Re: [slim] Best way to make systems more available to the average Joe?
Pale Blue Ego;269956 Wrote: Yes, and that same article strongly suggests having it professionally installed and configured! - even though the Klimax is pretty basic compared to the SB3 or Duet. Well you would have to be so retarded to pay $20k for that, you would need help installing it. And changing a light bulb. -- autopilot SLIMSERVER:[/B] 7.0 APLHA (WINDOWS XP) + ALIENBBC, SLIMSCROBBLER LAST.FM. *AMP:* CAMBRIDGE AUDIO 640A (LIVING ROOM) / DENON MD30 (BEDROOM). *SPEAKERS:* MISSION 701'S (LIVING ROOM) / KEF CRESTA 1'S (BEDROOM). *REMOTE:* T-MOBILE MDA VARIO / HARMONY 525 (IR) / *BETA TESTING SB DUET X 2 [B]Clients:* 1 Squeezebox 3 + Softsqueeze + Squeezebox Receiver. 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/domrevans/) autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43491 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The Play button
NWP wrote: Why does the play button clear my playlist? If I wanted to clear my playlist I'd clear it myself. Why doesn't it just add the song after the current song in the playlist and play it? Wouldn't that make more sense? So what do I do if I want to play a song right now? Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The Play button
Hold down Add to add the songs as the next in the playlist. Then press forward. -- GoodVibrations GoodVibrations's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15333 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43538 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best way to make systems more available to the average Joe?
Pale Blue Ego;269956 Wrote: Yes, and that same article strongly suggests having it professionally installed and configured! - even though the Klimax is pretty basic compared to the SB3 or Duet. All high-end Linn gear is supposed to be dealer-installed (unless your dealer decides you are capable of doing it yourself...this takes about 5 years of careful dealer-bonding and cartloads of money at regular intervals IME) :o) -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann 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 Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber Chord cables Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43491 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Failing Irish radio stations
The UTV set of radio stations refuse to play on the Squeezebox. They just rebuffer from 0 to 100%. Such stations include: Q102 mms://stream.u.tv/q102 Live95FM mms://stream.u.tv/95fm I've tried with both SqueezeNetwork and SqueezeCenter to prove that it isn't a geographical issue. Could it be a codec issue? I've tried using #slim:noscan=1 -- vinnielo *Come and try:* RadioFeeds UK Ireland for your Squeezebox! *http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/squeeze* vinnielo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14510 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best way to make systems more available to the average Joe?
As a recent newbie and a non- geek Joe, I have been following this discussion with great interest. The first place I got stuck was ripping 100 cd's to mp3 using itunes, then discovering the sound quality was poor. After looking at the forums I discovered EAC and also downloaded Foobar (which I haven't used yet), but have now got all my cd's onto the computer using EAC/FLAC. (had to buy a 500gb external hd when computer full). My SB3 seems to work ok, although it often switches itself off. As a UK resident my main problem is that the non-geek facilities Rhapsody, Pandora and radio are all aimed at a US customer. The UK equivalents Napster and Lastfm are not integrated and don't seem to be able to be accessed as easily as the US ones. The SB3 is sold by PCWORLD in the UK which is the main retail outlet in the country. Logitech is an international brand. But your average newbie/non-geek finds he has bought a piece of US technology that is not that easy to set up and no one at his local store will know much about it. The forums are a great support and its enjoyable joining in, but I find I've got a new hobby, not a simple addition to my hifi system. (and I still haven't discovered how to make a playlist yet - is that what foobar does ??) Mike Swingler UK non-geek Joe -- mikeswingler mikeswingler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14927 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43491 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Power on--Wake on lan--Power on again - Why?
Why is it that once my server is sleeping and I press power on the SB wakes up the server and then, instead of going back to the on state it displays the off screensaver (for me DateTime)? -- gorman gorman's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=56 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43543 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best way to make systems more available to the average Joe?
mikeswingler;270030 Wrote: The UK equivalents Napster and Lastfm are not integrated and don't seem to be able to be accessed as easily as the US ones. Hi Mike. Napster is coming, although not sure when. Last.FM has been working well with the SB3 for some time now using this plugin - http://www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer/lastfm.html. Pop into the Plugins forum if you need help :) -- autopilot SLIMSERVER:[/B] 7.0 APLHA (WINDOWS XP) + ALIENBBC, SLIMSCROBBLER LAST.FM. *AMP:* CAMBRIDGE AUDIO 640A (LIVING ROOM) / DENON MD30 (BEDROOM). *SPEAKERS:* MISSION 701'S (LIVING ROOM) / KEF CRESTA 1'S (BEDROOM). *REMOTE:* T-MOBILE MDA VARIO / HARMONY 525 (IR) / *BETA TESTING SB DUET X 2 [B]Clients:* 1 Squeezebox 3 + Softsqueeze + Squeezebox Receiver. 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/domrevans/) autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43491 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best way to make systems more available to the average Joe?
maggior;269945 Wrote: Not to dimish the effort with this, but the real killer app would be to have a plugin like this for Windows since (for good or bad) most homes have a PC running some form of Windows and aren't prepared (at least initially) to dedicate a server to serving up music. I completely agree! Windows support isn't useful to me personally so it's pretty low on my own priority list, but if somebody wanted to try making it work on Windows... Ian -- iwp http://www.last.fm/user/iwp/ iwp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=409 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43491 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best way to make systems more available to the average Joe?
I'm having a go a Windows version of CDImport. I put a CD player plugin together using cdda2wav.exe so I'm using it again. I've got the Info (and so got art work etc) and ripping to wav parts working but I'm having trouble with flac and the tags. Starting other command from Perl under Windows has limitations quirks which is causing a few problems. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43491 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Failing Irish radio stations
I think there is a limitation that SB3 native needs mms URLs to use http transport. Usually a station forget to check the box to enable this facility (which also allows radio to tunnel using http through firewalls). If you have a Windows PC then try disabling Native/Built-in WMA decoding in Server Setting/Advanced/Filetypes. This will force handling of the stream by wmadec on PC. If it plays then I think http is the problem. -- bpa bpa's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1806 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SC7 with Vista- won't stay awake
I've just switched to a new Vista PC and installed SC7. I'm having a problem with wake-on-lan. I can get the SB3 to bring PC out of sleep mode, but it doesn't stay awake. Keeps going back to sleep after the sleep period set in Vista. Previous PC (Vista) with 6.54 worked fine. I have wake on magic packet set. I have wake on directed packet off (as it wakes as soon as going to sleep otherwise). In the power plans, I have Prevent sleep when sharing media set to on (not sure it is relevant). Any suggestions how to get SC7 to override the Vista sleep schedule? Thanks -- parrydave44 parrydave44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15529 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43546 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Best way to make systems more available to the average Joe?
mikeswingler;270030 Wrote: As a recent newbie and a non- geek Joe,...but I find I've got a new hobby, not a simple addition to my hifi system. (and I still haven't discovered how to make a playlist yet - is that what foobar does ??) Mike Swingler UK non-geek Joe Mike - the easiest way to create a playlist is to just load all the tunes you want, in the order you want, into your player (which could be softsqueeze on your PC while something else is playing in the living room) and then just click save - and you will be prompted for a playlist name to save this list as - and you're done. Judging from another thread here, if you have parties, have a list of tunes you've created and let friends mess with the SB - save your list to a playlist. And... -treasure- your average-Joe-ness (or maybe, being in the UK that'd be average-bloke-ness(?)). Once you get comfortable doing something, you won't have that perspective any more. -- bobkoure bobkoure's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14646 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43491 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pls Clarify Duet IR capabilities
Mark Lanctot;269822 Wrote: I'm picturing that the IRBlaster plugin could kind of be extended to cover this. The codes and actions are already defined in your .conf file. IRBlaster includes a GUI to program actions in order and a time delay between actions. Without being a programmer myself (heh) what I'd picture is an SC plugin GUI just like the current IRBlaster GUI where you'd map out actions and delays, and a button that writes these commands to a script that gets sent to the SBC. There would be another plugin on the SBC that would activate this pre-generated script on command. Just point the SBC at the equipment. The SBC isn't really suitable to send individual IR commands like a true universal remote (not enough buttons) but a series of commands following a pre-arranged script, probably! The SC IRBlaster plugin GUI would be perfect for this - doing it on the SBC would be incredibly clunky. Hey there Mark. Haven't chatted with you in a long while cuz your initial advice on my SB3 setup was so good I have not needed to bother you further!:) Most of what you typed above is completely lost on me (being the epitome of the technologically challenged). *rubs eyes* But I'm gathering that at some point, when the proper plug-in is written, I could (possibly) accomplish my goal of simple AVR control via IR from within the SBC. Correct? -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43476 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SC7 with Vista- won't stay awake
parrydave44;270051 Wrote: Any suggestions how to get SC7 to override the Vista sleep schedule? Thanks Is the Plugin Windows: Prevent System Standby While Playing enabled ? -- PSSO Ole PSSO's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11678 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43546 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Harmony remote and Squeezebox
rlsx;228562 Wrote: I did some snooping on the reaction of the server to the unrecognized IR commands. The following lines should be added to the file Slim_Devices_Remote.ir and then the server restarted. The direct commands become effective. menu_browse_album = 76897c83 menu_browse_artist= 7689748b menu_browse_playlists = 76897a85 menu_browse_music = 7689728d menu_search_artist= 768954ab menu_search_album = 76895ca3 menu_search_song = 768952ad Hi - I am wondering if you know the code for Browse Genre, and also for Crossfade? -- rbl rbl's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4517 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=38498 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Power on--Wake on lan--Power on again - Why?
Hi gorman I haven't tried myself, but I guess the state the player is in after you wake up your PC running SC7 depends on whether the player was on or off when the PC went to sleep as the player power state is maintained on the server side. Cheers Felix -- fcm4711 Everyone said: This cannot be done. But one day someone came along who didn't know about this - and did it. (Source unknown) fcm4711's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=42 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43543 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Internet Radio suddenly getting garbled
I routinely listen to Live365 stations, although not Soundscape. I have not encountered this issue. Does it occur with all the stations you listen to via Live365? Does it replicate if you connect via SqueezeNetwork? If it was me, I would update to the latest SC7 build, log out and log in to Live365 via the SB or SC interface, and try other stations. If it persists, I would then try SN. I have not used an SB1 for a long time (my brother inherited it), and could not comment on whether or not that hardware could be at fault. Perhaps a Slim Devices representative could chime in here, or you may pose the question via a support inquiry or bug report. -- ds2021 ds2021's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10078 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41985 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB3 stops randomly
Could I ask a silly question...why are you using ogg-vorbis? -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann 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 Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber Chord cables Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43298 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB3 stops randomly
hey phil, of course you can! :-) why do i use vorbis? 1. because i can. the main reason i bought the squeezeboxes is because the feature list says they play vorbis natively. 2. i am too lazy to encode my songs twice - lossless for at home and lossy for on the road. maintaining every track twice is a PITA. 3. some friends of mine and i have ABXed the vorbis files i use (preferrably gtune3b2 encoded @ q6) vs. wav/flac. we could not reliably find differences. as a matter of fact, when we tried to find the version that subjectively sounded best (not which was the original!), the gtune encoded vorbis came out ahead! no joke. we were astounded ourselves. 4. mp3 needs a lot more bits to sound as good, which we also found by ABXing. i would need some HQ LAME @ 256 kbit VBR to compete with vorbis @ q6, which is still ~30% smaller. 5. vorbis is patent-free. i resent the fact that some corporation could nail me for encoding my music in their proprietary format. 6. my portable player supports vorbis, too. so does my GF's ipod, after we installed rockbox on it. 7. my server is completely full of hard disks with no further expansion room. flac would instantly increase my library's size from ~35GB to ~200GB. 8. i use my WLAN for other things sich as mpeg4 playback as well - i need the bandwidth. -- dcote dcote's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43298 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB3 stops randomly
DanH: sounds like a very plausible explanation to me. i am pretty sure i didnt have this problem in the beginning, either. Phil: hmmm... i am not sure if that will yield results that are different from simply using regular mp3 files i already have. besides, i wouldnt even know which vorbis files to convert, since i have no conclusive evidence which specific ones are causing this. new experimental results: - playing a purely vorbis playlist *will* cause the stops to occur. sometimes as early as after the 10th song, sometimes as late as after the 40th. re-starting the same playlist from the start never has reproduced the stops at the same position, they occur at seemingly random tracks and positions. - the stop is *always* preceeded by a sudden jump or skip one or two tracks ahead in the now playing display. slimserver's web-interface skips ahead too! - a purely mp3 playlist has been playing for some hours now with no stop. - i tried playing purely vorbis UN-synched on one player last night, to see if the problem is connected to the synch function or not. unfortunately, the SB stopped after 11 tracks sometime in the night. :-( the summary so far: 1. it seems only vorbis files decoded natively will cause the stops. 2. the now playing display *always jumps/skips one or two tracks ahead and freezes the progress bar. this applies to the web-interface and the SBs VFD. this happens when natively playing vorbis as well as transcoding to flac. 3. even though it also occurs when un-synched, it does not seem as often. 4. transcoding vorbis to flac/mp3 will not crash the SB anymore, but will still cause the now playing display to corrupt and has caused an utter and total slimserver crash. 5. playing native mp3 or flac does not seem to cause problems. my newest hypothesis: there is something wrong with the ogg container file handling on the slimserver, since eliminating the SB as a problem source through transcoding did not solve the problem. since the now playing display is controlled by slimserver, its corruption also points in that direction. the SB's DSP+DAC crashing may only be a symptom, not the root cause. i guess there is only one more thing for me to do: try SC7... :-( -- dcote dcote's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43298 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pls Clarify Duet IR capabilities
toby10;270055 Wrote: But I'm gathering that at some point, when the proper plug-in is written, I could (possibly) accomplish my goal of simple AVR control via IR from within the SBC. Correct? Yes, and it will happen at some, one way or another. Just soon i hope. It needs the IR and DAC (headphone) working to fully justify the price tag IMO, although it very very good already. -- autopilot SLIMSERVER:[/B] 7.0 APLHA (WINDOWS XP) + ALIENBBC, SLIMSCROBBLER LAST.FM. *AMP:* CAMBRIDGE AUDIO 640A (LIVING ROOM) / DENON MD30 (BEDROOM). *SPEAKERS:* MISSION 701'S (LIVING ROOM) / KEF CRESTA 1'S (BEDROOM). *REMOTE:* T-MOBILE MDA VARIO / HARMONY 525 (IR) / *BETA TESTING SB DUET X 2 [B]Clients:* 1 Squeezebox 3 + Softsqueeze + Squeezebox Receiver. 'LAST.FM' (http://www.last.fm/user/domrevans/) autopilot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1763 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43476 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SC7 with Vista- won't stay awake
Yep. Prevent Sleep plugin is enabled. I disabled and re-enabled which seems to have changed things. When I use windows then stop, PC seems to sleep after x mins as set. If I wake it by pressing power on SB3 remote it wakes ok. Goes back to sleep after a few mins. Fine. If I play some music it seems to stay awake, but now doesn't go back to sleep when I turn off the SB3. Almost as though the prevent sleep plugin isn't releasing the Windows power managment, if that makes sense. Left it 20 mins after playing tunes. Still not gone off (windows is set to sleep after 2 mins) Any thoughts? -- parrydave44 parrydave44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15529 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43546 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pls Clarify Duet IR capabilities
autopilot;270079 Wrote: Yes, and it will happen at some, one way or another. Just soon i hope. It needs the IR and DAC (headphone) working to fully justify the price tag IMO, although it very very good already. Yup, completely agree. Nice as it is, but I just need some basic AVR controls to justify it as well. Heck, even JUST volume mute would suffice. I currently have my SB3 IR remote programmed into my AVR remote for just this simplicity. Just makes the whole experience that much more enjoyable to have a single device to control all the basics. -- toby10 toby10's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12553 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43476 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB3 stops randomly
dcote;270081 Wrote: hey phil, of course you can! :-) why do i use vorbis? 1. because i can. the main reason i bought the squeezeboxes is because the feature list says they play vorbis natively. 2. i am too lazy to encode my songs twice - lossless for at home and lossy for on the road. maintaining every track twice is a PITA. 3. some friends of mine and i have ABXed the vorbis files i use (preferrably gtune3b2 encoded @ q6) vs. wav/flac. we could not reliably find differences. as a matter of fact, when we tried to find the version that subjectively sounded best (not which was the original!), the gtune encoded vorbis came out ahead! no joke. we were astounded ourselves. 4. mp3 needs a lot more bits to sound as good, which we also found by ABXing. i would need some HQ LAME @ 256 kbit VBR to compete with vorbis @ q6, which is still ~30% smaller. 5. vorbis is patent-free. i resent the fact that some corporation could nail me for encoding my music in their proprietary format. 6. my portable player supports vorbis, too. so does my GF's ipod, after we installed rockbox on it. 7. my server is completely full of hard disks with no further expansion room. flac would instantly increase my library's size from ~35GB to ~200GB. 8. i use my WLAN for other things sich as mpeg4 playback as well - i need the bandwidth. Ah - I see. All perfectly reasonable. It does seem like you (or rather the SB/SS setup) has an issue with this format that doesn't affect the other formats. Sorry I can't be of any help. Phil -- Phil Leigh You want to see the signal path BEFORE it gets onto a CD/vinyl...it ain't what you'd call minimal...SB3+Stontronics PSU - Altmann 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 Aktiv 5.1 system (6x LK140's, ESPEK/TRIKAN/KATAN/SEIZMIK 10.5), Townsend Supertweeters, Kimber Chord cables Phil Leigh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=85 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43298 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SC7 with Vista- won't stay awake
Does SC7 run as service (as 6.5.4 did) or under your account -- PSSO Ole PSSO's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11678 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43546 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SC7 with Vista- won't stay awake
I think i cracked it. When it doesn't go to sleep, there is lots of heavy disk activity (for 10's of minutes). I've found a power setting that alters searching and indexing and now it switches off within a few mins. Maybe because I just moved 200GB of music files onto this drive. i guess it is keen to get them indexed! Thanks for your help. Dave -- parrydave44 parrydave44's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15529 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43546 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SC7 with Vista- won't stay awake
Great! - For performance reasons, you should consider disabling indexing - Properties on a drive and disable Index this drive for faster searching -- PSSO Ole PSSO's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11678 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43546 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Now Playing not workling properly?
Hi all, I have a PC running Ubuntu 7.10, with SlimServer 6.5.4. I recently re-installed everything on this machine, after buying a new hard disk. I put back everything as it was before. When I play a track through my Squeezebox, I used to be able to go right at the Now Playing menu, which would show you the song playing, then right again to be able to browse the attributes of that song (title, artist, album etc). However, now all I can do is go right to the song playing, right again only shows the song title information, and nothing else. I'm not sure I'm making myself clear... Anyone else see this behaviour before? It might be a plugin problem - I did update all my plugins - but I don't see how. Any help appreciated. Chris. -- chris.mason chris.mason's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3323 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43549 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Pls Clarify Duet IR capabilities
toby10;270055 Wrote: Hey there Mark. Haven't chatted with you in a long while cuz your initial advice on my SB3 setup was so good I have not needed to bother you further!:) Heh heh, great! Most of what you typed above is completely lost on me (being the epitome of the technologically challenged). *rubs eyes* It would become much clearer if you played around with the IRBlaster interface. Plus the structure and programming are already almost there. I haven't looked at the programming nor do I have the skill, but as-is, the plugin executes a script based on what you enter in the interface. If this script could be passed to an as-yet unbuilt SBC plugin, then all it would have to do would be to pass the commands to the IR port, following the delays you have selected. The plugin could be fairly minimal, it would be just an extra menu item that would execute the script when selected. Easy for me to say, but hard for me to do as I have no programming experience with lua or perl. But I'm gathering that at some point, when the proper plug-in is written, I could (possibly) accomplish my goal of simple AVR control via IR from within the SBC. Correct? Yes, there's no reason why not. The SBC currently has a test applet that mimics the SB3 remote control and controls an SB2/3/Transporter just fine by IR. -- Mark Lanctot Ben Klass: I won't even eat a pre-7.0 meal. Well, unless it involves bacon. SB2, Transporter, beta SBR, beta SBC, production SBC Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43476 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Add genre after extraction?
Wow, this is great. Thanks for all the responses. I used mp3tag, and it worked great. Will check out the others, too, as I re-structure and organize my library, eventually... Lori -- lorirobn lorirobn's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15504 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43493 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] SB3 and Audioengine 2 - current draw
I have just made a few current measurements on my kitchen SB3 connected to a pair of AudioEngine 2 loudspeakers. All currents are measured on a 20A scale and at 240V (nominal). There is a +/- 0.02A error. Squeezebox 3 in standby with display off (or zero brightness) 0.02A Squeezebox 3 in standby with display full brightness 0.03A Squeezebox 3 AE2 in standby display on 0.07A Squeezebox 3 AE2 in standby display off 0.06A There was no discernible difference in current by switching the AE2 volume from off to 100% with the Squeezebox 3 in standby so can conclude that the AE2s are siwthcing off with zero input. Playing Music (playing Robert Plant and Alison Krauss with replaygain, FLAC compresion level 0, wireless network) AE2 volume set to 50% - Squeezebox 3 volume set to 50 current peaked at 0.13A AE2 volume set to 50% - Squeezebox 3 volume set to 100% current peaked at 0.25A If there are any other results people would like to see just ask. -- MuckleEck Alasdair 3 SB3s - Linn - Acoustat - AudioEngine 2 - Cambridge Audio 640R - Mordaunt Short MuckleEck's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11301 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43550 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] DAC quality...SBR vs. USB-DAC vs. Apple TV
Unfortunately I don't have an SB3 or an SBR to compare with the ApplTV, I have a transporter. However, I also have an ApplTV, and my opinion of the analogue output is that it is extremely poor, with no dynamics or life in it at all. Consequently I use it via its optical out straight into my AV receiver, in which manner it performs quite well. However there is more to the difference between the Slim products and the AppleTV. In particular the AppleTV is aimed at an AV experience rather than a straight music experience, and as such is useless without being connected to a TV, and in addition it is set up to use a widescreen TV, not a 4:3 ratio screen. Basically the products are aimed at slightly different user needs, and you must decide what your needs are before you can decide which is the best product to met them. I personally think the AppleTV is good at what it does for its price-point, but I wouldn't want it in a music only system. -- bigfool1956 David Ayers Music is what counts, hifi just helps us enjoy it more bigfool1956's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13782 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43528 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] SB3 and Audioengine 2 - current draw
Thanks for the info. Sounds like the A2 uses about 10W in standby mode. Not great, but not too bad. -- SuperQ SuperQ's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2139 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43550 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The Play button
Peter;270019 Wrote: NWP wrote: Why does the play button clear my playlist? If I wanted to clear my playlist I'd clear it myself. Why doesn't it just add the song after the current song in the playlist and play it? Wouldn't that make more sense? So what do I do if I want to play a song right now? Regards, Peter Read the manual? Seriously, though, there is a remote control reference in both the printed documentation and from Help on the SlimServer/SqueezeCenter UI. Lots of good tips on how the buttons work. At any rate, the PLAY/ADD buttons work as follows: Press *PLAY* to clear the Now Playing list and start playing the track/album you selected. Press *ADD* (the '+' button) to add to the end of the Now Playing list. Press and Hold *ADD* to insert the track(s) to the Now Playing list, immediately following the current song. If you want to skip the remainder of the current track at that point, just press *FFW*. -- JimC well, she wasn't all of that, but she sure was some of that. -- BKlaas' college buddy JimC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43538 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The Play button
JimC;270154 Wrote: Read the manual? Shouldn't that be RTFM? - but then I guess you would have to lock the thread :-) -- Patrick Dixon www.at-tunes.co.uk Patrick Dixon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=90 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43538 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The Play button
Patrick Dixon;270158 Wrote: Shouldn't that be RTFM? - but then I guess you would have to lock the thread :-) Unless, of course, the F is for free. -- jeffmeh jeffmeh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3986 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43538 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now Playing not workling properly?
I see this when an item appears in the database, but its attributes have changed on the disc. Try a clear rescan. -- Mark Lanctot Ben Klass: I won't even eat a pre-7.0 meal. Well, unless it involves bacon. SB2, Transporter, beta SBR, beta SBC, pre-production SBC Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43549 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Transporter fonts
Has anyone successfully modified the font files that are used by Transporter? I'd like to have a narrower font used for the second line of the Title/Artist/Album so I can fit more on that line. The three line display is too small. The next size up is the one that I'd like to change. It might be beyond the capabilities of the Transporter, but it would be cool if I could select one of two fonts in the title display. Then for example I could do TITLE by ARTIST from ALBUM and have the words by and from be in one font. And the actual text displated for TITLE, ARTIST and ALBUM maybe in an italic font. If anyone has any experience with this kind of thing (on the Transporter), I'd sure like to learn from you. Thanks, Leif -- LeifPederson LeifPederson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14930 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43555 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The Play button
Michael Herger;269997 Wrote: Because that's what the Add button is for. No, the add button adds a song to the end of a playlist. I am saying that the obvious intuitive function for the play button would be to add the song immediately after the current position and begin to play it. Working As Designed is really only a good response when the design makes sense. But, hey, y'all stick to your guns on this and let the Squeezebox controls continue to baffle and frustrate beginners. But you could you possible release some sort of option patch that would the rest of us non-purists to have some reasonable functionality? -- NWP NWP's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3730 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43538 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
hoi ik heb gisteren in arnhem een squeezebox 3 gekocht en een synology 107 d met 128 geheugen en harde schijf 500 gb. De transporter vonden zij ook een overkill ook omdat ik een music fidelity dac heb die ik er mooi op kan aansluiten. wachten op de duet nee dus heeft mindere dac. Ik vond dat ik dit even moest laten weten.de hele zaak 545 euro netjes vond ik en dan voor 35 euro een universele remote. -- rene50 rene50's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15486 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
Robin Bowes;269131 Wrote: Peter wrote: rene50 wrote: hallo mooi nederlands,ja ik heb veel mp3's op de pc staan of op de apple imac. ik heb een goede geluidskaart,maar ik vraag mij af of dat nodig is ,maar dat is misschien een domme opmerking. IK HEB EEN FOCAL ICUB SET DIE ZEER GESCHIKT IS OM TE VERBINDEN MET wi-fi apparatuur. k. De SB3 of de SBR (Receiver) zijn eigenlijk bedoeld om op je hifi installatie aan te sluiten. de verbinding met de PC (waarom je muziek staat en waarop slimserver draait) is over wifi of over ethernet (maar de meeste mensen hebben dat laatste niet in huis). k. Double Dutch!!! :) R. hoi ik heb gisteren in arnhem een squeezebox 3 gekocht en een synology 107 d met 128 geheugen en harde schijf 500 gb. De transporter vonden zij ook een overkill ook omdat ik een music fidelity dac heb die ik er mooi op kan aansluiten. wachten op de duet nee dus heeft mindere dac. Ik vond dat ik dit even moest laten weten.de hele zaak 545 euro netjes vond ik en dan voor 35 euro een universele remote. Ik heb zeer snelle breedband ethernet connectie. -- rene50 rene50's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15486 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=41813 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The Play button
NWP wrote: Michael Herger;269997 Wrote: Because that's what the Add button is for. No, the add button adds a song to the end of a playlist. I am saying that the obvious intuitive function for the play button would be to add the song immediately after the current position and begin to play it. Working As Designed is really only a good response when the design makes sense. But, hey, y'all stick to your guns on this and let the Squeezebox controls continue to baffle and frustrate beginners. But you could you possible release some sort of option patch that would the rest of us non-purists to have some reasonable functionality? Again, what would - in your situation - be the method to switch to a new track or new internet radio station immediately? It's al very nice to come up with new ways to do things, but do us a favor and think things through fully... Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The Play button
OK, so its add-and-hold to add after the next item, but the functionality is still there, Read some recent threads about party mode in which a similar request is discussed. There is a very simple change you can make to the key-mapping file if you feel so inclined. -- ceejay ceejay's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=148 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43538 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The Play button
NWP wrote: you could you possible release some sort of option patch that would the rest of us non-purists to have some reasonable functionality? Here we go again: non-purists, reasonable functionality and all just because people disagree with you... You can change the IR Default.map so that 'play' becomes 'hold add'. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The Play button
NWP;270179 Wrote: I am saying that the obvious intuitive function for the play button would be to add the song immediately after the current position in the playlist and begin to play it. Your obvious intuition must work differently than most. There's the 'party mode' idea, currently being debated in another thread and for the last several years. Essentially a concept that would lock the interface into working like that of a jukebox. It would keep anyone selecting songs from clearing the playlist. New songs could only be added to the end of the list. This is a great idea, but not likely to be implemented any time soon. -- JJZolx Jim JJZolx's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43538 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The Play button
On 16-Feb-08, at 1:19 PM, NWP wrote: Working As Designed is really only a good response when ..it does. It's a simple fact. Design is a design and stating this is simply a fact, nothing more. The good new is, if you feel you need it to work differently, you are completely able to make it happen. Create a copy of Default.map, calling it custom.map. change all lines with: play.single = play_0 to : play.single = play_2 If you want to still have access to the play immediately function, you can fully swap with the play-an-hold add button by changing all lines with: add.hold= play_2 to add.hold= play_0 restart SqueezeCenter, go into player settings-remote and choose your custom map. This way, you get what you want and the thousands of existing happy users aren't forced to learn a changed behaviour that doesn't make sense to them. Enjoy! cheers, kdf ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The Play button
Patrick Dixon;270158 Wrote: Shouldn't that be RTFM? - but then I guess you would have to lock the thread :-) Why on earth would saying Read The -Fine- Manual be a problem? -= Jim -- JimC well, she wasn't all of that, but she sure was some of that. -- BKlaas' college buddy JimC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43538 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The Play button
JJZolx;270186 Wrote: There's the 'party mode' idea, currently being debated in another thread and for the last several years. Essentially a concept that would lock the interface into working like that of a jukebox. It would keep anyone selecting songs from clearing the playlist. New songs could only be added to the end of the list. This is a great idea, but not likely to be implemented any time soon. I'm certainly not surprised other people have been asking about this, but I am disappointed that we won't see it soon. It would be nice if the squeezebox could be a useful tool to create and save playlists, but I guess new users should just keep a copy of iTunes or winamp handy to do that. The idea that a playlist that took 30-60 minutes to compile can easily be wiped out with a stray button click or a new user with good intentions just doesn't seem like an intelligent design choice. And for what? It's not difficult to clear a playlist. Playlists take time to compile. Taking five seconds to clear them with the clear playlist function doesn't seem unreasonable Peter;270185 Wrote: NWP wrote:[color=blue] Again, what would - in your situation - be the method to switch to a new track or new internet radio station immediately? It's al very nice to come up with new ways to do things, but do us a favor and think things through fully... The method would still be the play button. The play button would play your choice immediately without the often unintended oh while I'm at it, I'm going to clear your entire playlist for you too effect. Please take the time to read my posts if you are going to respond to them. kdf;270188 Wrote: The good new is, if you feel you need it to work differently, you are completely able to make it happen. Create a copy of Default.map, calling it custom.map. Thank you for this. Will this work for the Slimserver web interface, or just the IR remotes? Is there something different for the web interface? -- NWP NWP's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3730 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43538 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The Play button
I am saying that the obvious intuitive function for the play button would be to add the song immediately after the current position in the playlist and begin to play it. Obvious because...? Intuitive because...? The iPod, which is probably the best known digital music access interface in the world, doesn't work that way. Nor does iTunes, the most used music manager in the world. My car stereo, my CD player, my tape deck, my turntable, etc. don't work that way, either. What might be obvious to you may very well confuse someone else. It's about point-of-view, previous experience, etc. Every device takes some level of learning, and with an installed base of customers that already use the current methodology, changing it would create grief for a lot of people. I'm not saying the way it works today is the right way but it is THE way it works. Working As Designed is really only a good response when the design makes sense. But, hey, y'all stick to your guns on this and let the Squeezebox controls continue to baffle and frustrate beginners. See above. Personally, when I became a part of this team and used my first Squeezebox, I made similar mistakes, primarily because I'd worked on the design of MP3 players, music managers, etc. in the past and made assumptions about the controls based on that work. After using the SB for a bit, I understood the decision behind the controls, and while I don't agree with 100% of them, find the remote/menus easy to deal with. From my personal point-of-view, I'd prefer to see Play/Pause function overloaded on a single button (because that how it's done on a huge number of devices), use ADD to put music in the Now Playing list, and have a Clear Now Playing list menu item. Of course, that will confuse some people who would go to an album or artist and press PLAY to play that music, instead of ADD to queue it up. You could say that PLAY would also add to Now Playing, but what happens if music is already playing? Does it pause or queue (or even both!)? It gets complicated, pretty quickly. Believe it or not, an awful lot of thought has gone into the current behaviors and they are a pretty balanced compromise that give you the functionality we want to deliver without too many modalities or buttons. -= Jim -- JimC well, she wasn't all of that, but she sure was some of that. -- BKlaas' college buddy JimC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43538 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter fonts
The MusicInfoScreen plugin is well worth trying. Can't change the fonts but you can layout both screens with more info. -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43555 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The Play button
On 16-Feb-08, at 2:17 PM, NWP wrote: kdf;270188 Wrote: The good new is, if you feel you need it to work differently, you are completely able to make it happen. Create a copy of Default.map, calling it custom.map. Thank you for this. Will this work for the Slimserver web interface, or just the IR remotes? Just IR. Is there something different for the web interface? There are different skins that offer other buttons to either add, insert or play now. Default skin requires an added param in the url to show the extra controls. -kdf ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Failing Irish radio stations
What I usually do to test this is to load the http:// version of the address into my web browser. In this case it's http://stream.u.tv/103fm. If my browser returns a 404, then I know it's an http problem. In the case of the UTVs, they open up a copy of WMP, so I don't think it's that. -- vinnielo *Come and try:* RadioFeeds UK Ireland for your Squeezebox! *http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/squeeze* vinnielo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14510 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Power on--Wake on lan--Power on again - Why?
Says Waking SlimServer for ~30s, then returns to off state. It takes my server 35s to start SlimServer, so have to press Power again to begin navigation. You're seen this enhancement request, but maybe others have not: '4782' (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4782). This would resolve the issue of SB3 switching off after sending WOL, no? -- syburgh syburgh's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14239 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43543 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Media Server?
bigfool1956;269633 Wrote: Hi, On the QNAP you need to use port 9001 and not 9000. This is a small change required for the QNAP, because as you have seen the pre-installed media server already uses 9000. Thanks David. I used 9001 to start with, but cannot open the slimserver page yesterday, so I called QNAP, one of their technicians said I could try 9000, it would be either 9000 or 9001. Is their anyway I can access Slimserver now? Thanks. Veronica -- hdy742 hdy742's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15498 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43501 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Now Playing not workling properly?
I just tried doing a full rescan - no difference. I did wonder if it was a MusicIP problem - I've just realised its not running, but I since did another rescan, to no avail. Another symptom - when you select browse - album - album name - track name - you got nothing - comlete blank, after going right on the track name, which is similar to what happens on Now Playing. All very odd. It does sound like an attributes/database issue though. Chris. -- chris.mason chris.mason's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3323 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43549 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Failing Irish radio stations
Another interesting observation: The UTV stations actually play on the non-beta version of SqueezeNetwork. Try Live95FM or Q102 to test for yourself! -- vinnielo *Come and try:* RadioFeeds UK Ireland for your Squeezebox! *http://www.radiofeeds.co.uk/squeeze* vinnielo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=14510 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43541 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Power on--Wake on lan--Power on again - Why?
Drives me nuts too. Drives me nuts too that the discrete IR codes for turning on when server is off line vs server online is different too. -- mswlogo Thinkpad XP SS Cat5 SB3 SPDIF-COAX Meridian 861V4 (Trifield, Room corrected, Upsampled) DSP5500 Mains, DSP5500HC Center, DSP33 Rears mswlogo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9090 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43543 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Cannot Scan Multiple Disks with Mac Version of Squeezecenter 7
I just got a new Mac with the 10.5 OS and have been attempting to scan my music library on the Mac version of Squeezecenter 7 (the 2/16/2008 nightly). My music library is split onto 3 different hard drives. The Squeezecenter scan reads the files in the music folder on my primary drive with no problem. However, it will not read the alias files in the same folder that link to the music folders on the other drives. When I click on the alias files, I can open the music files on the other drives, so I think I've created the alias files correctly. Any suggestions as to what I may be doing wrong? My total Mac experience is now about 30 hours elapsed time (with some spent sleeping), so I'm assuming user error of some type is the most likely problem. -- aeo12 aeo12's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10883 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43567 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iPod, FLAC and Music Managers
MuckleEck;266426 Wrote: I am another advocate for MediaMonkeydoes transcoding on the fly to my Ipodseems to kep everything neat and tidy as well just imho Echo one for MediaMonkey. I keep flac on my computer, and MM lets me set up rules to automatically transcode anything not format recognized on the portable device. MM also lets me tell it what formats are recognized per device, so I can tell it that the iRiver can do flac or ogg, while my iPod nano needs the auto conversion. On the local drive of my computer, then, there are no multiple copies of the music in different formats. -- mdhmdh31 mdhmdh31's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4339 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39762 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Sleeping Mac (10.5.x) stops Slimserver
fyi... i removed and reinstalled and everything is fine now. -- smurfk1 smurfk1's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3123 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43529 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] How Long Before The Duet is On Sale?
As a by-the-by, Amazon's got it at 5% off with free shipping now, so maybe not a bad place to preorder from. -- mkozlows mkozlows's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=62 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43481 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cannot Scan Multiple Disks with Mac Version of Squeezecenter 7
aeo12;270247 Wrote: I just got a new Mac with the 10.5 OS and have been attempting to scan my music library on the Mac version of Squeezecenter 7 (the 2/16/2008 nightly). My music library is split onto 3 different hard drives. The Squeezecenter scan reads the files in the music folder on my primary drive with no problem. However, it will not read the alias files in the same folder that link to the music folders on the other drives. When I click on the alias files, I can open the music files on the other drives, so I think I've created the alias files correctly. Any suggestions as to what I may be doing wrong? My total Mac experience is now about 30 hours elapsed time (with some spent sleeping), so I'm assuming user error of some type is the most likely problem. SlimServer/SqueezeCenter can't use OS X aliases... you need to create a symlink. There's no easy, GUI-based way to do this with 10.4 (I haven't upgraded to 10.5 yet so I don't know if they've added that functionality). I use a third-party application called Make Symlink (found 'here' (http://www.naratt.com/MakeSymlink.html)). It installs as a context menu (accessed via either a right-click or Ctrl-Click) and is easy to use. Install Make Symlink, right-click on the other music folders, and select Make Symlink from the context menu. That's pretty much all you need to do! Copy the symlink into the folder SqueezeCenter is set to use for music and rescan your library. You should be all set. -= Jim -- JimC well, she wasn't all of that, but she sure was some of that. -- BKlaas' college buddy JimC's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9428 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43567 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] iTunes alternatives
Sorry for the late follow-up. I did eventually resolve my iTunes library rebuilds. I don't understand what was going on. It seems to have been issue with confused resource forks on the file server (an Infrant/Netgear ReadyNAS) on which I store my iTunes library. Some combination of carefully deleting all the hidden files containing the resource forks and temporarily connecting via SMB/CIFS instead of AppleShare did the trick. (I prefer AppleShare since it seems to more gracefully handle my machine going in and of sleep.) -- Lorrin Lorrin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3886 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39111 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] The Play button
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 14:17:27 -0800, NWP [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: The method would still be the play button. The play button would play your choice immediately without the often unintended oh while I'm at it, I'm going to clear your entire playlist for you too effect. You want it to interrupt the currently playing song as well? That wasn't obvious to me because the last guy who complained about this (two days ago or so) explicitly did not want this. The proposed IR map change doesn't do this either. Please take the time to read my posts if you are going to respond to them. I did, but I missed this point. That's probably because there are many ways people think are intuitive and whatever choice the software makes is going to require some adjustment for some users in the way every hardware or software package does. Regards, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] printout of the library
I would like to have a printout of my music library. Selecting the music of the next moment requires some inspiration, and this is supported by a simple print out stating all my tracks. One set of papers showing all the artists another giving all albums. Who knows a programme for such a printout that I can configure on my own. Doing this by MS-DOS features like dir c:\my music /s is not that attractive... -- rohmilch rohmilch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15544 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43569 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
[slim] Missing accented files: iTunes and composed vs decomposed unicode
Files with accents in their names aren't showing up in my SlimServer library. This is an iTunes interaction problem. For example, I see this in the log file: 2008-02-16 22:23:51.7372 iTunes: file not found: /Volumes/media/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music/Wir Sind Helden/Soundso/04 Fu#776;r Nichts Garantieren.mp3 The corresponding entry in my iTunes Music Library.xml is this: keyLocation/keystringfile://localhost/Volumes/media/Music/iTunes/iTunes%20Music/Wir%20Sind%20Helden/Soundso/04%20Fu%CC%88r%20Nichts%20Garantieren.mp3/string Note the u%CC%88: that's a u-umlaut created with a u followed by a Combining Diaeresis (dialytika). If I browse to the file in Firefox, the URL I end up with this: file:///Volumes/media/Music/iTunes/iTunes%20Music/Wir%20Sind%20Helden/Soundso/04%20F%C3%BCr%20Nichts%20Garantieren.mp3 Note it uses %C3%BC to get the u-umlaut directly. It seems like somewhere along the way there's a failure to recognize that the decomposed Unicode path in the iTunes Music Library.xml is equivalent to the composed Unicode that is the name of the file on disk. My SlimServer setup involves three machines: a Mac that runs iTunes, a file server (Infrant/NetGear ReadyNAS) that stores the music library, and an Ubuntu machine that runs SlimServer. The Mac accesses the NAS via AppleShare and the Ubuntu machine accesses it via NFS. SlimServer Version: 6.5.4 - 12568 - Debian - EN - utf8 Perl Version: 5.8.8 i486-linux-gnu-thread-multi MySQL Version: 5.0.45-Debian_1ubuntu3.1 Thanks for any help... -Lorrin -- Lorrin Lorrin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3886 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43570 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Announcing the Squeezebox Duet
On Sat, 16 Feb 2008 13:26:00 -0800, rene50 [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Robin Bowes;269131 Wrote: Peter wrote: rene50 wrote: hallo mooi nederlands,ja ik heb veel mp3's op de pc staan of op de apple imac. ik heb een goede geluidskaart,maar ik vraag mij af of dat nodig is ,maar dat is misschien een domme opmerking. IK HEB EEN FOCAL ICUB SET DIE ZEER GESCHIKT IS OM TE VERBINDEN MET wi-fi apparatuur. k. De SB3 of de SBR (Receiver) zijn eigenlijk bedoeld om op je hifi installatie aan te sluiten. de verbinding met de PC (waarom je muziek staat en waarop slimserver draait) is over wifi of over ethernet (maar de meeste mensen hebben dat laatste niet in huis). k. Double Dutch!!! :) R. hoi ik heb gisteren in arnhem een squeezebox 3 gekocht en een synology 107 d met 128 geheugen en harde schijf 500 gb. De transporter vonden zij ook een overkill ook omdat ik een music fidelity dac heb die ik er mooi op kan aansluiten. wachten op de duet nee dus heeft mindere dac. Dus je hebt een betere DAC die je erop gaat aansluiten maar je koopt de Duet niet omdat de DAC die je niet gaat gebruiken minder goed zou zijn? Dat klinkt niet erg logisch. De SBR DAC klinkt trouwens prima n.m.m. en volgens Logitech is hij net zo goed als in de SB3. Ik vond dat ik dit even moest laten weten.de hele zaak 545 euro netjes vond ik en dan voor 35 euro een universele remote. Veel succes ermee! Mvg, Peter ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Transporter fonts
The MusicInfoScreen plugin is well worth trying. Can't change the fonts You can. In the latest build you can select different fonts for any element on the screen (though not for items within an element). -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] printout of the library
rohmilch;270265 Wrote: I would like to have a printout of my music library Look for the Album Catalogue Creator thread... it can't be much below this one. It sounds like just the ticket. MC -- ModelCitizen Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known. It's the music, stupid. http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen ModelCitizen's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=446 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43569 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Missing accented files: iTunes and composed vs decomposed unicode
hmm.. I should have been more specific. If I browse to the file in Firefox on the Ubuntu machine, the URL contains %C3%BC. But if I do on the Mac, the URL contains u%CC%88. This implies the NAS is exposing one file name to the Mac and another one to the Ubuntu machine. Seems like the fix needs to be there, rather than in SlimServer. Advice welcome... :-) -- Lorrin Lorrin's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3886 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43570 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
Re: [slim] Cannot Scan Multiple Disks with Mac Version of Squeezecenter 7
SlimServer/SqueezeCenter can't use OS X aliases... If you are adventurous you could give the patch in the following bug a try: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5584 It should add support for OSX aliases. -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss
