] Upgrade Problem

I installed 6.5.1 over the previous version and now I'm unable to open the Slimserver. I get this message: Starting Slimserver failed. Please see the event viewer and contact support. I'm running Windows XP and have Norton Antivirus. Any suggestions? -- Fredaudio

Re: [slim] Upgrade Problem

Ok, now I can get into the Slimserver, but I noticed it is truncating the end of each track. Why didn't I leave well enough alone? Where can I find the previous version and reinstall it? -- Fredaudio Fredaudio's Profile:

Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!

VERSION INFO SlimServer-version: 6.5.1 - 10724 - Windows XP - SV - cp1252 Perl-version: 5.8.8 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread MySQL-version: 5.0.22-community-nt 414 albums with 5116 songs. Wireless SB3 Netgear Router/AP. Server HW 3 GHZ CPU 2 GB RAM 2x250 GB Disk -- bernt

Re: [slim] Article in Fast Company?

ModelCitizen;183567 Wrote: Someone is reponsible for all those bloody buttons and the knob (wait till I get my hands on them!). Here's your answer*, but I can never tell when Pat is being facetious. I knew sean was 30, but didn't realize he isn't an engineer (as of 2004 according to the

Re: [slim] Upgrade Problem

Fredaudio;183657 Wrote: Ok, now I can get into the Slimserver, but I noticed it is truncating the end of each track. Why didn't I leave well enough alone? Where can I find the previous version and reinstall it? See link for 6.5.0 http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/SlimServer_v6.5.0/ I

Re: [slim] upgraded to new software, now no internet access

Thanks for the suggestions. I knew it wasn't the XP firewall because I removed it and still had no access to the outside world. I also plugged in a spare router I had lying around that had no security enabled and still no luck. What finally worked was completely uninstalling the SS software

Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!

Bennett, Gavin (LDN Int) wrote: I keep thinking building a LAMP server but almost all of my IT expirence is Windows base Gavin, You only need an L server to run slimserver :) R. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Nightly Build

Thanks. Pardon my ignorance, but which of the files available in the directory does one download for XP? And then once you download it, which of the various files do you use to start the installation process? Also, as a suggestion (since there seem to be so many posts on this topic), it would

Re: [slim] Slim Server Woes

Spidey9534;183547 Wrote: You guys got me to thinking though I am NOT using a static IP on the PC and when it gets disconnected from the internet it is polling to find another available wireless netowrk to hook up to. I live in a Condo building with at least 10+ networks nearby and at

Re: [slim] Nightly Build

Thanks. Pardon my ignorance, but which of the files available in the directory does one download for XP? And then once you download it, which of the various files do you use to start the installation process? There's only one Windows executable file (*.exe). Once it's downloaded, simply

Re: [slim] Article in Fast Company?

ModelCitizen;183567 Wrote: Someone is reponsible for all those bloody buttons and the knob (wait till I get my hands on them!). This was actually a user request - I can remember more than one forum member saying how it would be nice to have external controls on the next-generation SB. In

[slim] Media monkey with slimserver?

Is it possible to use Media Monkey to control my SB3. If so how. Thank you, Chris -- rchris rchris's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10415 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!

Robin, I already use A so would need LA and as SlimServer uses MySQL that makes LAM. Because I use Jalbum and there is a skin that needs PHP for comments that would make LAMP ! So day one would be LAM Lol Gavin If you are not an intended recipient of this e-mail, please notify the sender,

[slim] flac on SB1

Just did my first slim server s/w upgrade in ages. I have an SB3 and everything is fine there. I also have an SB1, however, which no longer plays flac or ape files. In checking the Slim Devices Wiki, it indicates that slim server must do the transcoding for flac. I have flac checked off (the

Re: [slim] flac on SB1

ShutterShock wrote: Just did my first slim server s/w upgrade in ages. I have an SB3 and everything is fine there. I also have an SB1, however, which no longer plays flac or ape files. In checking the Slim Devices Wiki, it indicates that slim server must do the transcoding for flac. I have

Re: [slim] flac on SB1

So how does one select server decoding? From the File Format Conversion options list, it implies server side conversion will transcode to another file format such as WAV. Is this what I'm after? -- ShutterShock

Re: [slim] flac on SB1

So how does one select server decoding? From the File Format Conversion options list, it implies server side conversion will transcode to another file format such as WAV. Is this what I'm after? -- ShutterShock

Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!

Bennett, Gavin (LDN Int) wrote: Robin, I already use A so would need LA and as SlimServer uses MySQL that makes LAM. Because I use Jalbum and there is a skin that needs PHP for comments that would make LAMP ! So day one would be LAM The P is for either PHP or Perl, so you'd end up

Re: [slim] flac on SB1

So how does one select server decoding? From the File Format Conversion options list, it implies server side conversion will transcode to another file format such as WAV. Is this what I'm after? -- ShutterShock

Re: [slim] Upgraded to 6.5.1 and NO SOUND

I was having a very similar problem after upgrading from 6.3.1. to 6.5.1 - everything looked like it was working, including a lot of blinking lights on my router and switch, but no sound. Tried the socketwrapper fix and we're back in business. Thanks ChrisNY! -- JeffW

Re: [slim] flac on SB1

Thanks Marc, So how does one select server decoding? From the File Format Conversion options list, it implies server side conversion will transcode to another file format such as WAV. Is this what I'm after? -- ShutterShock

Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!

The P is for either PHP or Perl, so you'd end up with LAMPP... ...and do not add Python in the mix :-) -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD http://www.herger.net/slim - AlbumReview, Biography,

Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

Mark Lanctot;183444 Wrote: Doesn't bother me much. After the bloated monstrosities that WMP and Winamp have become, foobar is a minimalist pleasure. Fast and light on resources. I could not have put it better myself. Yet under that minimalist exterior are some very powerful tag

Re: [slim] Need to factory reset SB3 evey morning!!!

Steven, Thanks for the suggestion. However, could you explain what power cycling means...or how it is done? Fred -- fredila fredila's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1248 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Media monkey with slimserver?

No. You can only use SlimServer. -- Mark Lanctot It's like, you know, a New Age religion, but with better treble response. - Jon Heal Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View

Re: [slim] flac on SB1

Keep both FLAC - FLAC (built-in) checked as well as FLAC - WAV. That way your SB3 will use its native FLAC decoder, meaning you get bandwidth savings as well as FF/REW capability, but your SB1 will get FLAC transcoded to WAV. The SB1 hits the FLAC - FLAC (built-in) conversion, which it doesn't

Re: [slim] Need to factory reset SB3 evey morning!!!

fredila;183701 Wrote: However, could you explain what power cycling means...or how it is done? Can't speak for Steven, but he probably meant just powering it off, then powering it back on again, which is what his timer switch is doing. -- Mark Lanctot It's like, you know, a New Age

Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

Kyle;182768 Wrote: I've been using Softsqueeze and Slimserver to play my flac files in the office, but it seems like a pretty memory-intensive way to go for my laptop. Would I be better off with a simple player, like Media Monkey? Any other suggestions for a player that can handle flac?

Re: [slim] flac on SB1

Files checked off as you suggested. SB3 is fine but the SB1 won't play flac files for some reason (MP3s are fine of course). As for Monkey's Audio, I've checked off both flac format (mac/flac), along with wav (mac) and various combinations of checked and unchecked and now I can't get the files

Re: [slim] flac on SB1

ShutterShock;183723 Wrote: Files checked off as you suggested. SB3 is fine but the SB1 won't play flac files for some reason (MP3s are fine of course). As for Monkey's Audio, I've checked off both flac format (mac/flac), along with wav (mac) and various combinations of checked and

Re: [slim] flac on SB1

Bit Rate Limiting on SB1 is off. (It's a very short run via ethernet to my router and slim server). Don't have LAME encoder. Are you thinking that may be required to transcode the flac and ape files? Didn't use to be an issue be perhaps there are licensing issues since my last SS upgrade?

Re: [slim] flac on SB1

Do you have a copy of flac.exe somewhere on your PC? Also do you have a copy of lame.exe? You may want to put these in your SlimServer\server folder or in Windows\system32. -- Mark Lanctot It's like, you know, a New Age religion, but with better treble response. - Jon Heal

Re: [slim] Media monkey with slimserver?

I guess I should have said that correctly. Sorry if my lingo is off. I would like to use MM as the interface to choose songs to play etc. but obviously control the squeezebox with slimserver. Is this possible. How do people use itunes with slimserver? Thanks, Chris -- rchris

[slim] itunes / tags

Hi, I've done some searching for this on the forum and can't find the answer, but apologies if I'm being dim and have missed something ... I've got about 1900 songs and have been tagging them using itunes (7.0.2.16) over the past 4 or 5 years, Got a Squeezebox3 last year and am very impressed

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

bpa;183552 Wrote: The failure to open an Slimserver IE window when slimserver starts always happens on my system with the official SlimTray and I think it is due to timing. The bug fix to which kdf referred is only relevant when port no is changed using httpport option, it won't fix this

Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness

Mark Lanctot;183561 Wrote: I believe it's in the file info - click on the file, and if you see a volume adjustment or album volume adjustment value, SS sees it. u mean drill down to a song in SS? when i do that, i see this: SongInfoSong Info for Killer On The Rampage

Re: [slim] flac on SB1

Have neither. Will d/l flac.exe later this afternoon. Alternatively, I'm pretty sure I can manually transcode the ape files to flac with dbPowerAmp. I don't have many ape files so no big effort there... That would solve the smaller of the two problems. It's really tempting to replace the SB1

Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness

Quoting MrSinatra [EMAIL PROTECTED]: RG track gain: -0.4dB (determined automatically) so it looks like for any of my files that do have this value, SS doesn't see them, why? my guess is that the note, determined automatically is lametagGUI inserting the value on the fly for the

Re: [slim] Need to factory reset SB3 evey morning!!!

Yep you got it Mark, thanks. -- Steven Moore Steven Moore's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=104 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32869

Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness

MrSinatra;183741 Wrote: u mean drill down to a song in SS? when i do that, i see this: so, no mention of any gain that i see... however, if i check the file with the utility lametagGUI, i get this info: and it says -0.4 so it looks like for any of my files that do have

Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness

MrSinatra;183741 Wrote: u mean drill down to a song in SS? when i do that, i see this: so, no mention of any gain that i see... Yup, it's not there. Here's an example of one it can see, although it's FLAC: Home / Song Info for The Lonely End of the Rink Play this song Add this

[slim] DHCP server problems

My SB3 has worked fine for about 12 months. Over last few days has been droping connection to SN and SS. Now I cannot connect to either SN or SS. The SB3 finds my wireless network and reports that it has connected and then fails to assign an IP address - reports that cannot find the DHCP

Re: [slim] DHCP server problems

Maybe you have a new source of wireless interference, which is reinforced by the fact that the problem goes away when you switch to wired. Check http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?NetworkProblemsSecondGuide -- Mark Lanctot It's like, you know, a New Age religion, but with better treble

Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness

kdf;183746 Wrote: Quoting MrSinatra MrSinatra.2mmldb1172515801 (AT) no-mx (DOT) forums.slimdevices.com: RG track gain: -0.4dB (determined automatically) so it looks like for any of my files that do have this value, SS doesn't see them, why? my guess is that the note,

Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness

Quoting MrSinatra [EMAIL PROTECTED]: kdf, u should definitely check out lametagGUI, its a very nice app that doesn't install on your system, you just nav to a mp3, double click it, and it immediately shows you whats in the lame tag. http://phwip.f2o.org/audio#lametag thanks. I'll make a

Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness

Mark Lanctot;183756 Wrote: Yup, it's not there. Here's an example of one it can see, although it's FLAC: did u do what jeffmeh said, and use foobar or mp3gain to put it in there? wouldn't it be nice if EAC simply copied the LAME tag value to the ID3 tag at the time of encoding? how did you

Re: [slim] Question about Volume Adjustment

ajburgh;182908 Wrote: It only affects on track start (at least that's what I've noticed), so switching it while a track is playing has no immediate result. Do a track skip backward and the song should start playing again with the adjusted volume. Abel Thanks for the pointer! I

Re: [slim] DHCP server problems

Mark Lanctot;183765 Wrote: Maybe you have a new source of wireless interference, which is reinforced by the fact that the problem goes away when you switch to wired. Thanks for the reply. I have my SB3 next to my wirless router while I try to resolve this problem - reports 98-100%

Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness

AFAIK, the LAME Tag is pretty useless for Replaygain. I suggest that you create the Replaygain tags with Foobar, because I would not even trust the LAME ones enough to copy them. You will also save some encoding time by turning off Replaygain in LAME. KDF already answered your question

Re: [slim] Normalize playback volume in Slimserver?

kdf;182429 Wrote: You can use a tool called Foober2000, which can add replaygain tags to your music. replaygain tags track the difference of each track from a normalised volume, and also a second value against the normalised album volume level.

Re: [slim] itunes / tags

I've got about 1900 songs What format - mp3, AAC etc? I'm not 100% certain of iTunes with mp3. IMHO, get a copy of mp3tag (it's donation-ware) and configure as described in the Slimdevices Wiki - http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?Mp3tagGuide I've used mp3tag to sort out loads of tagging

Re: [slim] DHCP server problems

My guess is failing authentication. Is the method on the SB and Router consistent? Is the key consistent? It is a pain in the butt to enter the key manually and a typo or trailing space will make a difference. Password and Password are not the same. -- snarlydwarf

Re: [slim] Slimserver software engineering

You're going to have to get a lot meaner for me to take any of this personally. :) If what you have is a bug, then file it as a bug. There is no problem with that. Since we have recently been growing the QA team from 1 (me) to slightly larger (me +3), what's now happening is after a bug comes

Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness

ok... so i need to master foobar. i will give it a twirl. can i automate foobar to do my whole collection at once? can i make it so that it will only deal with RG tags, and not affect any other tags in any other way? and will it write into ID3 tags, or will it create ape tags which i don't

Re: [slim] Delete music library?

How about Server Settings - Rescan - Clear library and rescan everything? Ceejay -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Need to factory reset SB3 evey morning!!!

So, if I don't use a hands off way of dealing with the router, what's the benefit of powering the router off and on vs. doing the same thing to SB? Thanks again, Fred -- fredila fredila's Profile:

Re: [slim] Need to factory reset SB3 evey morning!!!

It depends which is broken. My router dies periodically. Rebooting the SB won't fix it. (Though in my case, the local network, including wireless, is still fine... it usually dies in such a way as to make getting off the local network a problem... though, oddly I can still SSH in, can still

Re: [slim] Normalize playback volume in Slimserver?

wnshall;183792 Wrote: How does foobar determine the normalized album level? Does it consider the selection of files you operate on as one album, or does it look at tags to determine which files belong together? It seems to me that if it's the former, then you have to manually operate on

Re: [slim] Auto power-on/off my speakers (Aego Ms?)

I haven't yet upgraded my kitchen from mediocre PC speakers to Aegos, but I've been using X-10 gear (a Firecracker serial port RF transmitter, a TM751 RF/X-10 transceiver, and an X-10 appliance module) with my BottleRocket plugin to turn my powered speakers off and on. No soldering, and the X-10

[slim] Windows Home Server Compatability

anyone got any experience with it? -- gb115b gb115b's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1781 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33122

Re: [slim] Normalize playback volume in Slimserver?

Eric Seaberg;182435 Wrote: WELCOME MAC USER!!! I have an app called iVolume found at http://www.mani.de/en/software/macosx/ivolume/. Shareware that does a GREAT job working with iTunes. I rip all of my stuff Apple Lossless using iTunes, mainly because it's so easy to deal with the

Re: [slim] Slim Server Woes

Yes, It's wireless per my first post. I know this might not be the best option, but it is the most reasonable with my current physical layout having the PC that has my collection of music located approx 45' away from my main stereo. I'm not sure about the router failing as I suspect that it

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

bpa;183396 Wrote: Using the latest ActiveState tools, I've tried to rebuild SlimTray.exe exactly as 6.5.1 - however the resulting version didn't work because of the changes to libraries also latest ActiveState is build 820 and I think 6.5.1 was built using 819. So I've patched SlimTray.pl

Re: [slim] Slimserver software engineering

ChrisOwens;183798 Wrote: Since we have recently been growing the QA team from 1 (me) to slightly larger (me +3), what's now happening is after a bug comes in, it will be assigned to one of the QA staff and the user will be notified when that happens. If it's useful, we can also post a

Re: [slim] Need to factory reset SB3 evey morning!!!

Snarly, I have not experienced a router shutdown (at least not that I have been witness to.) So, I don't think that is the problem. But thanks for the input. Fred -- fredila fredila's Profile:

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

Don't forget if you rewrite it in C - Slimdevices may not maintain it. AFAICT SlimTray does not take up 13Mbytes by itself. - look at the memory usage in detail. About half of that are shared Microsoft DLLs and about 25% is the main Perl interpreter DLL which is shared with Slimserver. The

Re: [slim] Delete music library?

To you sir, I would offer the classic - and appropriate - Duh! Why didn't I think of that? Thanks!! -- cruster cruster's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=6909 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Slim Server Woes

Spidey9534;183835 Wrote: Yes, It's wireless per my first post. I know this might not be the best option, but it is the most reasonable with my current physical layout having the PC that has my collection of music located approx 45' away from my main stereo. I'm not sure about the

Re: [slim] Windows Home Server Compatability

- Original Message - From: gb115b [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Sent: Monday, February 26, 2007 3:45 PM Subject: [slim] Windows Home Server Compatability anyone got any experience with it? -- gb115b

Re: [slim] Delete music library?

The other way I use when I want to make absolutely sure I get a clean scan is to delete the cache directory under the Slimserver parent directory. You do need to shut down Slimserver before you delete the cache directory. Once it is deleted - you start Slimserver and it automatically does a

Re: [slim] Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!

I just bought a Harmony 1000 and it's the buggiest piece of you-know-what I've ever had. Basic, advertised functionality does not consistently work. Programming is unreliable. It's frankly pathetic. And, as a poster aludes to above, Logitech seems to have a penchant for removing functions to keep