Also why not just go the full nine yard and reproduce the entire option
setting capability of the web based interface ?
Because this is work, and work needs time. Everybody can't work 25h a day
;-)
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On 8/1/06 at 09:56 -0800, PeterBorner wrote
Hi,
I'm trying to connect my Squeezebox to my slimserver using the wireless
WPA/TKIP protocol/encryption. I have a Cisco 830 series Integrated
Services Router at home and it doesn't seem to be able to connect. Has
anyone any experience of doing this?
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dr Lovegrove
wrote:
Be pretty handy for Moose too as pointing it at the 'live' db file
causes all sorts of grief..
I'm just discovering that. Memo to self: Read the warnings that come on
the label and follow the instructions! :)
Kevin
rtitmuss wrote:
I have released a new version of Softsqueeze 2.3. This will be in the
6.2 nightlies or you can download it from Sourceforge
(http://softsqueeze.sourceforge.net). Later in the week I'll release a
new version on the trunk.
This fixes (for me anyway!) sync. I've been listening with
Am I right in thinking it is not possible to get accurate syncing with
linux?
Did you test it?
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Michael Herger wrote:
Am I right in thinking it is not possible to get accurate syncing with
linux?
Did you test it?
Yep. Softsqueeze(linux) ran around 0.75 seconds behind my squeezebox1.
However this was with the output of my soundcard routed via an FM
modulator to my FM radio in the room
I note in audiomixer options in the linux version the only option is
'java sound audio engine' - I seem to remember this is /bad/ for syncing
but I cant remember how to enable the other options.
Install the mp3 java plugin. This considerably reduced cpu load on my
machine and might improve
Michael,
Thanks for testing that file.
The Id3 tag is odd because I edited it in order to test the liability
to crash. However, I am not sure why track no 255 is there because I
wanted no track information at all in that field? As to the BPM I have
entered this last week according to Mixmeister
Very cool! Thanx for the heads-up. I reported broken gapless Flac and
wasn't sure if the programmer was aware, but I just tested 2.3, and it
is indeed fixed--yes!
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rtitmuss Wrote:
Gapless flac playback should also working again, but I have not tested
this (please let me know).
Confirmed--gapless FLAC playback is fixed on my systems (all XP) with
2.3! And to think my message on Sourceforge forum was ignored... :)
Thanx Richard!
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Here's my concept for the New Music icon - it kind of combines the two
ideas of MrC. Needs some cleaning up as right now it is on the grey
background used in the top menu bar and that may not be how the html
works.
davep
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clumsyoik,
if you need some hosting let me know, i've got some space/bandwidth i
don't mind sharing for a project like this :)
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if you need some hosting let me know, i've got some space/bandwidth i
don't mind sharing for a project like this :)
Sounds good, what do I need to do?
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Can get the download to work at all - even after multiple gos
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I got my SB3 a couple of weeks ago.. and aside from the usual connection
problems that I had to sort out the whole system works great. However,
one thing I've notice with my set up is that there is a considerable
delay when browsing my music folders on the SB3. Once I drill into a
folder it
mcw Wrote:
Hi - any chance of you doing some work on the crossfade to make it a
little more sophisticated?
Most tracks start suddenly then end in a slow fade - in those cases a
good crossfade doesn't play with the faders much at all - the first
track is rapidly faded at (say) 8 seconds
Jon, with respect to the effective raising of the output during
transition, in practice I've never actually experienced it like that...
I have things set so that when the first song drops below a certain
level *for the last time* (my current configuration on winamp is -10db,
but I've often used
That means the service hasn't registered. BTW
since I'm on my SlimServer PC now, the process is
called SlimServer.
Generally the solution is to uninstall/reinstall,
but you indicated you already did this with no effect.
Can anyone else help erica here?
To jog everyone's memory, weren't
gandt Wrote:
Can get the download to work at all - even after multiple gos
try here:
http://slightserver.batcave.net
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eliw Wrote:
Hello mate,
Great work !
Does rescan on Winslim the same thing as rescan when done on the web
interface? ie willit pick up new addes tracks etc...
Also why not just go the full nine yard and reproduce the entire option
setting capability of the web based interface ?
agentsmith Wrote:
Hopefull when I retire I can just put SB on random play till eternalty.
That's exactly what I used to think, but bear in mind that your musical
taste may have changed drastically by that time...
Nowadays, I really can't stand most of the rock shit I bought in the
seventies.
weren't there some command-line switches for the installer program to
force registration or something?
Most do this with the -install switch.
So try slim.exe -install
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items, they may be causing you the problems.
1) Memory, if you have less than 1gb of memory then you may be
suffering from the lack of available memory. Example; if you 512 mb
memory and you have various other
Alex: What version of slimserver are you running when it crashes?
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DaveP- I like the shiny musical note thing...if you can make it to
conform to the style of the other icons on the home page, I'll fold it
in. Thanks for your efforts.
MrC-- thanks for the legwork on the 'power off' function. I will look
to put that somewhere on the 'now playing' page.
As for the
To be fair, slimserver rarely uses over 100mb, so 512 would be fine
unless you're running a LOT of other junk at the same time. A dedicated
slimserver box would be fine with 256, probably significantly less. And
memory speed makes very little noticable difference to anything, I
certainly wouldn't
I agree with Radish. I'm running W2K, and I just checked. Peak usage on
my Slimserver is 70MB. Add another 8MB for Slimtray (not sure why
that's so large) and you're still around 80MB RAM. That's for about
8600 tracks.
I use the option, available only in recent releases, of specifying
where the
I got my SB3 a couple of weeks ago.. and aside from the usual connection
problems that I had to sort out the whole system works great. However,
one thing I've notice with my set up is that there is a considerable
delay when browsing my music folders on the SB3. Once I drill into a
folder it often
rick's cafe Wrote:
one thing I've notice with my set up is that there is a considerable
delay when browsing my music folders on the SB3. Once I drill into a
folder it often takes 10 secs to drill down further into the
artist/album listings.
I need to read more carefully ...
You say it's
You've already got responses on the other thread.
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19080
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Do you think the space in your music directory is causing the problem? Do you perhaps need to enclose it in quotes?On 1/8/06, Listener
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:clumsyoik Wrote: Thanks for your efforts. If you do find a little spare time, I'd be
interested to see your slightserver.properties, so I
thanks for the guidance:
Yes.. I use the Browse Music Folder option via the SB3 interface.
I have installed a USB 2.0 card in the back of my PIII .. the external
HD is connected to this slot.
The HD is made by Western Digital technical specs as follows:
Rotational Speed7,200 RPM
I think the main problem is using the Browse Music Folder interface. That's going to be slower than Browse Artists/Albums. If I understand correctly, BMF reads from the disk, and Browse Artists/Albums reads from the DB -- which you can keep in memory for faster access.
On 1/9/06, rick's cafe
Ben,
this is the best I have been able to do tonight with the New icon. It
could probably be improved if I spent a bit more time on it but that
would not be possible for another day or two. Let me know what you
think.
davep
thanks Dave!
I may not have been as clear as I should have been on my last post--
it's my intention to have a new music icon on the body of the home
page, not the nav bar. So, white/transparent background, approx 120x100
pixel image in a flat grey color.
BUT, I think I should be able to massage
I much prefer searching for music via the browse music folder route...
does anyone know if there are any plans or if there is any way in which
SS can be modified so that it reads this info from the Databse rather
than from the disk.
I know that I can browse by artist but the logic of my current
radish Wrote:
Just to let you know, this isn't as simple as it sounds :)
It never is, is it? :) I had assumed that the hardcoded keyboard media
keys simply sent out combined keystrokes (e.g. CTRL+P)
radish Wrote:
I'm currently working on my own windows based slimserver controller
WinSlim
clumsyoik, radish:
I have updated the PluginRemoteControls wiki to
include both SlightServer and WinSlim. See
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?PluginRemoteControls
Hopefully this is OK with both of you. If not
either let me know or edit/delete on your own.
Thanks, and thank you for
Yet Another Firewall Problem? I don't think so, but maybe
I haven't received my SB3 yet (will collect it tomorrow), but I've
prepared everything. Slimserver installed, Windows XP firewall opened
up (by the Slimserver installation), although I actually thought I had
deactivated the darn thing
Thanks for the replies. The e-Vectra is a good idea (I like the
external PS), but I think the 'old' laptop is still the way to go, as
Michaelwagner indicated - screen keyboard built in - less clutter
(WAF!). I already have a USB drive, so I wasn't including that in the
$200. I've been
rick's cafe Wrote:
on th eusb 2.0 aspect.. when I installed the new usb card my system
updated the drivers itself.. is there anything else that i should have
done to ensure that the pc and card are both speaking the same
languaage (i.e transfering at 2.o rates)?
I believe that windows XP
clumsyoik Wrote:
Sounds good, what do I need to do?
i've sent you a PM.
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question if I install one of these remote plugins to the pc which i
run SS .. do I still need to stream to a player on the pc such as to
winamp?
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WHEN MUSIC HIT YOU YOU FEEL NO PAIN!!!
rick's cafe's
It depends on the player, but I don't believe any
of these play audio on their own, if that is what
you were asking. Their function is to communicate
with SlimServer via CLI (command-line interface).
They are alternatives to the SlimServer web page
interface at yourslimserverIP:9000.
rick's
Well they're all different but in the case of mine, WinSlim, it's -just-
a remote. So assuming you actually want to hear something you'll need a
player somewhere.
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I have hit a problem:
I have installed Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable
Package (x86), and WinSlim.
If I attempt to run WinSlim with SlimServer already running I get an
immediate error - 'WinSlim has encountered a problem and needs to
close.'
If I stop SlimServer, WinSlim
Seems strange you'd have to jump through hoops like this.
Is the SlimServer PC close to the Squeezebox? If it was, I'd suspect
wireless interference.
What do you mean by the SB3 would not connect? It wouldn't see your
SSID, or it would but would not connect?
Seeing SSID and connecting is
There are two separate things here:
1) Use of TTF to support unicode characters - in this case put one of
the 3 TTF files into the Graphics directory. As per
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?UnicodeFonts These are used as
the normal font for unicode characters [i.e. no more font options
I did an incredibly ham-handed modification of the new_music.gif from
davep and it's checked in. I know it looks pixelated and lousy, but
it's there as a placeholder until it can be improved. Will welcome
anyone's handiwork on making it look like it actually belongs on the
home page...
cheers,
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Andy Hawkins wrote:
net stop service name
net start service name
With a DOS Copy in the middle that works nicely thanks (the service
name is slimserver BTW).
I don't suppose there a way to halt player(s) before I do that then
restart them afterwards is there?
seanadams Wrote:
If you happen to have one of the old Zip drive power supplies, it'll
work fine.
I've got an Iomega Jazz 1GB (almost as antiquated), but the power
supply's light weight hints at it being switched rather than linear
regulated.
-= Mike Hanson =-
www.boxsoft.net
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Sorry, I meant I had port-forwarded those ports from my
router/fw/adsl-modem to my Slimserver PC.
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In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Kevin Weller wrote:
May I make a suggestion? I'd like to keep this running all of the time so if
it
Hmmm, there may be a problem with that plan. If Moose is already running
neither
SoftSqueeze nor Squeezeboxes can find SlimServer when they are started. If
Moose
In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Kevin Weller wrote:
Is Moose 'blocking' something SS and
SB need to get at?
Sorry, that should have said 'something SS and SB need to get at during
the start-up sequence'.
Kevin
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Do your firewall logs report anything amiss? Not
sure about software players, but the Squeezebox
hardware player is very insistent when it's trying
to get in, as it should be. It tries every 5
seconds until it connects. So your firewall logs
should be filled with hundreds of entries.
Let me preface my comments by saying that I've not done any SB development work, so those who have should feel free to jump in and correct me if I'm misstating anything here.From reading this forum for a couple of years, here's my understanding of the hows and whys of the different browse options.
afblaster Wrote:
I have hit a problem:
I have installed Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable
Package (x86), and WinSlim.
If I attempt to run WinSlim with SlimServer already running I get an
immediate error - 'WinSlim has encountered a problem and needs to
close.'
If I
Hi,
I have a recently upgraded to 6.2.2 on Windows 2003 Server. I have a
library of 80K+ tracks and I'm experiencing long gaps (up to 15
Seconds) between tracks when playing a playlist. I've tried clearing
and rescanning the database (takes a few hours!). I've also tried
switching to using my
Hi,
I have just installed AlienBBC (1.00) on my slimserver v6.2.1 - 5194.
The test of AlienBBC seems to work and I can play PodCasts no problem
at all. When I try to play say Radio1, an error occurs in the log
file;
2006-01-09 19:50:56.0073 PlayableAODItem: Trying to get stream for:
Hi Bob
no resolution yet, but now persuing idea of getting replacement SB3
unit. Best I can ascertain is that SB3 crashes on wireless connection
once its been on for a while got warm. Works fine for half an album
on start-up from cold, then crashes. Crashes then more frequent after
power
Could you try increasing the radio station timeout in the server
settings. If this doesn't help could you post the trace output as
described on http://www.x2systems.com/alienbbc/installation.html
Neil
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I hope this now works for everyone!!
I hate to be a party-pooper but it doesn't seem to be working for me
I'm afraid.
Synchronisation on softsqueeze_windows_2_0b11.exe was rock solid but,
having put 2.3 on this evening, it drifts off quite quickly.
Kevin
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Mark, thanks for the reply.
My DLINK router/FW/ADSL-thingie allows me to port forward only, not
differentiate between server and access. And on the computer there's
Win XP2 FW only. I think I'll follow your advice and open up
Slimserver for all IP's for an hour to test it out.
/Niclas
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No problem, I just hope you get it working.
Differentiating between server and access is
something that your software firewall does. You
shouldn't have to change anything in your router.
If it's the Windows XP software firewall I believe
allowing the ports is all you need, but I have
heard
No problem, I just hope you get it working.
Differentiating between server and access is
something that your software firewall does. You
shouldn't have to change anything in your router.
If it's the Windows XP software firewall I believe
allowing the ports is all you need, but I have
heard
This sounds like a permissions problem, I would guess your music is in
your user area and this is not accessible when you are logged into your
wife's account because your wife cannot access your area.
Check the activity monitor and see if the perl process is owned by your
wife when the problem
Neil Sleightholm Wrote:
Could you try increasing the radio station timeout in the server
settings. If this doesn't help could you post the trace output as
described on http://www.x2systems.com/alienbbc/installation.html
Neil
Ahh - it would seem that it now works fine with my squeezebox,
You might want to try coming to this from a different direction.
The problem you're encountering is a file lock on the db file when the
backup runs.
If you were to switch to using MySQL then you could either use the
database backup features available in the database, or even run
scheduled tasks
BTW you might want to put SlimServer in the
Windows XP firewall exceptions list as well. See
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=76293postcount=7
Mark Lanctot wrote:
No problem, I just hope you get it working.
Differentiating between server and access is
something that your
Does anyone at Slim have a good idea of what the percentages are in
terms of operating systems that SlimServer is running on in the real
world? I'm curious about how that last 4-8% is carved up - whether is
about 50/50 Linux and Mac, or maybe a larger cut for the Mac?
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I'm using iTunes and ssh to remote stream 320kbps mp3 files to a laptop.
In general, it works - however, peridically iTunes will pop up a dialog
box that states Network Stalled - Rebuffering Stream. Then playback
will resume. At first I thought this rebuffering message happened at
about the same
Only one SB2 player connected
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On 09/01/06, Kevin Weller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hmmm, there may be a problem with that plan. If Moose is already running
neither
SoftSqueeze nor Squeezeboxes can find SlimServer when they are started. If
Moose
is stated afterwards there are no problems. Is Moose 'blocking' something SS
kweller Wrote:
Having just had an 'accident' I've restored my SlimServer program
directory but am having to re-scan my music tracks to rebuild the
database. The reason for that is that Slimserver runs 24/7 and
SecondCopy (a Windows back-up program) says it can't back-up the
database
kweller Wrote:
Are there command lines I can use to tell SlimServer to shut down and
restart that I can set up in Windows Scheduler? If I can do that I can
schedule the back-up as well.
I don't know about Windows, but on Unix/Linux you can create a small
script that will tell Sqlite to
I couldn't find any references to ttf2sb2.exe on this forum or in
Google.
I really want to do font antialiasing on the SB2 display--I think it'd
look cool (of course it probably would only work the best at a full
intensity screen). Perhaps with 2bpp it really wouldn't be as good as
I imagine,
Mitch Harding Wrote:
Do you think the space in your music directory is causing the problem?
Do
you perhaps need to enclose it in quotes?
On 1/8/06, Listener Listener.21c8hb (AT) no-mx (DOT)
forums.slimdevices.com wrote:
...
# music_dir=${user.home}/music
music_dir=c:/My Music/music
Funnily enough wireless connection to squeezenetwork is becoming an
issue for me recently - it's only just started in the last week and a
half when it got cold here in Hong Kong (read 10deg celcius). I've
got a SB2 in the bedroom and a SB3 in the living room. Both freeze/
crash at the same
Hi,
I was wondering what the best (most stable/fastest) slimverser to use.
The default slimverser seems to be 6.2.1, however, many seem to use
6.2.2. And since people are working on 6.5 why shouldn't anyone use
6.2.2 then?
Thanks,
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On 9-Jan-06, at 5:42 PM, treble wrote:
Hi,
I was wondering what the best (most stable/fastest) slimverser to use.
that depends
The default slimverser seems to be 6.2.1, however, many seem to use
6.2.2.
Official release is 6.2.1, and most people should use that wherever
possible.
If
It made since that a library scan would start as soon as the plugins
were loaded and my CPU usage was a 100% even though the web and comand
line interface made no mention of a scan, so I started the server and
went to work to give it ample time to finish the scan. I came home and
party shuffle
Thanks for the info.
No, no crash log. The thing is, slim doesn't crash. It just becomes
unresponsive. When I issue the service slimserver restart I am told
that it ends ok, rather than receiving any service wasn't running
messages. That's what's so frustrating, it's as if it gets into a
funkstar Wrote:
Added benefits of the ReadyNas are that you can get up to 2TB in
something the size of a SFF PC (not something you could do with a
standard SFF PC) and it uses less power than a regular PC as it doesn't
have things running that are not needed, and doesn't use a power hungry
Ben,
Here's a cleaned up, anti-aliased New image based on the one created by
davep. I still used the slanted note, and moved the starburst to the
left side of the note as it fits better. If you like this, I'll create
you the active image as well. I'm doing these in Photoshop and they are
Does anyone know of a nice small stereo amplifier that maybe turns on
automagically if it sees a signal? I want to put a SB3 in my bedroom
with maybe some nice inwall speakers, and don't want a big clunky
receiver up there if I can avoid it. I would probably still like 50+
watts though per
I just downloaded and installed Softsqueeze 2.3 hoping that would solve
the synchronization problem.
Unfortunately Softsqueeze now skips (or better from time to time
repeats part of the song, like 1 second or so). Very annoying.
Anyone else hearing this?
My platform is Windows 2000.
Thanks, MrC! I think the icon has a bit skinnier style than the rest on
that page, but it doesn't bother me much. I checked it in (I made an
'active' gif as well)...give it a look when you get a chance.
cheers
#!/ben
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Take a look at this thread:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=19646
About the only difference here is the auto-on
requirement.
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Does anyone know of a nice small stereo amplifier
that maybe turns on
automagically if it sees a signal? I
psm0110 Wrote:
Hmmm... okay, but will that light processor handle MySQL with version
6.5? Or will the readyNAS version branch?
I guess you could just use the NAS as storage, and get a cheapo-PC
(linux or windows) to run the slimserver software, and mount the NAS as
a drive/directory.. Not
Never mind my previous posting. I restarted my pc and it worked as it
should. No more skipping... and guess what... so far the
synchronization works!
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Keep in mind that any 'old' laptop or pc (including e-Vectra) is likely tosupportonly USB 1.1
Not great if you plan to use external USB drive.
I used to run SlimServer 24/7 on Thinkpad T21 for few months. During this time I had to replace the hard disk twice. It could be just bad luck, but I am
Keep in mind that any 'old' laptop or pc (including e-Vectra) is likely tosupportonly USB 1.1
Not great if you plan to use external USB drive.
I used to run SlimServer 24/7 on Thinkpad T21 for few months. During this time I had to replace the hard disk twice. It could be just bad luck, but I am
Heaters here tend to be the fan blowers which take the temp up to about
20 deg celcius or so. The side effect of these is that the humidity
then drops to 30 dgrees or so if the humidifier isn't on. That said,
I'm sure lots of SB users are probably usign SB's in these conditions
already. Not
The NSLU2 is one slow device. I ran some tests on it *after* I over
clocked it and the slug took nearly 4 hours to backup 21GB of data
across the network to a USB 2.0 drive enclosure. FWIW, I tested both
ways by backing up from the slug to the PC while the drive was NTFS
then formatted Ext3 and
Any guesses on when the Squeezebox might be able to handle 24/96 files?
I'm trying to build my rig, and planning for it accordingly. I'd like
to know whether I'd be wasting my money on a DVD player that can handle
24/96.
Thanks
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RADIO!' (http://nvo.com/cd)
You can't stream BBC stations to WinAmp, this is specifically disabled.
If you want to play it on your PC then SoftSqueeze should work.
Neil
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