I've been struggling for ages to try and get last.fm playing through my
squeezebox. I understand that if I go through Slimserver Server
settings / Internet Radio, Last.fm should appear as one of the
default listings? It doesn't for me. I have 6 items listed there, Live
Music Archive first, to
Regardless of the mp3 line - I've just realised that there were changes
in Slimserver Squeezecenter since April which means mplayer will no
longer work playing files and you will have to use faad2 instead. I
don't have the changes to convert.conf for faad2 on hand.
To revert I think the link
Could someone please give me details on how I can get Rhapsody in th
UK.i.e registration
This is a US only service right now. We'll have to wait a bit longer... :-/
Michael
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I don't have a Windows Slimserver running at the moment so this is what
I expect but not tested.
To use faad2 instead of mplayer.
1. Download a Windows version for faad2 ( probably from here
http://www.rarewares.org/aac-decoders.php ) and copy into same
sub-directory of your Squeezecenter Bin
Are you running SqueezeCenter 7.0
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EnochLight;253674 Wrote:
For me, it just seems like the Jive controller has been in
hardware/software development hell and eternal lasting beta testing
since time began.
It's a complicated development, and getting it right takes time.
EnochLight;253674 Wrote:
I just want that thing to come
ModelCitizen;252874 Wrote:
I think the most important thing is that I *can* hack the menus! The
simplicity of my menu arrangements reflects my own (perhaps limited)
usage of the wide range of functions/services provided by the SB3.
Anyway, for what it's worth my public SB3 Remote top level
Have you got logs that you can look to see if you are connecting through
to your router/PC/etc.?
I would guess your work access point has a fixed IP so should be fairly
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SilverRS8;253709 Wrote:
I created a beta4 version with some bug fixes which apparently causes
the script to run slowly for some :-(
I restored beta3 so if you download it again i guess the 'run slowly'
problems should be gone.
I will take a close look into the problem this afternoon. If
radish;253472 Wrote:
I do not believe it's a legitimate option for me to say I value this
thing you made enough to make a copy and enjoy it, but not enough to
compensate you... Have I misunderstood your point or are you implying that
you should
not be able to rip a CD you have purchased,
I stumbled across this nice little utility: http://www.uberview.org/
It's for Windows, no install needed and it is very lightweight.
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Phil Leigh;253791 Wrote:
Yes Frank - that fixed the a script is running slowly problem.
Now I get a an error occurred while connection to the database error
Error Number 0
The ODBC connector is installed so I guess it must be something to do
with the connect string?
Regards
Phil
(PS
Thanks for replying. the lower grey area says:
To get started with your 30-day free trial of Pandora, please choose
one of the following options to set up a Pandora account.
I already have a Pandora account
I need to create a new Pandora account
I've clicked both and it loops me back to You
SilverRS8;253795 Wrote:
Thx Phil for the update regarding the running slow problem.
Some things to know regarding the connection string:
- The SlimServer database is default configured to accept only local
connections. Is SlimServer installed on the same machine as the one you
run the
egd;253792 Wrote:
Have I misunderstood your point or are you implying that you should not
be able to rip a CD you have purchased, so as to make the tracks
available to slimserver and perhaps even create mp3 tracks to copy to
your portable music player?
Oops :) No, that's not my view at
There's a short bit at Ars Technica regarding Radiohead's In Rainbows
pay what you like experiment and the band have said they made more in
digital distrubution money from In Rainbows than all of their other
works combined, forever.
Apparently many contracts in the days before downloading tracks
Thanks...it might not be possible since it's my work computer and I
can't install anything or change anything on that machine at all. I
was hoping to just access everything via a web browser and have
playback that way...is that possible?
I might be able to convince the IT guy to let me do
SilverRS8;253795 Wrote:
I haven't tested it yet on SqueezeCenter because it is still in Beta.
Which version do you use?
Frank
Hmmm, so SC 6.x is a limitation. That's what I thought when I first
read the help file. Oh well, I guess I'll have to wait for an SC 7.0
version too.
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SUCCESS! Thanks a ton BPA! Using the faad player got the regular m4a and
the iTunes plus files all sreaming perfectly!
I have no idea where you found that wiki, the only one I could find was
this (http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?AAC) which doesnt have the
information you had!
Now to
Help, anybody know of a guide that explains the debug errors? Help!
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erland;252820 Wrote:
I'm not sure about double the value, but if I rephrase the question to:
What would make you upgrade to a SB4 or other SB related devices ?
It would look something like:
1. Improved audio circuits.
I'm using the analogue outputs from the SB and it currently
Siduhe;253826 Wrote:
I haven't been able to get beta v3 up and running on SC7, but it works
fine with my 6.5.5 installation.
Thank you very much for testing this and clearing this up !!
Then either the Database structure of SC is different or field
names/types have chached in relation to SS.
Anyone? Beuler? Beuler?
Can anyone with a large library tell me if the dropout problem been
fixed in new hardware revisions?
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Secret Squirrel;253830 Wrote:
I installed and ran it on SqueezeCenter 7.0 and it ran fine. The only
isse I had was that it listed all artists as Various Artists, but I
noticed further up in the thread that happens when you don't enter a
compilation directory which I didn't. I hope to spend
If you are running squeezeCenter the debug option is not -d_scan
-d_import but --debug scan=INFO or possibly --debug
scan.import=INFO,scan.scanner=INFO
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You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
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JISCO/UPCI - TACT RCS 2.2X with Good Vibrations S/W - MF X-DAC
V3/X-PSU/X-10 buffer (Audiocomm full mods)- Linn 5103 - Linn
I'll be glad to...when I get home this evening! (10:15 EST here now)
I'm afraid I don't even know which of Frank's versions I am running at
the moment either. Sorry!
SS
Phil Leigh;253836 Wrote:
SS - can you post the contents of your my.cnf file in
C:\Documents and Settings\All
Interesting - I had also assumed it was just an SC7 issue.
Two things to mention: I'm currently running SC7 on a virtual machine,
which may have something to do with it. Also, the VM is running XP
Home (rather than XP Pro which is my normal OS).
I'll play around a bit more to see if either
I wonder if the ODBC 3.5.1 driver is not compatible with the MySQL in
ss7?
The connect strings look fine (and identical) to me...
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JISCO/UPCI - TACT
I haven't been able to get beta v3 up and running on SC7, but it works
fine with my 6.5.5 installation.
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Hmmm, so SC 6.x is a limitation. That's what I thought when I first
read the help file. Oh well, I guess I'll have to wait for an SC 7.0
version too.
I haven't tested it on SC. If the database structure and UID and PWD
haven't change I guess it should work. Maybe
norderney wrote:
You asked Only a week ago you noticed this problem? What changed a
week ago?
That's my problem - Nothing has changed over the past couple of weeks,
as far as I am aware. I don't even think Microsoft have done one of
their many Windows Vista upgrades!!!
I'll bet that
I installed and ran it on SqueezeCenter 7.0 and it ran fine. The only
isse I had was that it listed all artists as Various Artists, but I
noticed further up in the thread that happens when you don't enter a
compilation directory which I didn't. I hope to spend some time on the
script to see a
Just alittle more information (very little). I am running SC 7.0 on
Windoze XP Pro...non-VM machine. I'm also running on the latest FireFox
version 2. My guess is that I am running Frank's version 3 because of
the Various Artist bug.
I will post all of my information this evening. then I'll
Well, if you have iTunes on your PC then it is possible to stream music
from home, it just can't be done securely. You can establish a dyndns
account on the Mac at home so that you have an internet ip address for
your home machine. Then set up your router so that ports 3483 and 9000
are
SilverRS8;253834 Wrote:
Thank you very much for testing this and clearing this up !!
Then either the Database structure of SC is different or field
names/types have chached in relation to SS. I'm installing SC right now
on my laptop just to see what the differences actually are.
When the
Sorry, I don't have a solution... for me, it just started working again.
What I (think I) did, was switch to the SqueezeNetwork, and play from
there, I think. After that, it worked again (well, it was either that,
or it started working by itself again! :))
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I have a SB1 also, as well as a couple of SB2's and a TP. Even though
the SB1 is the only one of the 4 boxes which is actually wired to the
router - the others are all wireless - it is the only one that has
dropouts. I put this down to a combination of running an all-flac
library and the small
Secret Squirrel;253839 Wrote:
I'll be glad to...when I get home this evening! (10:15 EST here now)
I'm afraid I don't even know which of Frank's versions I am running at
the moment either. Sorry!
SS
It's in the title bar of the AlbumCatalogCreator window.
Frank
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Secret Squirrel;253830 Wrote:
I installed and ran it on SqueezeCenter 7.0 and it ran fine. The only
isse I had was that it listed all artists as Various Artists, but I
noticed further up in the thread that happens when you don't enter a
compilation directory which I didn't. I hope to spend
Some more data points might be needed:
- try wiring your player - if the dropouts continue, then it's not a WLAN
problem. If they go away, it is.
- when you encounter drop outs, is there some other background activity going
on on your server?
- what's the machine's general memory and CPU
A little more info...the ODBC driver works OK in Control Panel - I can
configure it and connect to the slimserver database OK using the same
info as is in the connectstring in the script...very odd.
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You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it
ain't what
My case is a little bit different.
The thread is here:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=253814#post253814
My configuration is like this:
SlimServer Version: 6.5.4 - 12568 - Debian - EN - utf8
Server IP address: 192.168.1.100
Perl Version: 5.8.4 powerpc-linux-thread-multi
MySQL
The newer boxes have an upsized buffer and, as I said, I can stream
full strength flac to them all with no dropouts, so a new SB3 would no
Additionally the SB2+ can play FLAC natively. For SB1 it has to be transcoded
to WAV which almost doubles the bandwidth and buffer size needed.
Michael
You probably don't even need anything special on your work machine. Once
you establish your home IP address, just connect to it through the web
browser, start softsqueeze from the left panel (if it won't install as
Java, try applet). As mentioned earlier, ports 9000 and 3483 need to be
open for
See these links:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2242789,00.asp
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/28/AR2007122800693.html
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Beaten to death already.
Se the 'End of the squeezebox?' thread.
Regards,
Peter
brjoon1021 wrote:
See these links:
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2704,2242789,00.asp
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/12/28/AR2007122800693.html
Hey Peter - you're a month out in the future now - can you jump another
year out and tell us how this all pans out? Is the SB4 out yet?
Thanks,
Nick
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tamanaco;253853 Wrote:
On SC 7.0 beta, for me, is not a DB connection issue. The main issue I'm
experiencing is with some albums not displaying the covers. (All the
tracks are listed) I think this issue might be related to special
characters in the name of the folder when the script is
I created a webpage for ACC releases.
See: http://www.vanholt.nl/acc/acc.htm
Frank
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I just stuck this code into your script (where you talk to the database
for the first time)
Set cnn = New ADODB.Connection
cnn.ConnectionString = ConnectString
cnn.Open
and it works (ie the connection opens fine) so the problem I have isn't
with the string or the ODBC drivers...
I get a
Try going to Server Settings - Behavior - COMPOSER, BAND AND ORCHESTRA
IN ARTISTS ... if any of these are ticked, untick them.
Does that help?
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Just to confirm I have the same problem as Phil - XP Pro and SC7 (latest
nightly).
Is the user still slimserver in SC7, I would imagine it is now
squeezecenter?
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Siduhe;253918 Wrote:
Just to confirm I have the same problem as Phil - XP Pro and SC7 (latest
nightly).
Is the user still slimserver in SC7, I would imagine it is now
squeezecenter?
I think it still slimserver - or at least that opens a connection to
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Doesnt look like it added anything new, tried it both ways. You can see
each syntax and the last line of the DOS windows after each run.
C:\Program Files\SqueezeCenter\serverscanner.exe --wipe --debug
scan.import=INFO,scan.scanner=INFO d:\
[08-01-03 11:16:04.0638] MP3::Info::_parse_v2tag
It works for me if I change the script UID to squeezecenter - all
other variables stay the same. In particular, database is still
Slimserver.
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Siduhe;253922 Wrote:
It works for me if I change the script UID to squeezecenter - all
other variables stay the same. In particular, database is still
Slimserver.
Rats! - It still doesn't work for me and that would have been such a
simple and logical fix :o)
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You want to see
nicketynick wrote:
Hey Peter - you're a month out in the future now - can you jump another
year out and tell us how this all pans out? Is the SB4 out yet?
You mean it hasn't been beaten to death yet? ;)
Regards,
Peter
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Aw shucks, and just when I was feeling the warm glow of success.
If it helps, my set up is as follows:
Create System DSN in ODBC Source Adminstrator as follows:
DAta Source Name - Squeezecenter
User - squeezecenter
Port - 9092
Test and OK
Change script using Edit Pad Pro as follows:
'MySQL
Siduhe;253924 Wrote:
Aw shucks, and just when I was feeling the warm glow of success.
If it helps, my set up is as follows:
Create System DSN in ODBC Source Adminstrator as follows:
DAta Source Name - Squeezecenter
User - squeezecenter
Port - 9092
Test and OK
Change script using
Today I got kenradio working. Went to port 9000 and under INTERNET RADIO
I did Tune In URL and pasted in http://www.kenradio.com/rss.php; at the
right side it did a play list of the last 10 days of kenradio.
Now I like to know if I can just get it saved some place so I can turn
on my slimp3
no, SlimServer 6.5.4. SqueezeCentre looks a bit scary, I don't think I'm
techy enough to get through the installation issues =(
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I herd that on KenRaido. I guess all on here has to to play music with
the slim devices. So are they going to go after people who sell mp3
players and slim devices?
What junk to say you can't copy the music off the CD's or your own use!
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I'd like to suggest that the Squeeze team explore licensing AMG Tapestry
and incorporating it into SqueezeCenter.
This would enable us to develop interesting playlists based on mood,
genre, and themes. I believe it works using fingerprinting and would
also enable users to clean up their tag
I have the same question as you.
Hope somebody will bring an answer to it : how to get the podcasts out
of the sb library ?
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Marc Sherman;253829 Wrote:
I'll bet that what changed a week ago was that three of your neighbours
hooked up new wireless networks from under the christmas tree, reducing
your bandwidth.
- Marc
Yes but would that affect the playback of FLAC music files ONLY?
Remember I can play MP3
Everything works fine once you grease the man. Good to hear!
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How about the decorations :-) ?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/12/06/no_wifi_for_xmas/
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day trial wasn't working and that I just needed to sign up for the $36
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now for laptop roaming. However, I suppose I could change that if
that's the only option.
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So I enabled the artwork debuging in the gUI and ran a scan, looks like
some usefull output maybe!
I cant tell if its bombing out on Danity Kane (God why did it have to
bomb on that album!) or trying to access the next one.. any ideas? The
art in the DK folder and the next folder appears normal.
It would be great if they just allowed us to edit the favorites list as
they do the podcasts and other lists.
I am going to check out the my plugin and see if that helps, because
yeah - linking the sq to ss favorites list would be the best way to go,
that way you wouldn't have to re-enter
BTW no I dont use MusicInfoScreensaver or any other plugins. Just the
AlienBBC one installed. Those are the exact last bits of data displayed
at the end, no otehr output :(
If its barfing on the TAG and not the image I'll see if in mp3tag I can
see any werid data any any of these tags around
It would be great if they just allowed us to edit the favorites list as
they do the podcasts and other lists.
This is available in SqueezeCenter 7.
Michael
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norderney wrote:
Yes but would that affect the playback of FLAC music files ONLY?
Remember I can play MP3 files ok and I can access internet via wireless
all without any problems. Also FLAC files do play ok if I do not use
the Slimserver web browser. FLAC music files play fine even when I
there really is no easy way to do this that I've found. one way to get
around the problem if your listening in random mix mode is to configure
random mix to exclude the podcast genre(make sure your podcasts are all
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It's not a problem - more an irritation. Since getting a new PC with
Vista Home Premium installed, at boot-up Slim Server starts OK but I
always get a pop-up error message from Windows:
slim.exe stopped working and was closed
On opening the Slimserver browser interface I also find more
It'll be interesting to see if the problem lasts into next week. Most
people will take down their trees and turn off their noisy flashing
Christmas tree lights this weekend.
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It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist
in delusion, however
Try the tests detailed here:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?DiagnosingPerformanceIssues
For 7.0, the server and network health page should be available under
help. Try the server performance section. To see the performance log
you will need to browse to server url/perfmon.log. This
Phil Leigh;253836 Wrote:
SS - can you post the contents of your my.cnf file in
C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application
Data\SqueezeCenter\Cache
please?
thanks
Phil
Phil,
I didn't find a my.cnf but just a my file with no extension. I have
attached it here as my.txt. I hope it
Silly me the update didn't work the first time so I edited the message.
Sorry,
SS
Secret Squirrel;254007 Wrote:
Phil,
I didn't find a my.cnf but just a my file with no extension. I have
attached it here as my.txt. I hope it has some information for you!
Here's some more information:
Triode;253997 Wrote:
Try the tests detailed here:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?DiagnosingPerformanceIssues
For 7.0, the server and network health page should be available under
help. Try the server performance section. To see the performance log
you will need to browse to
If the podcasts are tagged, you can use the custom browse plugin to
create menus which exclude that genre.
Also, iTunes does let you keep your music outside of the iTunes folder,
so you could move all the music out and just leave the podcasts in
there. That will only work if you just point
I just tried to download the PSP zip file, but Windows says it's in
invalid folder (it appears to be empty). Tried on two PCs. One running
XP, the other Vista.
Anyone point me to a valid copy, or suggest what might be going wrong
with my download?
Really looking forward to seeing this skin on my
Gerry Cordon;253994 Wrote:
It's not a problem - more an irritation. Since getting a new PC with
Vista Home Premium installed, at boot-up Slim Server starts OK but I
always get a pop-up error message from Windows:
slim.exe stopped working and was closed
On opening the Slimserver browser
What is different about what a musician does that makes it worth more
money than what a 3rd grade teacher does? Or a plumber? Or what I
do?
Musicians at at the mercy of supply and demand like any other
commodity. For a few years record companies were able to control the
supply and the
it does not seem to help.
when i select genre/classical, the list is populated by the artists
plus album artists, another tag from itunes. i suppose i could
delete all of those album tags, and then put the names of the
conductors, pianists, etc in the comments fields in itunes. but this
is
Michael Herger;253857 Wrote:
Some more data points might be needed:
- try wiring your player - if the dropouts continue, then it's not a
WLAN problem. If they go away, it is.
- when you encounter drop outs, is there some other background activity
going on on your server?
- what's the
For what it's worth, I used to have dropouts on my SB1 (wired with
FLAC), but I've never had them on my SB3 (wireless, also with FLAC).
Now I don't have them on either. I made several changes to eliminate
the dropouts, though. My SB1 was plugged into a gigabit switch when
it was experiencing the
Thanks for this great utility. I love it.
I have found one thing though that may need to be looked into. I am
describing it here for others to try and see if they come up with the
same issue.
Background:
1) two computer running windows XP SP2 latest updates
2) computer one runs SS 6.5 latest
All of a sudden, my SB3 cuts out while playing m4a files. Everything
was fine a few days ago.
Here is my set up:
Player: SB3, ethernet connection.
Server: Mac Mini, Intel Duo Core, 2 Ghz, 2 Gig Ram, connected via WiFi
(connection appears to be very fast, no issues with intenet). CPU
Cheers,
I am trying to access my slimserver from work (using Softsqueeze).
1) I run XP on both my server (at home) and my workstation (at work).
(However, all my testing so far has been from another local PC (at
home) instead of the work PC by using my external IP address)
2) I have installed
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