[slim] Cover Art with multiple artists

2005-06-28 Thread NickM
I have artwork stored in the same folder as each CD using the naming convention ARTIST - ALBUM.JPG In SlimServer, I have set the Artowrk setting to %ARTIST - ALBUM. This works fine, except for multiple artist albums. In this case my coverart is stored as (Multiple Artist) - ALBUM.JPG. How can I

[slim] Re: Problem connecting to SlimServer with wireless SB2

2005-06-28 Thread awm
Adrian -- I pinged the address and got back info about packets sent (4) and received (4), evidently successfully, with 0% loss. Er, now what? Thanks, andy -- awm ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: Problem connecting to SlimServer with wireless SB2

2005-06-28 Thread awm
Hi, Kirsch -- thanks for the tip. if I could actually get to the config set-up for the router, I'd try it. Thus far unsuccessful, though I'll keep trying. Thanks, Andy -- awm ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Cover Art with multiple artists

2005-06-28 Thread kdf
Quoting NickM [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I have artwork stored in the same folder as each CD using the naming convention ARTIST - ALBUM.JPG In SlimServer, I have set the Artowrk setting to %ARTIST - ALBUM. This works fine, except for multiple artist albums. In this case my coverart is stored as

[slim] Re: Linksys router pain

2005-06-28 Thread stuorguk
brawlski Wrote: last night i tried going to a specified IP , ie no server but no joy. how are the port fowards setup so that the SB can get through the router? i put slimserver ver 6 on again and it now hangs when i try to load it! di you need specific ip's assigned in order for the

[slim] Re: Cover Art with multiple artists

2005-06-28 Thread Neil Sleightholm
As your artwork is in the same folder as the CD you could save it as cover.jpg and then it should be ok. I think you can have both ARTIST - ALBUM.JPG and cover.jpg working at the same time, so you could just save the compilation albums as cover.jpg. Hope this helps. Neil -- Neil Sleightholm

[slim] Re: Linksys router pain

2005-06-28 Thread brawlski
when you say the server is ok do you mean can i type in http://localhost:9000 and get the browser? if so then yes i can. the player side of the browser though says player not found. i have tried to factory reset the player by holding the + while pluggin in the power cable but it just seems like a

[slim] Re: Linksys router pain

2005-06-28 Thread stuorguk
On your previous setup, you mention USB access point. Does that mean, your SB was connecting to your server via the USB socket (wirlessly), and now your going though your network card? Have you got a software firewall (such as the one built in to XP) running on your server? Try switching it

[slim] Re: Linksys router pain

2005-06-28 Thread brawlski
the previous sb connection was via a buffalo wireless access point (search on buffalo WLI2-USB2-G54) which is attached to pc via a usb. it had is own IP address separate from the LAN card. i have Norton 2003 firewall on the pc (which was on with the other setup) currently i have the router

[slim] Re: Linksys router pain

2005-06-28 Thread stuorguk
I was thinking that the firewall may have only been firewalling the LAN connection and not the USB. Make sure XP's own firewall isn't enabled. -- stuorguk ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: Cover Art with multiple artists

2005-06-28 Thread corwin
Actually, you could just make a soft or hard link between artist-album.jpg and cover.jpg to save space. -- corwin ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Internet radio, a bit of help needed

2005-06-28 Thread Steven Moore
I haven't used the internet radio for a while (before and erase and install of 10.4) so a bit of help is needed. The setup is mac running 10.4.1, slimserver 6.1b1 - 3574. Netgear dg814 router. sb1 wired. I was using the internet radio using 6.x. on 10.3.9 okay. Tried to listen to some

[slim] Re: Accented characters become garbled in SlimServer

2005-06-28 Thread Dan Sully
* Steven Spies shaped the electrons to say... I just downloaded and installed SlimServer 6.1b1 and the garbled characters are back :( Going back to SlimServer_v2005-06-14 solves the problem. I have not tried any other versions. Any ideas? Thanks again, Steven Spies Steven - I've just reverted

Re: [slim] Re: Problem connecting to SlimServer with wireless SB2

2005-06-28 Thread Triode
OK this shows that the server can talk to the player, so the wireless link is working OK. Could you tell us what the IP address of the player is and what the output of netstat is? Did you enter the address of slimserver into the player or let it auto discover [in which case is it trying to

[slim] Re: 24 bit flac files?

2005-06-28 Thread davel
Ailean wrote: I use Flac to archive music in it's original form, most of the CD+ stuff is 16b/48k but there's several DTS-CD/SACD/DVDA sourced albums. From these I can then convert to any lower rate/lossy version. Could you share how you converted your SACD and DVDA CDs to FLAC? I am a relative

[slim] Popping sound

2005-06-28 Thread WSLam
My SB2 has been working fine, feeding into my TacT RCS2.0s. Just about 20 mins ago, problem begins. Nothing has changed. Cables are the same, WiFi Connection is the same. Sound coming out has a slight 'pop' to it every 10 secs or so, and the loudness seems to fluctuate as well. I have rebooted

Re: [slim] Popping sound

2005-06-28 Thread Sean Adams
It does sound like an s/pdif problem. To help narrow it down I'd suggest checking that the analog outs and optical outs are working okay. Maybe also try an alternate cable. On Jun 28, 2005, at 12:22 PM, WSLam wrote: My SB2 has been working fine, feeding into my TacT RCS2.0s. Just about

[slim] Re: Popping sound

2005-06-28 Thread WSLam
Thanks Sean. I will try it tomorrow. Should get some sleep. Your device is turning me into a night animal! ws -- WSLam WSLam SB2 | Linn CD12 | Unidisk 1.1 | TacT RCS2.0s | Placette Audio Balanced Passive Preamp | Mark Levinson No.33H | Revel Ultima Salon 'Photo of my Setup'

[slim] Re: XM Radio Online?

2005-06-28 Thread ssauer
I see there is a bug request for Sirius and XM to be added, but I can't tell what the status of this is. Has anyone caught word of this? Is anyone out there already doing this? -- ssauer ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Re: XM Radio Online?

2005-06-28 Thread kdf
Quoting ssauer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I see there is a bug request for Sirius and XM to be added, but I can't tell what the status of this is. Has anyone caught word of this? Is anyone out there already doing this? no one has said a thing about it, except to ask for status. if anyone is

[slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

2005-06-28 Thread MMay
From the changelog - Bugs Fixed: #1311 - Squeezebox2 FLAC decoder needs REPLAY-GAIN type capability. Does this mean replaygain is functioning? If so, I'm surprised more mention hasn't been made of it. -- MMay ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

2005-06-28 Thread Vidur Apparao
Hrm...I don't know how that got in there. Bug 1311 is still open as an enhancement in the bug database. Speaking of enhancements, where can I file one for more hours in the day?. --Vidur ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] Re: 24 bit flac files?

2005-06-28 Thread ailean
davel Wrote: Ailean wrote: Could you share how you converted your SACD and DVDA CDs to FLAC? I am a relative newbie and I thought these files were encrypted. Did you make an analog to digital copy? Details would be appreciated. Thanks Alas yes I've not heard of any direct method yet for

Re: [slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

2005-06-28 Thread Mike May
Hrm...I don't know how that got in there. Bug 1311 is still open as an enhancement in the bug database. Damn... I checked the bug database as soon as I saw that in the changelog and saw that it was still open. I was hoping that it was the bug database that was in error... not the changelog.

[slim] Internet Radio streams vastly louder

2005-06-28 Thread sleepysurf
Anybody else notice that Internet Radio streams (whether via SlimServer or SqueezeNetwork), are significantly LOUDER than audio file playback? Internet Radio streams are about 15 dB louder than playback of my FLAC music files. I am currently using Digital S/PDIF out, with the fixed (max) volume

[slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

2005-06-28 Thread JJZolx
vidurapparao Wrote: Speaking of enhancements, where can I file one for more hours in the day?. Man hours? Here you go: http://hiring.monster.com -- JJZolx Jim ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

RE: [slim] Re: XM Radio Online?

2005-06-28 Thread Matt B
If you hear something, please let me know. I have Sirius and would like to stream it to my SlimServer. Thanks, mb2010 Original Message Follows From: ssauer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Slim Devices Discussion discuss@lists.slimdevices.com To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject:

RE: [slim] Re: XM Radio Online?

2005-06-28 Thread kdf
Quoting Matt B [EMAIL PROTECTED]: If you hear something, please let me know. I have Sirius and would like to stream it to my SlimServer. you should sign up on http://bugs.slimdevices.com and leave your email addy in the cc list for: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=714 That way,

Re: [slim] Internet radio, a bit of help needed

2005-06-28 Thread Vidur Apparao
As I said I haven't used it for a while so I'm probably missing something stupid. Nope - the fault is ours, not yours. The problem seems to occur if you use iTunes and do not have an audio directory set up. That should be unrelated to radio, I know, but it isn't. We'll be putting the fix

[slim] Re: Internet Radio streams vastly louder

2005-06-28 Thread radish
Probably the station running their output through a compressor before streaming it...because, you know, louder is always better and dynamics are for pansies :) -- radish ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] SlimServer 6.1b1, Accented Characters and Display Font

2005-06-28 Thread agross
After reading some of the threads about Unicode improvements I was yesterday enticed to make the jump from 6.0.2 to 6.1b1. However I promptly returned back to 6.0.2, because all of the songs which contained accented characters suddenly disappeared from the Squeezebox2 (although the songs were

[slim] Re: SlimServer 6.1b1, Accented Characters and Display Font

2005-06-28 Thread Dan Sully
* agross shaped the electrons to say... After reading some of the threads about Unicode improvements I was yesterday enticed to make the jump from 6.0.2 to 6.1b1. However I promptly returned back to 6.0.2, because all of the songs which contained accented characters suddenly disappeared from

[slim] .aps Files

2005-06-28 Thread Anthony V. Hester
How do I stream audio from www.wezv.com which has an audio feed listed in .asp format. The feed link is www.warpradio.com/player/stream.asp?id=3487 Does this feed link have to be on .pls or .m3u format? If so, how can I convert the file? Please Help Tony Hester Bladenboro, NC

[slim] Re: SlimServer 6.1b1, Accented Characters and Display Font

2005-06-28 Thread agross
Am using iTunes - this and the SlimServer Web application are displaying accented characters correctly. -- agross ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Name does not appear in DHCP

2005-06-28 Thread kkken
Hi, just a nit really. should there be a way to set the name of the player so that it shows up in the dhcp server. I know that i can set the name in the server, but it does not seem to make down the stack thanks kkken -- kkken ___ Discuss mailing

Re: [slim] Name does not appear in DHCP

2005-06-28 Thread kdf
Quoting kkken [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi, just a nit really. should there be a way to set the name of the player so that it shows up in the dhcp server. I know that i can set the name in the server, but it does not seem to make down the stack This is already filed as an enhancement request. if

Re: [slim] Re: Internet Radio streams vastly louder

2005-06-28 Thread Sean Adams
Can anyone confirm if this is actually the case? Compression makes sense for FM, where people usually listen in noisy environments on crappy stereos (car, workplace etc) - it would be a real shame if any internet stations are doing it! On Jun 28, 2005, at 5:01 PM, radish wrote:

[slim] Re: Internet Radio streams vastly louder

2005-06-28 Thread sleepysurf
I've been listening primarily to Radioio feeds. Hadn't thought to check if other internet radio streams are just as loud. Turns out, many are, but some aren't. I guess it depends on the individual feeds. Maybe they really ARE trying to use psychoacoustics to sound better (just like many

Re: [slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

2005-06-28 Thread Jack Coates
JJZolx wrote: vidurapparao Wrote: Speaking of enhancements, where can I file one for more hours in the day?. Man hours? Here you go: http://hiring.monster.com http://jamesthornton.com/theory/theory?theory_id=27 -- Jack at Monkeynoodle dot Org: It's A Scientific Venture... If this is

[slim] Re: Cover Art with multiple artists

2005-06-28 Thread NickM
I tried copying the (Multiple Arist) - ALBUM.JPG to album.jpg and that works fine with both JPG's in the same directory. Once SlimServer can handle the former, I'll just delete all the album.jpg files. The suggestion of a linked file will help conserve space, but not sure how to do that? nick

[slim] Playback Stops

2005-06-28 Thread NickM
I'm using SlimServer Version: 6.0.2 - 3085. Playback in SqueezeBox v1, v2 and SoftSqueeze stops a couple of minutes into the the first song. If I Pause then press Play, play resumes uninterupted for the rest of the playlist. nick -- NickM ___

[slim] Re: Cover Art with multiple artists

2005-06-28 Thread radish
NickM Wrote: The suggestion of a linked file will help conserve space, but not sure how to do that? nick ln -s if you're running some variant of (li|u)nix, if you're running windows you can't. -- radish ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Announce: SlimServer 6.1b1 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

2005-06-28 Thread Daryle A. Tilroe
Vidur Apparao wrote: Slim Devices would like to announce the release of SlimServer 6.1 Beta 1 ... Highlights of the SlimServer 6.1b1 release include: ... * Many more improvements and bug fixes. I thought http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1478 was targeted for a 6.1 fix.

Re: [slim] .aps Files

2005-06-28 Thread Michael Herger
www.warpradio.com/player/stream.asp?id=3487 This is not the actual stream, but will return a playlist. If you open it in a text editor you'll find (amongst others) the following lines: ref href = mms://archives.warpradio.com/gatewayads/bumper/standby.mp3/ /entry entry ref href =