I just discovered Pandora and i want to know if it is possible to listen
to it throught the squeezebox?
Link : http://www.pandora.com/
PS: Pandora (i am not paid for avertisings ! lol )
is a streaming radio that sets up a streaming with all the related
artists or music style you appreciate
Thanks for that - I've got my folder set up with one folder per artist
and a folder per album beneath that. I'll try using browse music next
time I add some new tunes.
I still don't think this should be necessary, why does the SlimServer
not pick up additions automatically? I've got the
Have you tried LastFM? as far as I can tell it does a similar thing to
Pandora and definitely connects to SlimServer using James Craigs
fantastic plugin.
It can be flaky on some days but generally I get a good service.
http://www.jamescraig.co.uk/
http://www.lastfm.co.uk/
This line on the FAQ
I just discovered Pandora and i want to know if it is possible to listen
to it throught the squeezebox?
Have look at this:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18629
It's not available at the moment, but there's a pretty strong hint it
might be one day.
Richard
Aaron Zinck Wrote:
(Quoting Fredly)
[...] when I currently go into Browse Playlists I have several
pages (effectively every album I have). I didn't mean to create
these
playlist and just want to clear EVERYTHING and start from scratch.
What's the simplest way to clear ALL playlist?
I received my wireless SB3 yesterday, set it up, it saw my wireless net,
got an IP, connected to my Slimserver but then 10s after selecting a
song to play switched off and wouldn't turn back on.
I took the cover off to check the CPU wasn't loose and discovered that
the SB3 works fine when the
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Had very similar incident about 2 weeks ago... really ticked me off
After much debugging, the mac address of the slim device was reset to
all f's. Really strange.. so I entered the MAC address of the Slim
Device and was able to reconnect with no problem.
Hope it helps
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Beef
I suspect you're on to something with using Pause over an extended
period of time. I experienced my only true issue with the device
about 2 weeks ago. The device stopped playing, the screen on the
device was pixellated and I couldn't reconnect to the network. It
appeared that my MAC was
Richie
Thanks for the link... been fumble fingerin' it for some time.
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Thanks, I knew about the clear the library selection, but it did not
work. I renamed the .db file, restarted SS, and it rebuilt itself.
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I simply SWAPPED two of my squeezeboxes, so that the MAC address listed
first in Slimserver is the one used for my Main audio setup.
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grand
If you create a shortcut to the exe, and then edit the properties of the
shortcut, there should be options to run minimized. That's the best you
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I noticed a few posts from people using the Salton ePods (which runs
WinCE 2.12) with their SqueezeBox devices. I am hoping to do the same,
and am seeking advice from those who have tried this before me as to how
well it works.
I do not yet own a Squeezebox, but I do own a couple of epods which
Is the album ripped properly?
Does it play OK in a software player?
RadioClash wrote:
Hi guys
I am having a problem with the last song on an album
cutting off about
2 seconds before the end. All the other songs
within the album are
fine. This has happened using 6.2 as well as the
beta
1. Can someone verify that this setup actually works (I don't yet have
the Squeezebox to test)?
You'd have to bookmark the room's player on the ePods browser
(http://slimserver:9000/index.html?player=12:23:45:54:23)
2. How is the performance of the epods browser for this application,
when
Jon Wrote:
My goal is to have a SqueezeBox and an epods in (at least) two rooms in
my house. The epods in a given room will be used to control the
SqueezeBox in that room. My hope is that the users (especially my wife
and kids) will never have to touch the SqueezeBox
The SqueezeBox comes
Does the Use iTunes feature work at all??
In the server settings, I've clicked the button to Use iTunes.In
the iTunes settings, I've:
-Set the iTunes reload time to 0 (i.e., no reload)
-Set unchecked songs in iTunes to don't include unchecked songs
I've tried both using Find iTunes Music
gjrhine Wrote:
The SqueezeBox comes with an excellent remote, you know. And the
SqueezeBox does not have to be touched in any case.
Yes, I am aware of that. But I have trouble believing that my family
and I will enjoy browsing our entire collection of 1,200 CDs on a
screen that only
You may want to try the interface first. Yes,
there are only two lines of text, but searching
and browsing is remarkably easy. Finding the song
you're looking for takes seconds.
Try it! You'll like it! :-)
Jon wrote:
gjrhine Wrote:
The SqueezeBox comes with an excellent remote, you
There is Search as well as many flavors of Browse and the text scrolls.
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that would mean there would still be an entry in the task bar, correct?
Not perfect, but woth the trade off to have the iTunesUpdage plugin.
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This may (not) be relevant - my firmware version is reported as 40 for
the same 5.2.1 build! Am I *that* far ahead ;-)
I also have a problem where my SB2 "can't find slimserver" after a
power on or restart. Pressing "left" and resetting up the connection
works every time. This is with a
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This may (not) be relevant - my firmware version is reported as 40 for the
same 5.2.1 build! Am I *that* far ahead ;-)
No you're not ahead, you have a SB1 if the firmware is version 40.
I hope no one sold it to you pretending it was a SB2.
I have been through exactly this journey.
The utility you need is called cmdow and you can get it from
http://www.commandline.co.uk/cmdow/.
I have a little batch file (startslim.bat) which I created in Notepad,
located in my Windows directoty and have added to my startup group in
program
Does putting SB1 on pause for 3 hours put a strain on the unit? or anywhere
else? e.g. if it's music playing from an Internet radio station or music
playing from the computer's hard drive?
Many thanks.
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Yes, this is strange. It doesn't happen with every album, just some of
them. When playing the same file in foobar the song does not cut off.
These are all FLAC files that I am using. They were all ripped the same
way using EAC. Only happens on the last song of an album. I play all
of my
seanadams Wrote:
samlw,
Your situation is not typical at all - nearly everyone using AAC is on
Mac/Windows (or a linux machine capable of running faad), in which case
it simply works. I'm not sure why you keep pushing the SoundBridge
button - we are well aware that porting codecs is
Marc Sherman Wrote:
samlw wrote:
Thanks for the suggestion, but - how do I put this - Yuck!
Seriously,
maintaining a parallel tree with separate formats is just way too
inelegant to even contemplate - IMHO, it goes against everything the
Squeezebox stands for!
To be honest, that's
I had a scheduled rescan too, but I turned this feature off as it seemed
to lose tracks (and playlists) rather than adding new music. I do a
complete rescan after deleting the cache folder once in a while and in
between I add music with the Browse music folder method.
-s.
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Reset several times to no avail (both router and SB3).
Have not looked at the MAC address that is now on the router. How do I
check with it being stuck in the loop of trying to connect, and where
would I be entering the correct MAC address in to fix the problem?
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I run SlimServer on a slightly tweaked, dedicated PowerMac G4 Cube
running Tiger. Silent, small and fits right between components in my
audio/video setup. The only drawback is that the Cube doesn't support
internal drives over 120GB due to the IDE controller, but you can
either pull a little
Found where to fix the MAC address which was borked. Of course back to
DHCP problems, sigh...
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I run SlimServer on a slightly tweaked, dedicated PowerMac G4 Cube
running Tiger.
I run it on a 700 MHz G3 iMac. That model was designed so it could
run entireless fanless. If you stick your ear right up to it, you
can occasionally hear the hard drive whir, but that's it.
Kevin
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Stoobie,
On Dec 17, 2005, at 12:29 PM, stoobie-doo wrote:
Found where to fix the MAC address which was borked. Of course back to
DHCP problems, sigh...
What was happening when the player melted down and you saw the
pixellated screen? We haven't seen that here before and we'd like to
be
Nope, no strain or problems. The unit is always on unless disconnect it
from power - pause simply stops sending data until you unpause.
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I'm a longtime Slim user (still have an original Slimp3) who usually
stays far from the bleeding edge server releases. I've been using
5.4.1 for a while and it's been very solid.
An interest in playing with GoCubs' SuperDateTime screensaver prompted
me to try the latest official release, 6.2.1.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
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If your goal is to keep CPU activity to a minimum,
Why is that your goal? Slimserver's CPU requirements are
next-to-nothing when it's not rescanning. Disk performance is much
more of a problem, especially if it is not the only process requiring
disk access on the host.
you have to choose a
What is the trick to enable slimserver to read the *.cue files in the
directory? If I have a cue file in the directory slim server indicates
can not open file. Is there an option in server settings to enable
this? Please advise this is aggravating to say the least.
Thanks
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I've had my SB2 for about 2 months now.
Occasionally I've had to reboot the unit when it has become
non-responsive which has resolved the problem in the past.
The other day I noctied the display was showing some random lines and
dots, and the unit was non-responsive. A reboot did not
Hey Dean
When I experienced the pixellated display, here is what I can say
occurred in my situation.
I had the Slim running for over 24 hours utilizing a random mix across
the entire collection. I had paused the device overnight, 'unpaused',
ran it for a few hours, paused the device ran some
I have an instance of SlimServer running on a Windows XP box. Should I
expect it to be listed on Bonjour Browser [1] running on another
computer connected to the same subnet?
None of Rendezvous/Bonjour/Zeroconf browsers I've tried seem to find
the SlimServer instance. iTunes gets displayed in
Stoo
Here a few thoughts...
You've reset the device...
reentered the MAC...
reentered security keys...
run through and reset and reconfig...
checked current router setting and all is ok...
router is ok...
Have you tried to connect from wired ethernet connection right to the
router?
I feel
Related to this?
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1434
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Pressing off by actually puts the player in pause mode. So this is
quite normal.
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I've had my Squeezebox 3 for a few weeks and I'm extremely happy with
it. The hardware works great, and I'm continually impressed by the
design and hard work that has gone into the SlimServer software. I
don't even have time to delve into all the great features I could be
using.
The only thing
Why is that your goal?
On a low-powered system, transcoding causes burps in the music and it
completely ruins the listening experience so you try to limit whatever
you can. I suppose I could upgrade the server, but I have already
invested significantly in the players. More $$$ isn't really
Hi all,
I've been hacking on an new Java-based server implementation, and I'd
like to get two or three volunteers to try it out before releasing to a
wider audience. I have run it on Windows and Linux, but I specifically
want a Mac owner to try it out. Windows/Linux users will need the Sun
radish Wrote:
Related to this?
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1434
Only seems to happen when using the Browse Music Folder option. And
it's only the very last song of the album within the folder. Very
strange
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The situation: The only folder that I have Slimserver look at for music
is located at J:\Music\_FLAC_DB. In this folder each CD is ripped to
it's own folder, all tracks in FLAC format.
For example; The first CD (and consequently the first folder) is
AC-DC - Back In Black (1980), and it is
What, something like _'this' (http://tinypic.com/ipo275.gif)_?
Okay, I'll get me coat...
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Slimserver only uses folder names to distinguish albums from each other
when it can't figure it out from tags.
Are the tags correct? (Case matters...) Are some of these double
albums that are being counted as (Disc 1) and (Disc 2)? You can get
around that with tags, too (though I don't know
Each CD is in it's own folder, even those from boxed sets. Example, see
SS1.jpg. Then the flac files in it (SS2.jpg).
I was thinking that perhaps a few of the CD titles (album titles) may
have been screwed up in the tags, I guess I will have to do some
digging to find the culprits. I have Rio
...
Most average users likely use WMP or iTunes. The lossless choices
are WMA or M4P. I think if you asked an average user what FLAC was,
they'd have no idea and probably not care. If FLAC is ever supported
by WMP/iTunes, it will become a major format, but I won't hold my
breath.
Lemme
Why does some artwork show up and others do not under browse artwork
and all directories are the same. If I click on the directory under
browse music folder the artwork show up, but not under browse
artwork. What am I missing here?
Thanks
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Govnah Wrote:
Why does some artwork show up and others do not under browse artwork
and all directories are the same. If I click on the directory under
browse music folder the artwork show up, but not under browse
artwork. What am I missing here?
What naming convention are you using for your
clumsyoik Wrote:
Hi all,
I've been hacking on an new Java-based server implementation, and I'd
like to get two or three volunteers to try it out before releasing to a
wider audience. I have run it on Windows and Linux, but I specifically
want a Mac owner to try it out. Windows/Linux users
On a low-powered system, transcoding causes burps in the music.
I cannot begin to imagine how low-powered this system would have to
be. A flakey wireless connection, maybe. A slow disk with some other
concurrent accesses, maybe. Not the transcoding. Both FLAC and AAC run
fine on battery-powered
Hi,
New Squeezebox and Slimserver user here. I've done pretty well getting
my music server running on a dedicated ClarkConnect box. I am having
problems with Playlists not working or disappearing from my
Slimserver.
I am running: SlimServer Version: 6.2.1 - 5194 - Linux - EN - utf8
I have
I have done just about everything. Uninstalled, deleted the slimserver
directory, reinstalled, upgraded to 6.5b. Currently I have a file named
cover.jpg in the directory with the tracks. The same as the others that
are showing up under browse artwork. Very frustratingFor example
here is my
I have been creating some custom playlists. I created one with over 1250
entries. This crashed Slimserver 6.2.1 running on Linux. I edited the
playlist down to about 970 entries and this worked and did not crash
the server.
I am finding playlists very problem prone. Is there an extensive
Yes, there were double entries, problem solved!
Most of the double entries were simple things like with vs. With in
the album names. I have gone back and edited a few things over the
months, I guess I need to become more diligent.
I used the Rio software (available free via download), and it
Liv Wrote:
Stoo
Here a few thoughts...
You've reset the device...
reentered the MAC...
reentered security keys...
run through and reset and reconfig...
checked current router setting and all is ok...
router is ok...
Have you tried to connect from wired ethernet connection right
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I used the Rio software (available free via
download), and it works
great for editing tags in a quasi-spreadsheet
format. Makes mistakes
or inconsistencies very easy to discern. By right
clicking on a song,
group of songs, album, or group of albums, a
Jetlag Wrote:
Most of the double entries were simple things like with vs. With in
the album names.
I could have sworn stuff like that was made case-insensitive in
SlimServer quite a while ago. For exactly this reason - so you don't
end up with multiple albums or artists when your tags aren't
Upgraded to 6.5b1 and now Slim Devices Picks does not show up under
Internet Radio under the browser even though I have that checked and
it shows up on the SB3Any ideas or should I go back to the release
version?
Thanks
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On 17-Dec-05, at 7:56 PM, Govnah wrote:
Upgraded to 6.5b1 and now Slim Devices Picks does not show up under
Internet Radio under the browser even though I have that checked and
it shows up on the SB3Any ideas or should I go back to the release
version?
6.5 is experimental. if you are
Which model SMC router is it?
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Liv Wrote:
Stoo
Here a few thoughts...
You've reset the device...
reentered the MAC...
reentered security keys...
run through and reset and reconfig...
checked current router setting and all is ok...
I am having frequent occasions where I am streaming to the SB3 and at
some point, the SB3 loses connection to the SlimServer and the
SlimServer reports Contol Connection failed.
Sometimes connecting to SqueezeNetwork seems to fix the problem, but
lately it is getting harder and harder to
I haven't used Scanner before but I have to comment on this as well, I
listen to a lot of trance and most of the mixes I listen to are 1 or 2
hours long. It is a major bummer if I want to skip through a
particular point in the song (which is often). I am going to install
scanner right now.
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There seems to be plenty of weirdness going on with this router.
I fixed the first issue of not connecting, it was a MAC address mess.
However, I am having problems acquiring an IP address via DHCP (may
take 2-3 SB3 resets) and am having problems maintaining connection to
the
patrick Wrote:
Define future ;-)
Patrick
Oh good lord, as if I don't spend enough time already playing around
with my squeezebox. Having this type of functionality would REALLY
REALLY set slimdevices apart from the rest(as if you needed much more).
Looking forward to hearing more on this
I don't see why this is being taken as such an absurd request by some.
Sean has certainly made clear Slim's reasons, and he makes a lot of
sense. But it it was almost a deal breaker for me when I first
purchased my Squeezebox. I bought a SB1 and a Soundbridge M1000 to
compare head to head. The
Just as an FYI, if you rip your mixes as individual tracks it makes it
easier to jump around in them too.
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On 12/17/05, Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sorry about the threadjack there, but it was just a bit discouraging tosee a couple of posts with folks disparaging 'average users' who may notlive and breath this stuff and want to spend every waking moment
fiddling with it...So what you're trying to say
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It would seem the playlist feature is a bit buggy?Could be... you might be the first person to excercise the features as you have. I suggest filing your bugs at
bugs.slimdevices.com and I'm sure they will be addressed soon.Ben
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