Re: [slim] Building Playlists

erland;303524 Wrote: The attached file contains the SqueezeCenter 7.0 table definitions, as you can see there are already a lot of indexes setup for both the main tables and the many-to-many tables. So I'm not sure if you just think that no indexes exist or if you have really verified that

Re: [slim] Download Album as MP3

Klaus;303304 Wrote: thanks for your advices, but there are several points ;-) - i don't want to convert my complete collection to mp3 - i want something, as when you go into a single track in squeezecenter, you can download the original flac, as squeezecenter can stream realtime to mp3,

Re: [slim] Building Playlists

You could try my plugin PlaylistMan, which allows a song in the now playing playlist to be added to the end of another playlist. The way this is done is much quicker than loading the playlist, adding a song to it and then saving it again. http://www.hergest.demon.co.uk/Music/music.shtml

Re: [slim] Upgrade Slimnas

Hi Michael, Thanks. I will try it tonight. Do you know where to get the noCPAN.tgz version of SC 7.0.1? -- Kuben72 /Kuben72 Kuben72's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15308 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Upgrade Slimnas

Thanks. I will try it tonight. Do you know where to get the noCPAN.tgz version of SC 7.0.1? http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/current/ -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] Slim Devices hard disk ripping unit?

I've noticed mention in the odd post about a standalone unit that's able to rip, store and serve music. I guess it'll appear in some people's wishlist as an alternative to using a computer or NAS. Well, it looks like someone's gone ahead and done it... http://www.3ga.org.uk/home/ Clearly, to

Re: [slim] Slim Devices hard disk ripping unit?

Not only do you have to pay for the updates to the tag database, but they only release it quarterly which could be a big problem for some people. I would hope they could atleast provide a free download .iso of the CD or something, but i cant see an mention on the site. Looks like they are using

Re: [slim] Slim Devices hard disk ripping unit?

Well there is always our very own Ripserver: www.ripfactory.com/ripserver NAS, Ripper, Slim Server in one. -- Ripfactory Ripfactory's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15819 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Slim Devices hard disk ripping unit?

dick;303592 Wrote: I've noticed mention in the odd post about a standalone unit that's able to rip, store and serve music. I guess it'll appear in some people's wishlist as an alternative to using a computer or NAS. Well, it looks like someone's gone ahead and done it...

Re: [slim] SBC r2448 less stable ?

Happens to me too - blue icon, does not reconnect. -- ziggyb63 ziggyb63's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11682 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47767

Re: [slim] Mac Mini Wont Sleep

Eric Seaberg;303572 Wrote: I've had my Mac MINI running SlimServer powered on since November 2006!! It's never turned off, but I have noticed that the SB3 seems to take a clock signal from the server, which would certainly keep the server awake. Try changing the screensaver when OFF to

[slim] problem after power cut

We had a power cut yesterday and now I cant connect to my headless server running Clark Connect. The LED's on the network card are all flashing away but I cannot ping it or connect to it using either the management interface. It has been working fine for a good few months before the power cut.

Re: [slim] Composers listed in Artists. Why?

I may just have to blow away all my composer tags. -- jstraw jstraw's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=17008 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47791

Re: [slim] Slim Devices hard disk ripping unit?

I think that's the key; it's aimed at being a SIMPLE device. It's unlikely to have all features that we in the Slim community want (which is why we're here in the first place) but it looks like it's aimed firmly at your average electronic device consumer. Unlike ourselves (I'm speaking for

[slim] Netflix Roku do Video

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080520/ap_on_hi_te/netflix_tv_6 -- dougwise dougwise's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=254 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47893

Re: [slim] Netflix Roku do Video

I would love to see LOVEFiLM in the UK do something like this. But i would not like to see SD go down this road - stick to doing what you are good at with audio please. -- autopilot *SlimServer:* 7.0.1 (Windows Vista 64) *Players:* Squeezebox 3 (main room) / Squeezebox Receiver (bedroom) /

Re: [slim] 7.0.1 Upgrade issue

How do you get back to 7.0? I want to revert to old version because of the problems I am having with 7.1 on Mac Leopard. -- sc53 sc53's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8690 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Napster

autopilot;298651 Wrote: I remember this being asked before. Sean's response was that it could not be possible until support for the required DRM was added (obviously) however, support this DRM was being worked on. Read that as you will, but personally i think it will happen at some stage -

Re: [slim] 7.0.1 Upgrade issue

slimpy;303381 Wrote: Have you tried fresh batteries in the IR remote? -s. No I didn't and I will but I don't understand why that would cause an issue. The reason why I say that is all the other functions on the remote work ok when I'm on 7.0 -- bflatmajor

Re: [slim] Squeezebox connection through Homeplugs

Mighty Boosh, Thanks for the tip and details, will give it a go. Cheers Nick -- Devers Devers's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7427 View this thread:

Re: [slim] 7.0.1 Upgrade issue

sc53;303638 Wrote: How do you get back to 7.0? I want to revert to old version because of the problems I am having with 7.1 on Mac Leopard. I ALWAYS keep a couple of previous versions when I do an upgrade. I currently have a 6.2 executable along with 6.5 and 7.0 If I want to go back, I just

Re: [slim] Napster

gbruzzo;303640 Wrote: Looks like Napster are going DRM-free... Not to mention ripping off the UK with a 40% price hike over US prices - it's been a long time since 99c = 79p http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7409865.stm -- Khuli http://www.last.fm/user/khuli

Re: [slim] Napster

Good news, but i think its the subscription service this threads about - and i cant see that being DRM free! -- autopilot *SlimServer:* 7.0.1 (Windows Vista 64) *Players:* Squeezebox 3 (main room) / Squeezebox Receiver (bedroom) / Softsqueeze (home office). *Amps:* Cambridge Audio 640a (main

Re: [slim] Napster

autopilot;303669 Wrote: Good news, but i think its the subscription service this threads about - and i cant see that being DRM free! True, but it means that things are moving. I still would like to know from SlimDevices what their position is: are we or are we not going to get Napster in the

[slim] First Song Skips

I love SC7 but since I upgraded I have had the problem of when I start the player (SB3) the first song skips for a few seconds then it is fine after that. Wireless signal is 85%, is there a setting that fills the buffer before the player starts playing so this does not happen. Thanks, JDB --

Re: [slim] Announcement: SqueezeCenter 7.0.1 Now Available

Hello, When will the Ubuntu repositories be updated? Thank you in advance, and regards. -- andlauer andlauer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9594 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Upgrade Slimnas

Hi Michael, I tried it and it won't work. When I execute the command: bin/sh /mnt/Musikdisk/slimnas/slimnas-install.sh absolutly nothing happens. -- Kuben72 /Kuben72 Kuben72's Profile:

Re: [slim] Building Playlists

JJZolx;303532 Wrote: Current playlists are stored in the database. So when you add a playlist of 7500 tracks then you're doing 7500 table INSERTs. The time taken is always going to be directly proportional to the size of the playlist. Not to mention that if you're shuffling the playlist

Re: [slim] Netflix Roku do Video

That's pretty sweet. I use the Netflix 'Watch Instantly' video streaming all the time. I don't have a TV, but it's nice being able to kick back and watch an old Rockford Files, Coupling, or 30 Rock episode any time I like. It's good to know that Netflix envisions this as the future, since

Re: [slim] First Song Skips

I noticed the same thing the other day with my duet. -- Jeff Flowerday Jeff Flowerday's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15883 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47902

[slim] I can't get SqueezeCenter 7.0 to work on my Mac

I was using the Slim Server without any real issue. I downloaded the new SqueezeCenter 7.0 for Mac OS X Version 10.4.11. I download and install. When I open SqueezeCenter out of the preferences pane, I try to start the server, but it does not seem to work, nor is it giving me the option to launch

Re: [slim] Upgrade Slimnas

Aaah forgot that FreeNAS is casesensitiv. Sorry Michael. It works like a charm. -- Kuben72 /Kuben72 Kuben72's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15308 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Building Playlists

Phil Leigh;303714 Wrote: 7,500 inserts on an indexed table on a PC might take a while... On the other hand, all main queries need to be index-covered so you only read the index, not the data, wherever possible. There is a read/write trade-off here, but since a database is (usually)

Re: [slim] Building Playlists

larrettp;303722 Wrote: I totally agree with all that you say about the Read/Write tradeoff. I've downloaded MySQL to my Mac and I'm currently experimenting with a few interesting combinations. I also found that the many-to-many records have Foreign Keys (with CASCADE ON DELETE) on them,

Re: [slim] Building Playlists

Phil Leigh;303723 Wrote: Hi there - please ignore my comment about playlists as I don't use them...but I do design very large (10Tb) commercial databases for a living! (OK so they don't use MySQL...but the general principles tend to apply!) That cascade on delete looks worrying :o) -

Re: [slim] Date Added?

JJZolx;265992 Wrote: SlimServer uses the date that a file was last modified for sorting New Music. Normally, when you move files or copy them from place to place they maintain the last modified date. When you rip a CD and encode the file, you're creating it new and the last modified date

Re: [slim] Building Playlists

larrettp;303726 Wrote: I'm a Mainframe DBA, so that's how my interest in this came about. I must admit, I'd never touched MySQL until today but, as you say, the same principles apply. The thing about this whole design that gets me is the use of the many-to-many's - especially with the RI

Re: [slim] Building Playlists

Phil Leigh;303730 Wrote: Hmmm m:m+RI... does not compute, Captain! Surely those m:m's have got to go (I know that means redesigning the tables/indexes/keys but even so...) Also - as I'm sure you know - RI only makes sense for 3rd+ normal form. Anyway, I'm sure you know exactly what

Re: [slim] Building Playlists

larrettp;303732 Wrote: However, as I said, without access to the code, I'm in a position of trying to make the DB fit the code (tail wagging the dog?) The code is freely available for download if that will help you decipher. -- egd Internet forums: conclusive proof depth of gene pool is

Re: [slim] Building Playlists

Can you let me know where it is, please? -- larrettp larrettp's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10191 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=45261

Re: [slim] Upgrade Slimnas

Hi Michael, Something is very wrong. I get this in the log file when I try to scan my library. [08-05-20 22:09:45.9319] Slim::Control::Request::execute (1757) Error: While trying to run function coderef [Slim::Control::Queries::albumsQuery]: [Carp::Clan::__ANON__(): Error executing 'SELECT

[slim] Product suggestion: SB w/ video out?

Why is there not a squeezebox model that has a simple video out? It wouldn't even need to have its own display at all.. just a video out to connect to my main display would be great, I think. -- jephdood jephdood's

Re: [slim] Building Playlists

This should be it http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/nightly/latest/7.1/squeezecenter-7.1-19909.tgz -- egd Internet forums: conclusive proof depth of gene pool is indeed variable, monkeys can be taught to cut code, and world peace is utterly unrealistic...

Re: [slim] Product suggestion: SB w/ video out?

That would be a great feature! -- StanByk StanByk's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16720 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=47905

Re: [slim] I can't get SqueezeCenter 7.0 to work on my Mac

What version did you previously use? I would assume that support would have suggested removing the SlimServer cache. It may be irrelevant in this case, but it was needed in one upgrade, and can't do any harm. -- danco

Re: [slim] I can't get SqueezeCenter 7.0 to work on my Mac

It was the most recent version of Slim Server that I was using, I believe it was v6.5.4. I believe I did that already. I am not 100% proficient with this kind of stuff on Mac yet. what is the proper way to do this, and/or to make sure I did it correctly? Thank you -- cschwartz

Re: [slim] Product suggestion: SB w/ video out?

Well i think you are in the minority here, i suspect that not that many people really want this. Not really sure what use it would be anyway and i certainly dont want to have to use a TV because a) I dont have a TV in every room my SB's are in and b) its a complete PITA to use a TV to playback

[slim] FooSQ proxy script for Foobar

An Autoit script for the Foobar 2000 player. SC can be empty. Gapless/For Lossless files Enjoy Marae Instructions here: http://www.hydrogenaudio.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=63365st=0gopid=566116#entry566116 -- marea

Re: [slim] Building Playlists

larrettp;303732 Wrote: the only time the DB is written to is when scanning or compiling a playlist Don't forget that SC will update its DB when you browse the music folder and access a not yet referenced directory. No deletion there, but inserts and updates that may require integrity checks.

Re: [slim] Wikiradio

For users of wiki radio, please replace the WikiRadio.opml file in Plugins/Alien/Addons with the one attached here (inside the zip file). This should make WikiRadio work again. Please report back here whether it works and I will update the next version of Alien. Thanks to Jim C, Matt and Andy

Re: [slim] Upgrade Slimnas

I have the same problem as Kuben72. And just when I had things mostly working. My only issue was 95% of my album art wasn't being loaded in (.mp3 contain the artwork) even though it works on the Windows install I had. Was hoping 7.0.1 would fix this and poof, broke. -- heybirder

Re: [slim] Date Added?

water;303728 Wrote: I'm really surprised at how bad Slim has implemented this. They did it the way they could, since there is no standard tag for handling the date ripped information, and some file formats don't support tags at all. One could imagine adding a DB field to hold a kind of first

Re: [slim] Building Playlists

larrettp;303738 Wrote: Can you let me know where it is, please? If you install svn you can get the latest version by checking out: http://svn.slimdevices.com/repos/slim/7.0/trunk/server/ In a standard SqueezeCenter installation, you will also find all the code in the server/Slim directory.

Re: [slim] Date Added?

water;303728 Wrote: Does anyone know of an easy way to hack this in the code? (I'm really fed up with old tracks albums showing up in the new list just because I've corrected some tags...) The TrackStat plugin will remember the modified last time from the first time you've added a track

Re: [slim] I can't get SqueezeCenter 7.0 to work on my Mac

On a Mac: User/(you)/Library/Caches Delete the SqueezeCenter folder -- snoogly snoogly's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9155 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Netflix Roku do Video

Full Details at: http://www.roku.com/netflixplayer/ I do not think this is what some people think it is. It will only play movies and TV shows off of a NetFlix account (and does not include new releases). One can't store video, rip video, watch from ones hard drive, or even watch ones own DVDs

Re: [slim] 7.0.1 Upgrade issue

I had this issue with a customer the other day. and basically what fixed it was a factory reset after the remote would not respond. Let me know if that helps at all. -- Anoop M. SlimDevices/Logitech Support Mountain View California

Re: [slim] Product suggestion: SB w/ video out?

I probably wouldn't use it either, but I think it would add some value and be the right solution for some. Video tends to create a lot of noise across a very wide bandwidth, so it would be good to have an option to disable. -- jsprag

Re: [slim] Napster

Napster anywhere would be nice (Canada here). It doesn't support it for the usa right now either does it? -- BrockStone BrockStone's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16497 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Remote streaming

cwinson;303471 Wrote: Found a solution: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=301978#post301978 Installed lame.exe and set the file type setting. Can now stream music to wmp. Next problem - I can play music files, but can't control them with any certainty from the web

[slim] Transporter - Speaker connection help

Hi. I have a transporter that I'm trying to setup optimally and could use advice. Here's what I'm trying to do: 1) I have a 2-channel music room with Anthony Gallo Reference 3.1 speakers driven by an Audio Control 2-channel Avalon amplifier and the Gallo sub amp. 2) I have a 7.1-channel home

Re: [slim] Transporter - Speaker connection help

patrija wrote: Hi. I have a transporter that I'm trying to setup optimally and could use advice. Here's what I'm trying to do: 1) I have a 2-channel music room with Anthony Gallo Reference 3.1 speakers driven by an Audio Control 2-channel Avalon amplifier and the Gallo sub amp. 2) I

Re: [slim] Squeezebox Receiver and Controller now shipping!

mvalera;300144 Wrote: No timeline on those yet, but we do intend to add them for sale. Mike Separate cradles for SBC: soon, soon, soon, please, please, please! -- gharris999 gharris999's Profile:

Re: [slim] Napster

So, wait... Rhapsody has DRM as well- so how does squeezebox work with that now? -- FredFredrickson FredFredrickson's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16584 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Help: IRBlaster and Volume Up

Hi Felix, Don't mean to be a bother, but is there any chance you could recommend a quick hack I could apply myself as an interim solution? I am really not very familiar with Perl, but I am running on Ubuntu and certainly comfortable editing a file. It may be a good opportunity for me to start

Re: [slim] 7.0.1 Upgrade issue

Anoop M.;303781 Wrote: I had this issue with a customer the other day. and basically what fixed it was a factory reset after the remote would not respond. Let me know if that helps at all. Refresh my memory, how do I do a factory reset? -- bflatmajor