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Since Slim are American they insist on using arse-about-face dates on
their forum ;)
If I had my way, today would be 20051009. :)
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FYI See also bug #1859 it is perhaps related.
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I haven't noticed it on mine lately, but you have to look very close to
spot it, and I haven't done that for ages.
Max
NikonUser Wrote:
This used to happen to me but I just looked at the screen now and I
can't see the flickering anymore...
Maybe firmware fixed it?
It wasn't a problem
Nothing at all to do with SlimDevices, I'm afraid. ;-)
Can anyone recommend a good tool for obfuscating email address on web
pages? I want to be able to generate mailto: links that still work as
normal, but don't reveal the email address itself in the pages source.
Basically, I'm imagining a
This might fall into 'the bleeding obvious' category, but I suspect that
in many cases, people may be blaming their SB, wireless network
components or the topology and structure of their home for drop-outs
which are really caused by mains switching interference.
My wireless network is working
I understand that it isn't possible to stream asx streams to the
Squeezebox yet. Is there any idea of when this may happen?
The reason I ask: Dutch 'Concertzender' has a new 24/7 SURROUND stream
accessible via internet on
http://www.omroep.nl/live/concertzender-5channel.asx
- which I'd love to
Looks like the drive is full.
Okay, this is SlimServer 2005-10-10
Please don't forget to tag it in Subversion!
Made SlimServer_v2005-10-10
Checking out a copy of the source from Subversion on
branch trunk...
subversion/libsvn_subr/io.c:2132: (apr_err=28)
svn: Can't close file
max.spicer Wrote:
Hmm, now try getting it shipped here cheaply. :-( I'm actually amazed
that the squeezebox wasn't shipped by slimdevices with the correct
power supply. Is this normally the case?
I had my first one shipped from USA - and it had UK power supply.
The end of the cardboard box
Hi, i'm not a wizzkid in computing, but I love listening music. that is
why I bougth a squeezebox. One question: I have installed the
slimserver software under my own account (being the manager of the
powerbook G4). When my wive is logging in the software stops running
and I do not have music any
I came to this thread following a reference to it in the recent
price-drop thread.
I have to agree with Michael Wagner ... looking very similar to an
Audiotron. I have one as well.
They are not made any more - which is what pushed me to buy an SB2 when
I wanted to get music in more rooms.
For
Paul Webster Wrote:
I came to this thread following a reference to it in the recent
price-drop thread.
I have to agree with Michael Wagner ... looking very similar to an
Audiotron. I have one as well.
They are not made any more - which is what pushed me to buy an SB2 when
I wanted to get
Hi there- somebody can correct me if I'm wrong but...
ASX is just a playlist file. If you open one in notepad, it just
contains some header information and a list of links to (normally) wmv
audio streams. So it is not asx that isnt supported but wmv. However,
if you download the latest beta, you
Hi there
My Squeezebox2 seems to be behaving oddly with my wireless network. I
have a Dlink DSL-G604T wireless router and I run WEP security at the
moment (WPA option is also available). If the router has been running
for a while then my Squeezebox wont connect to it. It finds the network
ssid on
JJZolx Wrote:
And it was only $200? They may not have been making much, but so much
for those who think wrapping an SB2 in a real case with controls needs
to add $500 to the price tag.
Maybe there's a reason they are no longer available :)
If you read the thread carefuly, you'll see that
You're right about ASX being a playlist..However, the file that is
loaded when you click on the Surround Link image (SR) on
http://www.concertzender.nl/cgi/sr.php is an asx.file that does not
contain a link to a wmv file. It opens windows media players that
starts the streaming.
I do not know how
Try this:
http://automaticlabs.com/products/enkoderform/
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I agree, it does look similar to the audiotron, but I certainly hadn't
thought of that when I was designing it, I was just working off
suggestions and adding them where I could.
I would definitely be willing to pay extra for one like this and $500
seems perfectly reasonable (providing that
Michaelwagner Wrote:
Edit the posting and select the delete option (at the top, I think).
Thanks for your reply,
It seems that delete is a permission I do not have.
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James Stubbs Wrote:
It appears in the Server Settings - formatting - Title Format section.
But not in the drop down menu when I go to Player settings - Plugins -
Music Info Screensaver
As there was a second user reporting this problem I'm investigating a
little more. What's your plugin
That's the sort of thing I'm after, but I could really do with something
for which the source is available. We have a lot of email addresses
that would need encoding, so some form of automation is needed.
Furthermore, I'm not really comfortable with the idea of handing all
our email address off
The solution was easy enough: I uninstalled Slimserver; searched for
perl58.dll and found it in the Windows Temp folder, copied it to
Windows/System, reinstalled Slimserver and this time got no error
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Take a look at AddressScrambler, its Java script available via
downloads at http://www.spamgourmet.com/
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I saw an interesting study which tried different methods of obfuscation
on a honeypot website and measured resulting spam levels. They found
that something as simple as using a few entities (#x40; is @ for
example) in the email address would fool the harvester. This was a
little while ago of
I had an audiotron for a little while before I discovered slim. That
thing looked fine for a studio, but totally out of place in a hifi
stack. It was plastic, the buttons felt cheap, and the display was
tiny. It was also too thin (about 1U, which is much thinner than most
hifi). While the SB2
I have been so fed up with this I decided to try some illogical tests; for
the first time I checked ALL my songs in iTunes - despite having 'Ignore
Songs Disabled in iTunes' set to 'Don't Ignore'.
The next rescan found all my missing songs and CDs.
Something doesn't work properly here. Or
So I could attach another 802.11b Wi-Fi Access point to the SB2 and extend
my 802.11b wireless coverage?
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I see from the writeup on the SB2 at slimdevices that it can be used to
bridge
So I could attach another 802.11b Wi-Fi Access point to the SB2 and
extend my 802.11b wireless coverage?
I'd say so, yes. But I think you should use another channel on the second
network to prevent negative impacts.
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It would appear to me that what is needed is for Slimserver to store
the URLs without the session ID and then somehow detect the current
valid session ID and then append that to the stored URL, before
submitting it. Would this be possibe?
Possible, yes, I think so. But this is beyond my
had to go round the houses a little, but try putting the following into
the slimserver radio GUI
http://livemedia.omroep.nl/concertzender-5channel?MSWMExt=.asf
or
http://145.58.33.21:80/concertzender-5channel?MSWMExt=.asf
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JJZolx Wrote:
And it was only $200?
As I recall it started out higher and dropped to $200 US after a while.
I have one I bought new and one I bought used just around the time we
found out they had been discontinued.
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I tried this, but I can't get it to work. SB shows the link in the
display, but doesn't start playing. Maybe that's because it's SURROUND
WMA?
Using Slimserver 6.2b1 - 4551 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252
Thanks for the suggestion, anyway
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It was plastic
Really? Both of mine are metal. I carry (sorry, carried) them around in
19 racks.
the buttons felt cheap
They were rubber chicklet buttons. Not the nicest, true. But they
worked fine. Not that I used them much. Power on was the most popular
one, after that I
dfk Wrote:
It seems that delete is a permission I do not have.
I've never actually done it, so let me try now.
Ha Ha. When I tried to do my experiment, I got the following:
Sorry! The administrator has specified that users can only post one
message every 30 seconds.
I guess it's some kind of
Test Message for editing and deleting. I will slowly wait 30 seconds
before posting this message.
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I was able to delete mine, and I'm no one special. Maybe try again? Of
course, in the mean time we have an entire thread ...
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I've seen exactly the same thing. Newly defined formats do not appear
immediately in the plugin's settings dropdown. I'm not sure what I did
to cause them to show up, but eventually they do.
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I'm wondering if your MAC address is being hit with the MAC address
corruption bug, and your AP is rejecting the changed address.
What version of slimserver are you running, and which firmware version
is in your SB2?
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When you install software in XP, you either install it for each user, or
you install it for all users.
Since you want the short answer, reinstall the software for all users
as an adminstrator.
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try http://www.omroep.nl/live/concertzender-5channel.asx
or
http://livemedia2.omroep.nl/concertzender-5channel
or
http://livemedia.omroep.nl/concertzender-5channel
Good Luck
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Absolutely!
Wireless is still pretty nascent technology, and its troubles are
compounded by the things you mention, as well as other things. People
expect their $25 USD routers/APs to perform magically, without
troubles, and then are mystified by the occurrence of dropouts and
interference.
Reminds me of the fun we used to have in my university's test newsgroup.
Someone would post Testing, please ignore and before you knew it a
massive thead had sprung up.
I think you can only delete an article if it hasn't been read. Or
maybe if it hasn't been replied to. Failing that, you may
Hi,
I want manually enter a network name during set up of the client. When
I choose that option, the network name is automatically populated with
the previous value entered. I want to enter a network name that is
shorter than the previous one. How can I delete the existing one?
Thanks,
Keith
Has anyone managed to get these links actually playing? I can enter them
at the Tune In (Slimserver)but I get no sound to play...:-(
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The Play and Add keys are your friends during input of network setup
info. Use the Play key to delete.
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That did the trick. Thanks.
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On 10/10/05 at 09:03 -0700, MrC wrote
When you install software in XP, you either install it for each user, or
you install it for all users.
Since you want the short answer, reinstall the software for all users
as an adminstrator.
XP is not relevant (a misthink?) as the poster is using a Mac
danco Wrote:
On 10/10/05 at 09:03 -0700, MrC wrote
When you install software in XP, you either install it for each user,
or
you install it for all users.
Since you want the short answer, reinstall the software for all users
as an adminstrator.
XP is not relevant (a misthink?) as the
I've seen exactly the same thing. Newly defined formats do not appear
immediately in the plugin's settings dropdown. I'm not sure what I did
to cause them to show up, but eventually they do.
I think it's the load plugins at startup parameter: if it's set to load
at runtime, it will
Music Machine wrote:
I also have a surplus linear supply from Hosfelt. I found out about it
from a thread on Audio Circle. This one:
http://audiocircle.com/circles/viewtopic.php?t=21353sid=05b43e8be27824d18ca43cdfe058f6ab
The last post on the first page tells you how to find it. It's about
Diarmuid Wrote:
Make sure you update the version of Slimscrobbler using CVS. Search the
discussion to see how
Yes, I am have the current CVS version of SlimScrobbler. The LastFM
plugin is installed and working fine - is SlimScrobbler even necessary
if I'm using LastFM?
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On 10-Oct-05, at 9:22 AM, keithleng wrote:
I want manually enter a network name during set up of the client. When
I choose that option, the network name is automatically populated with
the previous value entered. I want to enter a network name that is
shorter than the previous one. How can I
Seriously, 30-day Satisfaction Guarantee technically covers the price
drop if we do choose to return it and buy a new one at lower price. Not
a good thing to either party. The better way is to refund something like
$15. :)
Not that I care about $30 so much. It will certainly show that SD does
Hello
I am on the verge of buying a Squeezebox, but want to be confident
it'll work first. Using the iTunes update plug-in is essential for me.
In order to get it to work (I'm on Win XP), as you'll probably know, I
need to stop Slimserver running as a service.
However, when I do this, and
Really? Both of mine are metal. I carry (sorry, carried) them around in
19 racks.
Sorry, should have been more specific. The fascia was plastic (matt
finish IIRC), the case was indeed metal.
They were rubber chicklet buttons. Not the nicest, true. But they worked
fine
Indeed, they worked
mherger Wrote:
It would appear to me that what is needed is for Slimserver to store
the URLs without the session ID and then somehow detect the current
valid session ID and then append that to the stored URL, before
submitting it. Would this be possibe?
Possible, yes, I think so. But
This struck a chord with me. I have 3 squeezeboxes and the same router
(DSL-G604T). Two out of the three work without a hitch. The third one
refuses to detect the network. It finds the SSID no problem.
It has the same problem as yours in that the wireless strength drops to
zero occasionally,
snarlydwarf Wrote:
Yeah, they do different things: the LastFM plugins plays LastFM
stations. The SlimScrobbler plugin reports your liistening habits.
I figured that was the case. The LastFM plugin reports what it has
played back to the Audio Scrobbler database at LastFM, so I was hoping
it
Much searching later and I've turned up nothing on this. How do I
create a Custom.map that just changes a few keys?
Max
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NickM Wrote:
Has anyone mananged to get multi discs to list play in the correct
order?
Yes. I just number the songs in total...
So that if I had a two disc set with 10 tracks on each disc, the first
disc would have track numbers 1-10 and the second disc would have track
numbers for 11-20.
Because the 'iTunes update' plugin doesn't work if you run Slimserver as
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On 10-Oct-05, at 1:12 PM, max.spicer wrote:
Much searching later and I've turned up nothing on this. How do I
create a Custom.map that just changes a few keys?
its a text file, so just write in the lines you need changed and save
it as Custom.map
Make sure you also include the appropriate
Though I haven't explicitly tried it, I'd be surprised if Girder weren't
capable of responding to those button-presses. You could then make that
event do anything you might like, including instantiating other keypresses
or running scripts or anything. Check out http://www.promixis.com/
The way I do it is to use the actual filenames as the 'sorter'.
So taking a two disc CD set:
CD1 tracks 1 to 10 have filenames; '01-xx.flac','02-xx.flac' to
'10-xx.flac'
and CD2 tracks 1 to 10 have filenames;
'11-xx.flac','12-xx.flac',(...),'20-xx.flac'
The 'track
I am running the latest beta (today's) of slimserver and firmware number
24. However, this problem has been here since I got the squeezebox. I am
interested to hear that someone else with this router has the same
problem as me. Is the squeezebox faulty or does this look like a
wireless
Um, no. I don't really know how I would do that..
Thanks for the input though. It's well know that the iTunes update
plugin has this limitation.. but if you know a way around it, I think a
lot of people would be very pleased to hear it!
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Um, no. I don't really know how I would do that.
By default, all Windows services run under the Local System account.
This is a powerful account but it does have limitations for security
purposes. If you have administrator privledges, you can change the
service to run under any local or
I had the same issues with my SB2 and Belkin Pre-N router, including the
unexplained 0% signal strength problem when both were placed next to
each other.
Things got so bad it got to the point where I was going to sell my 6
week old SB2 on eBay due to all the hassle I was having.
As a last
Thanks, kdf. Where does it live?
Max
kdf Wrote:
On 10-Oct-05, at 1:12 PM, max.spicer wrote:
Much searching later and I've turned up nothing on this. How do I
create a Custom.map that just changes a few keys?
its a text file, so just write in the lines you need changed and save
On 10-Oct-05, at 2:33 PM, max.spicer wrote:
Thanks, kdf. Where does it live?
same place as Default.map, in the IR dir of your slimserver
installation.
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Log on to Live365 and add the station to your presets. With the
addition of the Live365 presets to the web interface this really is the
easiest way to use Live365 and Squeezebox. BTW I have a VIP
membership. You can also move the menu items around so that the
first menu after Now Playing is the
Roy Owen Wrote:
Log on to Live365 and add the station to your presets. With the addition
of
the Live365 presets to the web interface this really is the easiest way
to
use Live365 and Squeezebox. BTW I have a VIP membership. You can also
move
the menu items around so that the first menu
Hi,
I have a long Ethernet cable going to my living room. If I connect with
a laptop, I have to limit the connection speed to 10 Mbps, otherwise the
connection won't be established.
When I connect with the SqueezeBox2, it says that it's having problems
with the Ethernet connection. How I can
Getting a new cable or switch would likely be your best bet. Ethernet
at 100Mbs is rated at hundreds of meters. Unless you have a _really_
big house, you have a bad cable or switch. Try the cable first, it's
cheap.
Streaming music over a bad connection is always going to be problematic.
-Chris
chrisla Wrote:
Getting a new cable or switch would likely be your best bet. Ethernet
at 100Mbs is rated at hundreds of meters. Unless you have a _really_
big house, you have a bad cable or switch. Try the cable first, it's
cheap.
Streaming music over a bad connection is always going to
radish Wrote:
The fascia was plastic
Mine looks metal, feels like metal, but I don't want to scratch it to
check for sure. Next time I take it apart I'll check the back surface,
where I can't damage the visible portions.
As an (offtopic) aside, I can't quite get how you'd DJ with either SBs
On Mon, 10 Oct 2005, alexir wrote:
Thanks Chris, but the cable is kinda wired through walls, doors etc.,
so I'd really rather not replace it unless there is no other way.
Changing the speed to 10 has always given me a good and reliable
connection. I'm still hoping there is a way to do it with
On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 16:45 -0700, alexir wrote:
Thanks Chris, but the cable is kinda wired through walls, doors etc.,
so I'd really rather not replace it unless there is no other way.
Changing the speed to 10 has always given me a good and reliable
connection. I'm still hoping there is a way
chrisla Wrote:
Ethernet at 100Mbs is rated at hundreds of meters.
Only a single 100 meters, if I recall correctly. Or approximately 300
feet. I looked into it once for my factory. That goes all the way from
the front office to the back of my factory just fine.
It's actually 100 meters between
Derek Adair Wrote:
Not sure about the Squeezebox's ability there (never seen such a
setting),
but if you're loking for anything but rewiring, perhaps a switch that
allows you to set the connection speed is an option? (or an older
switch/hub in the path).
Regards,
Derek Adair
dadair
pfarrell Wrote:
Before you pull zillions of feet of cable thru walls,
I'd run it up the stairs and thru the halls and just
verify that it is a wire problem. It could be a switch
problem. Or you may have hit the cable hanging a picture
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Michaelwagner Wrote:
Is the wire in the wall CAT5? If not, it's not rated for 100BaseT
anyways.
That, or it's damaged or badly installed - kinked, crimped, stapled
through, or maybe running parallel to electrical wiring or over
fixtures.
None of which answers the original question - Can the
alexir Wrote:
Hi,
I have a long Ethernet cable going to my living room. If I connect with
a laptop, I have to limit the connection speed to 10 Mbps, otherwise the
connection won't be established.
When I connect with the SqueezeBox2, it says that it's having problems
with the Ethernet
seanadams Wrote:
Your cable ends probably aren't installed correctly. It should go:
Orange-white
Orange
Green-white
Blue
Blue-white
Green
Brown-white
Brown
Well, that's 568B. It could just as easily use 568A, which is:
Green-white
Green
Orange-white
Blue
Blue-white
Orange
JJZolx Wrote:
Green-white
Green
Orange-white
Blue
Blue-white
Orange
Brown-white
Brown
That's why I hate hardware and love software :)
With software, I just go to settings and set the speed to 10. Problem
solved. With hardware I have to know what 568B means and how it is
different
alexir, you can set the limit on your laptop's NIC to 10mbit and let the
sb2 autonegotiate. It will find that your laptop advertises 10mbit, and
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Pat Farrell wrote:
All ethernet wiring (well at least 99.99%) has four pairs of
wires internal to the cable, and you only need two pairs.
So if only one or two wires are bad, you can just reterminate it
and save dragging wires.
Don't ignore this suggestion (providing of course you have
pfarrell Wrote:
On Mon, 2005-10-10 at 17:49 -0700, alexir wrote:
That's why I hate hardware and love software :)
With software, I just go to settings and set the speed to 10.
Problem
solved. With hardware I have to know what 568B means and how it is
different from 568A :)
Nah, you
MrC Wrote:
alexir, you can set the limit on your laptop's NIC to 10mbit and let the
sb2 autonegotiate. It will find that your laptop advertises 10mbit, and
use that setting.
Hmm... I'm not sure I understand... Do you mean if the sb2 is connected
to the laptop on the other end? My situation is
Unfortunately this won't help you, but I have the same exact problem
with the Dlink DI-624 router. It usually won't reconnect unless I put
it in a magical space where it suddenly connects, even though signal
strenth is 40%+. When connected, it usually goes to 0%, then 100%,
then counts down to
Try this stream to access The Current:
mpr-wm.streamguys.com/mpr?MSWMExt=.asf
It's not aacPlus but you can check out a great station.
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alexir Wrote:
Hmm... I'm not sure I understand... Do you mean if the sb2 is connected
to the laptop on the other end? My situation is a bit different - I
have a cable modem on the other end of that long cable. Or did you mean
that I can connect the cable to my laptop, negotiate for 10mbit
MrC Wrote:
Now I understand that you have trouble connecting with both the SB2 and
the laptop.
No, that's still not the situation :) The connection works fine with
the laptop as long as I limit the speed of the connection to 10mbps. My
original question was how I can accomplish the same
My definition of trouble included your 10mbit workaround.
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MrC Wrote:
My definition of trouble included your 10mbit workaround.
Ok, thanks.
So, I guess it's impossible to set the sb2 to 10mbps...
I think I see a WiFi router in my future then :)
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mkosma Wrote:
One way to implement would be a small plugin or standalone app that
watches for and responds to those button presses by sending an html or
CLI command to the slimserver. That seems straightforward, except that
it seems that Logitech (at least) leaves those keys basically
hi guyz
got my new sb. over last coupla daze tried to make it go. set up
wireless network, linksys wireless g bb router, linksys wireless g pci
adapter, everything fine right thru setting up sb till attempt to
connect to slimserver - cannot connect. troubleshot everything from
start to finish as
radish Wrote:
If a router is cheaper (as they often are, especially with rebates etc),
buy that and just don't use the WAN port. I have done that several times
with success.
Is there some sort of trick to this? I got it all working without too
much trouble (WPA) and the wireless squeezebox
On Oct 9, 2005, at 3:04 PM, Dave D wrote:
Quoting Slim Devices Marketing VP, Patrick Cosson from this thread:
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