Victor Brilon Wrote:
On Feb 10, 2006, at 2:25 PM, Victor Brilon wrote: You know...if someone
was good enough with Flash, I think that would very do-able and would
look great on the 770
Victor
You know, Flash gets a lot of crap from people but in a case like this
- it could *really* look
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On 10-Feb-06, at 11:59 PM, EnochLight wrote:
Victor Brilon Wrote:
On Feb 10, 2006, at 2:25 PM, Victor Brilon wrote: You know...if
someone
was good enough with Flash, I think that would very do-able and would
look great on the 770
Victor
You know, Flash gets a lot of crap from people but
jonheal Wrote:
Dan,
I'm not sure where that setting can be found. There is a setting
entitled List compliation albums under each artist | Group compilation
albums together, but it has no effect on this problem.
Basically the compilation column in the albums table is set to 1 on
three
I'm trying to configure two hardware 'servant' players so that they're
synced with a software 'master' player. The master is playing 24/7 and
I want to turn on either servant and just have it pick up the stream
from its current position and start playing.
But... when I turn on a servant, it
By software player I presume you mean Softsqueeze... which version,
exactly? There have been some changes in the way it works with sync
recently, make sure you have the latest version.
You might also want to have a look at Player Settings / Audio, if you
haven't already, and play with some of
This SoftSqueeze 2.3 and yep, I've fiddled with the Audio sync settings.
As edited to mention, this seems to be a known issue without a fix at
the moment.
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PeterFitzgerald Wrote:
I live in London in the UK and am looking to buy two SB3's.
With the $100 off two offer that is currently available by ordering
direct from Slim devices it would seem that even UK customers can save
money by ordering direct.
Looking at the site, there seems to
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Am I missing something here, or is the sync behaviour I'm looking for
just not possible..?
Well I confess to being somewhat jaded by the whole synchronisation
experience but I'd suggest you are not going to get it to work. I spent
ages trying to
Just done an install and when I mouse over the icon is says
slimserver starting but gets no further
It was like this on win 2000 so tried a clean install of XP
and its the same
Im trying to run this on a Via 600 motherboard /
processor should this work ok
Any help as what to
Just done an install and when I mouse over the icon is says slimserver
starting - but gets no further
Has the scan finished? What's the cpu load?
If it isn't obviously scanning your collection, just remove and re-install
it again. Sounds odd, but this has helped others...
I'm trying to
I've had good luck syncing my 2 SB3s. I've been annoyed by the track
restart and the incorrect track title but they aren't deal breakers.
The one thing I did find was that if you turn off the SBs while still
synced, SS will show them as not synced. But once you turn they SBs on
they are still
I only have 256 in it
And having checked again it a via 800
There is no sign of anything running - have a cpu usage of 2% and no sign of
slimserve in the list- just slimtray
Could the ram stop it working totally?
Tried a reinstall
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Tried another reinstall and is now working
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I only have 256 in it
And having checked again it
Hi Guys,
I've finally put up an update (the last one most likely) to the Videobox
package on Sourceforge.
http://videobox.sourceforge.net/
See the notes below for the details.
I've stopped using it myself and switched to MythTV on Linux for my
HTServer setup, so I've kind of lost the urge to
rudholm Wrote:
I think Slimdevices gets their customers so well because they basically
are their customers.
What a great ad:
Hi I'm Sean. I'm not just the CEO of Slim Devices ... I'm also a
customer.
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Kevin O. Lepard Wrote:
he was born in Scotland, but he was in America when he invented it.
He was born in Scotland, but he moved to Canada and became a Canadian
citizen. He was in the US when he did the experiments that led to the
telephone, but his citizenship at the time was Canadian. I read
Michaelwagner Wrote:
Isn't Slimserver kinda like the playboy in the frat house?
Sure. Except the playboy is not a physical object. A physical object
cannot be shared by a lot of people at the same time. A physical object
becomes worn as it is used.
Also, you're considering a frat house with
And of course, we were the first ones to surgically graft
telephones to every teenage girl in our country. ;-)
Nope that would be the Japanese. Or maybe the Finns :)
*laugh* Well, maybe so. :-)
What's more amazing is that virtually no one knows who invented the
television. (And now
funkstar Wrote:
or there is an anti trust or class action suit against Apple
coincidentaly i just read this a few minutes ago ...
Northern California Judge Gives Green Light to Monopolization Suit
Against Apple
http://www.ehomeupgrade.com/entry/2095/northern_california_judge
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Fred Wrote:
Also, you're considering a frat house with some millions of brothers.
Well, I'm talking about my own collection and in my house. I'm popular
but I'm not *that* popular.
Fred Wrote:
I don't know about your buddies, but most of mine would say: neat, I
gotta go pick that up for my
He says neat, I gotta go pick that up for my house. (sale)
I don't know about your buddies, but most of mine would say: neat, I
gotta go pick that up for my house. Can you put this on a CD for me?.
(theft)
Thank god the US lobbyists in Brussels haven't managed to outlaw that
here yet. Even
For example, when I search for James Blunt on the player, I can find it.
When I search in the web interface for the same artist under albums and
artist there are no matches. It's kind of freaky.
I'm running an old version of the slim server with the original slimp3.
I think it's v 6.1 on an
Last night, after completing my usual music scan (clear playlists and
rescan), I now have TWO copies of each identical track for my entire
music library.
Mac OS X 10.3, Slim 6.2.2
Any help?
SB
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I tried this as an alternative to Softsqueeze on a machine where
softsqueeze stopped working properly (UI comes up but stays dark - it
doesn't communicate with Slimserver). I'm able to get music started
with it, but then it doesn't respond to any commands from the player's
web page once it gets
There's a page for network audio players at 'windows marketplace'.
Unfortunately, I believe a product has to be qualified as being
'windows ready', or even 'made for windows', or some other hoop before
being allowed to post it. Fortunately, Squeezebox *was* designed 'with
windows in mind' ;-)
jonheal Wrote:
Dan,
I'm not sure where that setting can be found. There is a setting
entitled List compliation albums under each artist | Group compilation
albums together, but it has no effect on this problem.
Good question. What happened to the 'Auto Various Artists
Identification'
I think one possible outcome is that the internet, with it's larger
fanout, will in the music world allow more direct contact between
musicians and listeners, cutting out labels.
Already in manufacturing we see similar things happening. Dells
distribution model is manufacturer to consumer. In my
kdf Wrote:
...maintenance, however, is the key.
-k
That's so very true, and with that said - Ben better stick around! The
770 is my skin of choice right now. ;-)
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jmpage2 Wrote:
Yes, yes, Americans are self-absorbed, obnoxious and think that their
culture is the center of the universe.
Now can we get back to the actual thread topic and cease with the
vulgar hijacking and whining about how this is only going to initially
be available in the US?
Michaelwagner Wrote:
He was born in Scotland, but he moved to Canada and became a Canadian
citizen. He was in the US when he did the experiments that led to the
telephone, but his citizenship at the time was Canadian. I read in one
place that he later acquired American citizenship. He was
Has anyone trialled this unit? I'd like to offload my library from my PC
but I'm a little bit dubious as to the performance that I might get from
a box like this with so little memory etc.
Any reports would be welcomed.
Thanks
Gerry
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peter Wrote:
I've made some stuff to control MythTV or other Lirc controlled
software
from my Squeezeboxes (of course) and if there's enough interest I'll
document it and upload the Plugin and Lirc Junction Box that I wrote
for
that.
I'm interested in the MythTV plugin. Would you
Okay, I'll go into a little detail here -- maybe there is a fix after
all. I have SoftPlayer running on a server and this plays archived BBC
radio Real streams via AlienBBC. What I want to be able to do is
automatically switch on a hardware player (via an alarm) and have it
pick up this stream
EnochLight Wrote:
if you are Canadian technically you *-*are*-* American. Canadians just
tend to forget what continent they live on. Conveniently. ;-)
Surely you jest. You have it backwards.
The continent is called America. It's the citizens of the United States
of America, who forget
On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 08:20:41 -0800, Skunk
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peter Wrote:
I've made some stuff to control MythTV or other Lirc controlled
software
from my Squeezeboxes (of course) and if there's enough interest I'll
document it and upload the Plugin and Lirc Junction Box that
...
This is the risk that record companies see. They may not be the
smartest marketing or technology cookies, but there is no denying my
alternate scenario is a very common and likely one. Just got a friend
on the phone that said I just got this DVD recorder so now I can copy
DVDs. Will you
Yes, yes, Americans are self-absorbed, obnoxious and think that their
culture is the center of the universe.
That's a pretty neat summary how most people in Western / Central
Europe think of the US and who's to blame them ...
C.
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Hi All,
I'm putting together a playlist for a dinner party, and I need to know
the duration of the playlist. The web interface doesn't seem to have a
feature to show the duration, so I've put together a PHP script to do
the job.
I run my slim using MySql rather than the standard DBLite (?)
Michaelwagner Wrote:
Surely you jest. You have it backwards..
Oivay... yes I jest - hence the -I kid!- after the tongue and cheek
remark. ;-) In all honesty, I'm actually Canadian myself. Moved to
the States several years ago. So for me: North America, Central, South
- we're all Americans.
Yesterday, My wireless SB3 greeted me with the upgrade/download new
firmware message.
As instructed, I pressed the brightness button on the remote...and the
download/install began however, at the conclusion of the process,
instead of starting up normally, I was sent back to the
The firmware is contained and dictated by what
version of SlimServer you're running.
It most likely did not have version 29 from the
factory as it's still beta. FW 29 is included
with the nightly 6.2.2 releases.
If you download 6.2.1, the stable release, through
the normal channel, it
seanadams Wrote:
It's really simple. You'll add your pandora account in Squeezenetwork
settings, and then from the Squeezebox UI you'll see Pandora Radio at
the top level.
Sorry, I must be slow this AM... exactly HOW do I do this? (step by
step, please) ( I don't see any place on my
It's coming March 1st.
cvj wrote:
seanadams Wrote:
It's really simple. You'll add your pandora account
in Squeezenetwork
settings, and then from the Squeezebox UI you'll
see Pandora Radio at
the top level.
Sorry, I must be slow this AM... exactly HOW do I do
this? (step by
step,
Hi folks... yes I am a new Squeezbox convert too but once in a while it
is good to reconnect with reality. I bought the SB3 with high hopes,
most based on raving reviews. Most of the hopes I had to burry in the
meantime, because the product can simply NOT live up to them under REAL
WORLD
I just came across the Slim Device product line while seaching some DAP
sites and like the sound and idea of the Sqeeze box,is there anywhere
in the S.F bay area where i can check out the goods of the Sb3,Century
Stereo,Forum members,,etc,from what i read ,im on the fence,and ready to
jump,but
OK. Let me paraphrase what you've written and you tell me if I'm saying
it right.
You want the sound that would ordinarily come out of your computers
audio hardware to instead get put on your network and come out of the
squeezebox somewhere else. Is that right?
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SoundBoy Wrote:
once in a while it is good to reconnect with reality.
Now you're sounding like my psychiatrist!
A SlimServer running on an IMac G3 (OS Panther, 320MB mem) is NOT fast
enough to stream ACC encoded higher then 128 without audio drop outs.
(Setup, Linksys Router, 11b
Yes, I think that's correct; all the sound, regardless of origin. So
whether the sound originates from a local app, the operating system, or
is streamed to the computer from elsewhere, if it is playing through the
computer's audio hardware I'd like to send it through the network to the
SB.
geo
ourbail Wrote:
I just came across the Slim Device product line while seaching some DAP
sites and like the sound and idea of the Sqeeze box,is there anywhere
in the S.F bay area where i can check out the goods of the Sb3,Century
Stereo,Forum members,,etc,from what i read ,im on the fence,and
SoundBoy Wrote:
Hi folks... yes I am a new Squeezbox convert too but once in a while it
is good to reconnect with reality. I bought the SB3 with high hopes,
most based on raving reviews. Most of the hopes I had to burry in the
meantime, because the product can simply NOT live up to them
I'd consider changing encoded formats that you stream to your box. From
all I've read transcoding on the server side is a losing proposition.
Aside from not being able to rewind and fast forward, you are pounding
the snot out of your server.
I am streaming files to my SB3 with a kurobox,
When I first bought my Squeezebox (SB2) late in 2004, I found it a
breeze to use with iTunes. Slimserver (some flavour of 4.x through 5.x)
picked up my iTunes (4.x) library, playlists etc and made them
seamlessly available. Any additions to the iTunes library were quickly
reflected in the
It's not available yet. I've had one on order since November. Latest of
many delivery promises is mid-February.
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OK. I think someone is working on this, but I don't know how far they've
gotten. Maybe they'll see this posting and answer.
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I think at least part of the problem is that the formats you're using
must be transcoded to straight PCM by your server and then sent over
your wireless network at that (higher) bitrate. This is costing you
both CPU and network capacity.
I'd be curious if you see these problems with MP3 files
Hi Sean, unfortunately the IMac G3 can only handle 11b.. that's the
problem.. sighh :( with the airport card. I know that the G is a big
bottle neck... That's why I said.. G3 is not a good combo.. Again, I
try to help others, not to blame.. Of course on the G network the
stream is great.. but
* cvj shaped the electrons to say...
It's really simple. You'll add your pandora account in Squeezenetwork
settings, and then from the Squeezebox UI you'll see Pandora Radio at
the top level.
Sorry, I must be slow this AM... exactly HOW do I do this? (step by
step, please) ( I don't see any
I'm really enjoying Last.FM, but find it frustrating that any time I
want to change channels, skip a song or love a song I have to go back to
the main menu and select Internet Radio - Last.FM again. It would make
more sense to keep those capabilities right under artist/song info in
the menu.
Is it just me thats having audio problems with the Squeezebox? I can't
understand how anyone can be using succesfully.
I have a Squeezebox 3 and SlimServer 6.2.2 on Windows XP Pro.
I've already noticed that WMA VBR files don't play properly. They get
filled with unwanted silences.
Now I've
SoundBoy Wrote:
Hi Sean, unfortunately the IMac G3 can only handle 11b.. that's the
problem.. sighh :(
Having the server -and- the squeezebox on wireless is a particularly
bad setup because of the way 802.11 works - all the traffic has to hit
the airwaves twice. A better solution if possible
.. good point, for practicality reasons (cable running through the
rooms) I was forced to wire the SB3 to the router and connect to the
computer wireless. Sure enough my IMac G3 will be replaced very soon
with a 11g compatible computer.. but I thought I would give it a try...
seanadams Wrote:
On 11-Feb-06, at 5:40 AM, Peter wrote:
I've made some stuff to control MythTV or other Lirc controlled
software
from my Squeezeboxes (of course) and if there's enough interest I'll
document it and upload the Plugin and Lirc Junction Box that I wrote
for
that.
please do! I've recently
On 11-Feb-06, at 8:01 AM, EnochLight wrote:
kdf Wrote:
...maintenance, however, is the key.
-k
That's so very true, and with that said - Ben better stick around! The
770 is my skin of choice right now. ;-)
actually, the nokia skin isn't so hard to deal with. It is still html
based,
ceejay Wrote:
Sorry its not meeting your expectations, but please don't make the
(admittedly very easy) mistake of assuming that everyone else is just
like you.
Ceejay
Agreed - I consider myself a typical user and it works fine for me. I
even dabble in the betas of Slim Server and things
SB3 wired to my LinkSys connected to the IntenetRadio via
SqueezNetwork - can not handle WMA streams without major
droup outs (128kBps). At the same time any of my IMacs
connected to the same Internet Radio Station at the same
time is handling this JUST FINE.
IMO, this is the most
So I've had my sb for 24 hours, and there is one big annoyance: if a
play a podcast ('iTunes podcast') it is not marked as played. :(
Am I doing something wrong, or is this something that is not
implemented?
(I searched for 'iTunes played' in these forums, could not find an
answer there.)
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I agree. That is odd. If I'm reading him correctly, his SB3 isn't
using wireless. It sounds like there might be something quite wrong
with his DSL service.
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my guess is that it's buffering is done differently between the SB and a
lot of media players.
It always seems to me that when playing a remote stream, the Squeezebox
starts playing much faster than something like Winamp or XMMS (I don't
use WMP).
For something like Live Music Archive, this
Well im in the East bay,Fremont,exactly,im surprised that no retailers
sell the product.would love to see a demo,might have to make a trip to
Mountain view,thou i guess i could also buy and return it,but like i
said would prefer to see it before hand.
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Don't want to damage that pretty face . . .
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stinkingpig Wrote:
every copy of the product represents a lost sale.
In actuality, every copy represents a marketing opportunity, in which
the
recipient discovers something that they didn't have before.
Agreed, to a point. Now there are numerous copies which do not lead to
discovery, but
a bit more background:
ATT standard wireless DSL; my router is of course linked to it. My SB3
is wired to my router (gave up on wireless in the hope the dropouts
would vanish). The computer connect wireless to my router on a mixed
b/g network. At the moment I have 60MB coming in through DSL and
well, while you wait, download and install slimserver and play with
softsqueeze, which is a pretty good squeezebox emulator (though it
looks more like an sb2 than an sb3... the controls are the same).
you will have to pretend the picture of the remote on the screen is
real and that the sound is
Good tip,SnarlyDwarf,i will do that and test the waters.
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On 11-Feb-06, at 12:25 PM, boybees wrote:
Don't want to damage that pretty face . . .
use the
polishing cloth that came in the box with the SB3
-k
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I find the double use of the now playing button to cause me trouble.
If you are not in now playing mode, it jumps to now playing.
If you are in now playing, it changes the display format.
If the screensave jumps to now playing just as you are pressing the
button to jump to now playing - you
6.5 builds currently have a different ui for the now playing options.
If you always want just one particular display, you can remove the
other options from the list, or even shorten it to the ones you do
like. It doesn't remove the problem completely in this case, but
reduces the cost of it.
Millwood Wrote:
My SB3 came with a rag similar to the eyeglass rags my optomotrist gives
me.
So that should be fine then.
Quality gear or what?
MC
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Actually, I've discovered that the slimserver library is not being
updated now. I've checked the .xml file and that's up to date and I now
understand that that's where iTunes puts it.
(/Users/user/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml). Slimserver scans
the correct folder on the external
Try setting the secreen saver to Now Playing (Jump Back on wake). The
if you have it normally displaying the LastFM plugin menu, the
screensave will cut in to give you Now Playing, but it will Jump Back
when you press, say, the up key...
Ceejay
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I'm not seeing what you're seeing.
What do you mean by if the screensaver jumps to
Now Playing as you are pressing the button to jump
to Now Playing? On mine, the screensaver remains
on unless I press something. It never goes back
on its own.
Millwood wrote:
I find the double use of the
Well, you'd be right, there's no point fiddling with EAC and DACs if
we're having bits of files chopped off... so the inference may be that
its just you! I only use FLAC (and a few AACs) but I've not seen any
gaps being chopped recently, and I think I would have spotted it as
some of it is
I bought mine directly from Vinnie at Red Wine Audio. Guess he forgot to
include the cloth. No worries, though, I have other suitable cloths.
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Indeed, in general there's nothing inherently wrong the the SBs sound
reproduction, in fact it's generally excellent. Dropouts are fairly
common if you have network issues, beyond that there is a known issue
with FLAC files sometimes missing the very end of the file, leading to
slightly glitchy
Me too. Thanks for helping to articulate the need.
geo
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The standard SlimServer doesn't update iTunes when you listen to tracks.
To do so you need the iTunes Update plugin:
http://www.jamescraig.co.uk/SlimServer
James
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I'm having difficulty getting SlimServer and iTunes to share a music
library.
I've got a Debian Linux box with SlimServer running on it and some
shared disk space.
I've got iTunes running on my iBook. The remote linux volume is mounted
and I've told iTunes to use it as the iTunes music folder
when using the fishbone web interface and browsing artwork is it
possible to have the artist and album title show when you hover your
mouse over the art?
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Okay, I've just done a fairly controlled test. It looks like I'm seeing
bug #1434 plus a completely different network or buffering problem. I
checked the Server and Network Health whilst running the tests and it
indicated that a low buffer was my only problem. So I'm no closer to
finding out what
First let me say that I dont work for Slim Devices, and I paid FULL
retail for my wireless SB3 :)
I've had it for almost 3 weeks now and I find myself enjoying it more
and more every day. Finding new internet radio stations, and waking up
to my favorite music files is aweseome!
2 years ago, I
Low buffers are caused by not having enough bandwidth on the network.
You've got a weak signal, interference, or both.
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Another testimonial for the testimonials page :-)
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Just thought I'd follow up... It has something to do with Checkpoint VPN
client installed...
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Both PC and Squeezebox are connected to the router by cable!
The Network Test plugin indicates I have at least 4Mbits of bandwidth.
Oh, and my WMA VBR has gotten off to a good start. The first track
stopped half way through (which looks a lot like bug #2938).
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On 11-Feb-06, at 4:04 PM, vain4 wrote:
when using the fishbone web interface and browsing artwork is it
possible to have the artist and album title show when you hover your
mouse over the art?
already does
-k
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I was having a similar problem with latest production Slimserver so I
upgraded to the stable beta (6.2.2 - 6200 for Windows XP)with no
positive effect.
Setting prefixes and postfixes didn't seem to help.
My exact problem was that playlists would show up but with nothing in
them. I'm using a
Thousands of us are running the server successfully without hiccups. I
actually run a box over wireless without any issues.
Since you are running the Windows version of Slimserver it might be
helpful for you to start by disabling all other applications on the box
including network firewall,
I have been successful in the past adding URLs to my favorites list in
Squeeze network, but today I tried unsucessfully to add Wolfgangsvault.
I can't get the stream to run in Window's media player.
It run's Flash and the url I get from right-clicking does not work with
Squeeze Network.
Any
I suspect this is a totally lame question, but I figured there were
enough audiophiles out there who play music from their computer (as
opposed to piping it through an amplifier first) to give me a clue
here.
When playing music from the computer, why does Winamp play my music
significantly
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