This might be a really daft question (I know very little about the Roku)
but why is someone with a Roku who obviously dislikes SlimServer, not
using the Roku software instead of something third party, unsupported
(and apparently inferior) for his device?
Also, am I wrong in thinking that the
Did you mean me?
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I've just had 'fun' extracting tracks from various concert DVDs.
I use DVD Decrypter in IFO mode (in the Options - IFO mode tab) set the
file splitting to By Chapter. Back on the main interface, in IFO mode,
tick the Stream processing options and only tick the PCM stream. Click
on the pcm stream
goofygrin Wrote:
(Re. Firefox): Everything else (including it's inability to render
websites) isn't worth my time.
The fault is with the websites, not Firefox. You tell us that you're a
software engineer, so you should know this. You seem to be condoning
websites which use IE-specific features
I've also discovered that I have the same problem with Internet radio on
the Squeezebox. These are stations that stream flawlessley on my server
and when the box is connected to the wired network.
I'll give the wav a try, but given the evidence above, it seems that
the problem is specifically
dean Wrote:
Indeed, SlimServer is assuming that the sample rate for uncompressed
(and converted) format is at 44.1k. This is a known bug and we'll be
addressing it.
I see that this message is getting on for two years old. The bug in
question is 'Bug#128'
Reading through these posts, it was mentioned that Slim should take a
look at meebo.com for an example of floating DIV usage.
I popped over there for a look and what do I get get. A page requesting
that I create a user id. 4 username/password login dialogs for IM
clients.
Hmmm, so what exactly
smst Wrote:
I see that this message is getting on for two years old. The bug in
question is 'Bug#128'
(http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=128), right? Is this
still slated to be fixed?
Oops - I didn't check the date on that message - also it looks like bug
#128 applies to the
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I agree that a more dynamic ui is needed, and wouldn't be suprised if
that is being worked on by the slim developers.
goofygrin seems to have good ideas about when is needed and how to go
about it, so why not take a hack at the slimserver web ui, gg? Maybe
if you create something good, the
chrisal Wrote:
gvh - do you find that the resulting files playback gapless or not on
the sb2?
I'll let you know in a couple of days. About to be to be away on a work
trip.
I was thinking of wiki'ing my experiences. Any objections?
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I did some 'speed tests'
(http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=75876postcount=4) in
bridged mode. The tests saturated the connection (about 14 Mbps in my
case), but only for about 30 seconds or so.
Worked flawlessly for me.
How long does it take to cause a crash in your case?
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Has anyone encountered difficulties connecting a nokia 770 to the web
via an apple airport extreme/mac mini setup? is there a specific
firewall port that needs to be opened? i've discussed this issue
with
http://www.slimdevices.com/su_faq.html#networking-firewall
Just wondering if there is a date or estimated date for the next full
Slimserver release? And what can we expect from it?
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Support is running about two business days of lag right now - since the
NYT article we have a lot more customers calling for basic support and
technical pre-sales questions. We are bringing on some new hires -
should be on top of it by the end of this week.
If you're interested in applying for a
to answer your question, i cannot
connect to any web address that i try.
Then you have a configuration problem with your network and/or the Nokia.
What are the device's and the server's ip configuration?
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Delete it (or rename) and restart slimserver, it should create a new
one.
Isn't this what the clear library and rescan option does though?
Kyle, I assume you've tried that?
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Awesome- that explains it. Thanks as always for your help kdf.
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chrisal Wrote:
smts - have you experienced the lack of gapless on your 48khz dvd rips
too? I'm trying to find out if it's just me but I got no responses from
a previous thread eitherI haven't tried it actually -- the only DVD rips
I have as FLAC are
discrete songs anyway. I'll try it
GregD Wrote:
I use my SB2 as a wireless bridge - connecting the SlimServer PC via
100M ethernet. This work fine - and will play music forever without
problems.
However if I do something very intensive dragging data off the
SlimServer PC which uses SB2 as it's wireless bridge - I get an
Fifer Wrote:
This might be a really daft question (I know very little about the Roku)
but why is someone with a Roku who obviously dislikes SlimServer, not
using the Roku software instead of something third party, unsupported
(and apparently inferior) for his device?
Also, am I wrong in
CardinalFang Wrote:
Well how about posting the URLs of some of the sites you've built so
that we can judge your view of good UI design and affordance?
Most of my work is internal, so I can't do this... but you're right, I
preach, but can't back any of it up...
I think you'll find that
joncourage Wrote:
SLIM - if you guys know of a way to do this or would consider writing
this into the firmware (detect and prefer a wired connection if
available, use wireless if not) that would be a very nice feature that
would allow the SB to easily be moved around the house.
oreillymj Wrote:
Reading through these posts, it was mentioned that Slim should take a
look at meebo.com for an example of floating DIV usage.
I popped over there for a look and what do I get get. A page requesting
that I create a user id. 4 username/password login dialogs for IM
clients.
mattybain Wrote:
Does this actually work? I only question it because of this link direct
from the LastFM website
http://xurble.org/about/iScrobblerforWindowsFAQ.php where it says Will
songs I listen to on my iPod be submitted to Audioscrobbler?
Unfortunately not at the moment. The Mac
Dave G Wrote:
The SB3 appears not to see a signal at all.
Do you mean it doesn't even see the SSID?
In my experience, the SB can see the SSID of routers it can't even
communicate with. So if it can't see the SSID anymore, there has been
a hardware failure. It's impossible to tell if the
Pale Blue Ego Wrote:
I agree that a more dynamic ui is needed, and wouldn't be suprised if
that is being worked on by the slim developers.
goofygrin seems to have good ideas about when is needed and how to go
about it, so why not take a hack at the slimserver web ui, gg? Maybe
if you
goofygrin wrote:
Holy war territory, but if IE didn't have the security holes (not that
FF and all the others are really secure) and wasn't made by microsoft,
then people would use the heck out of it. Personally, I hate FireFox
and all the other wanna be browsers. Why can't an app just do
radish Wrote:
Or just switch off the click (Control Panel/Sounds).
As for the whole anti-Firefox rant, everyone's entitled to their own
opinion, but that's a pretty unique one in my experience. As someone
with a little knowledge in the area (up until recently I was a senior
developer of
goofygrin Wrote:
I'm all about my wife being able to use it :) Which means I
a) don't have to show her how to use it
b) don't have to constantly tinker when it doesn't work (this is why I
got rid of my htpc)
c) doesn't cost an arm and a leg :)
Yes, me too, although I don't mind paying
Just as a followup -- I've given up on the Roku. I've spent too much
time with it already. I think that Sean hit the nail on the head when
he said that the buffer and TCP/IP stack are probably the issue (plus
it's having to emulate another device, which can't be a good thing
LOL).
Maybe if I
http://www.last.fm/user/fairyliquidizer/
Lets find out whose music collections we like and whose we don't :-)
Just noticed that MattyBain is on my friends list. I added him through
the neighbours thing as I liked his music collection :-D didn't realise
why the name seamed familiar.
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Hey Ceejay, can you expand on that a bit? I've got Partition Magic here
- can I use that to format my 250GB drive with FAT32? (maybe 2
partitions - 1 for back-up, 1 for FLAC files)
To answer your question directly, I believe that PM will format
for you, but
http://www.last.fm/user/nicketynick/
Fairly new, so still working up a decent library.
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Quoting fairyliquidizer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
http://www.last.fm/user/fairyliquidizer/
http://www.last.fm/user/ddewey
All Hoobastank, Nickelback and Kelly Clarkson belongs to my wife.
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Mine is also pretty new, and I've been in a retro mood lately too,
which will scew my list a bit.
Pete
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Any Perl guru that can help out getting the DataMmodel.pm to work?
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Very, very nice!
What I'd like to do is merge my info with your
page. It'll be kind of tricky as I'd like to
replace one or two lines of your page. To avoid
deleting something that it later turns out we
really need, I'll see if I can create a draft page
that you can look over once I've
Hey, I think that's a possible answer to my previous post as well!
Thanks.
Makes perfect sense, why didn't I think of that... doh! I already do
that for the MP3s I use for portable devices.
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one more question: does slimserver do more than simply look at
file suffix to determin file type when scanning? if i rename the
tracks in question to trackname.mp3.skip, will they be
ignored? i realize that this will probably prevent their being
played at all, but currently, that would be
smst Wrote:
I haven't tried it actually -- the only DVD rips I have as FLAC are
discrete songs anyway. I'll try it out with concert footage if I can
find the time; you're just grabbing the stereo, not the 5.1 mix, right?
Well I've actually tried ripping a 5.1 mix to seperate ac3 files then
http://www.last.fm/user/kweller/
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In article [EMAIL PROTECTED], Dave
Dewey wrote:
All Hoobastank, Nickelback...belongs to my wife.
She has taste :)
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Bump. Surely someone from one of the supplying companies can provide an
update?
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This may be related to Squeenetwork's IP address changing, although if
your router is giving Squeebox a valid DNS server, that shouldn't
matter.
Please try FW35 which will be in the next nightly.
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Kudos to Mike, I received his SB2 and it works flawlessly. :)
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goofygrin Wrote:
This is actually just bad programming. A simple css change would solve
the issue and wouldn't force a particular browser on the users (for a
software that runs on 3-4 platforms, this seems quite interesting).
Hey Goof,
You know it's an open source server. Why don't you
Ditto on the kudos to Mike. I got another one of his SB2s, and it works
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street_samurai Wrote:
I had too much time on my hands the other night and decided I'd create a
step-by-step guide to settings up and running EAC with FLAC for Slim
users specifically.
Given EAC's limited auto-tagging capabilities, I don't see anything in
the setup that would be considered
Mark,
Do as you like. This exactly is the wiki way!
My request is that we try and keep my guide as close to a simple
biginners guide as possible.
Otherwise, go nuts!
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I REALLY don't care what you all think of my collection, but here''s my
profile. Note the name ;-)
May I ask you what disk by Manu Katché you have? I've been looking for one
he was talking about a while back, when he was playing with Dominic Miller
and Pino Palladino at the Montreux Jazz
http://www.last.fm/user/doidy/
-Steve
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...and yes, I do like The Smiths.
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Have SD ever though of running Windows on their forums server?
I've heard Windows 2003 web edition is quite good.
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I am mamsterla...
fairyliquidizer wrote:
http://www.last.fm/user/fairyliquidizer/
Lets find out whose music collections we like and whose we don't :-)
Just noticed that MattyBain is on my friends list. I added him through
the neighbours thing as I liked his music collection :-D didn't
OK, I put a few things on the Install page but
most of them on the Ripping page. I deleted all
references to the page I originally created
because all the info is now obtained in these pages.
Unfortunately I can't delete my initial wiki page
or the draft page I first created. The wiki
* Michael Amster shaped the electrons to say...
Well, someone needs to check on that server...
I was rebuilding the search indexes.. should be back now.
-D
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fairyliquidizer Wrote:
http://www.last.fm/user/fairyliquidizer/
Lets find out whose music collections we like and whose we don't :-)
Just noticed that MattyBain is on my friends list. I added him through
the neighbours thing as I liked his this weeks top selection :-D didn't
realise
Thanks for the help all.
I've created a bunch of new pages which all link from this page:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?EACBeginners
Please feel free to update as you see fit or send me suggestions.
Just to let you know, there's a new version of EAC (released today).
It's now
On 2/21/06, seanadams
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Isn't that another way of saying, Patches welcome...? :-)
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I'm using SlimServer to listen to Internet radio, and am looking for a
Tivo-style way to record scheduled programs for later playback through
Squeezebox. Has anyone had success with this? If yes, what software
do you use?
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kolding Wrote:
Hey Goof,
You know it's an open source server. Why don't you make the change and
submit it? I know, when you buy a product, you want it to work, but the
cool thing about SlimServer is that you can help improve it. Heck, if
you make some important or big enough
mherger Wrote:
May I ask you what disk by Manu Katché you have?
The Katché Record is Neighbourhood, released on ECM in 2005:
http://www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/ECM/1800/1896.php
Highly recommended, a very 'stylish' jazz record.
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kweller Wrote:
http://www.last.fm/user/kweller/
Kevin
Wow! 30,000 tracks? In 5 months? 6,000 per month? 200 per day? At 3
mins per track, 600 mins or 10 hours? Man, the music obviously never
stops in your house...
Respect.
Ceejay
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http://www.last.fm/user/ModelCitizen/
oddly enough.
I'd be a little surprised if I found any neighbours on this forum
though.
Or indeed, on this planet.
;)
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I just use mplayer set to dumpstream to a file. Unfortunately there's
no way to tell mplayer to quit after X number of minutes, so I wrote a
kill script.
I just popped them both into cron and it 'just works'. A crap solution
I know, but it's sufficient for my needs.
#record car-talk
57 8
fairyliquidizer said the following on 02/21/2006 05:09 PM:
http://www.last.fm/user/fairyliquidizer/
Lets find out whose music collections we like and whose we don't :-)
http://www.last.fm/user/robinbowes
I have a last.fm related question.
You will notice that my Top Artist Overall is
Robin Bowes said the following on 02/21/2006 10:34 PM:
Does anyone know if I can delete my history and start again now that
I've sorted all my tags out?
Aha. Got it.
First question in the FAQ.
All gone now!
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By looking around through this board I came to the conclusion that SB
should be able to playback WAV and FLAC files gaplessly. But still I am
not able to reproduce this.
My system:
Pentium 2,4GHz with Slimserver 6.2.1 running
SB3 connected directly (via ethernet crossover cable) to PC
When I
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fuzzyT Wrote:
Mark Lanctot wrote:
When I want to remove them, I just move the folder somewhere else.
On
the next rescan, they are all gone. I find it pretty easy, and it's
easier than renaming every extension.
Easier yet, just leave all these files in their directory outside of
the
Where's the tongue in cheek emoticon when you need it.
I assume that the main developers of slimserver are paid by
SlimDevices...
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I assume that the main developers of slimserver are paid by
SlimDevices...
I don't know about 'main', since that implies doing line counts and
such.
But certainly a huge chunk of code has come from people like kdf...
note his 'title' on the board.
(And this doesn't even get
This is a familiar thread. Someone rants about the SlimServer UI, and
it turns into a religious war about everything EXCEPT the UI.
I've purchased 5 Squeezeboxes, some as gifts. I may buy more, because
they sound fantastic, are easy to use, and are driven by incredibly
powerful server software
You are welcome Dave,
You may want to reset the router (using a ballpoint pen probably) and
see if it starts working again. Static electricity sometimes causes
wierd things with digital equipment.
The little WiFi signal detector looks like a USB flash drive, perhaps
slightly larger. I know Fry's
Mmm, who am I on LastFM. I wonder...
Now, regarding that entry for Britney ;-)
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my only beef with Slim Server is speed. I find building playlists
very slow. But I guess these things will eventually get fixed.
But if you use a different program to build your playlists, this is no
problem at all.
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This was one feature I miss from my old Sony CD jukeboxes. There are a
few easy work-arounds, but I hope for a better solution from Slim in
the future.
My work-around: I assign an additional genre, this song sucks, to the
tracks I never want to hear. (To set up multiple genres you have to set
a
geoffb Wrote:
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email jobs (AT) slimdevices (DOT) com
Isn't that another way of saying, Patches welcome...? :-)
No, for
random_tox Wrote:
This was one feature I miss from my old Sony CD jukeboxes. There are a
few easy work-arounds, but I hope for a better solution from Slim in
the future.
My work-around: I assign an additional genre, this song sucks, to the
tracks I never want to hear. (To set up multiple
Richie Wrote:
Thanks for the help all.
I've created a bunch of new pages which all link from this page:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?EACBeginners
Please feel free to update as you see fit or send me suggestions.
Just to let you know, there's a new version of EAC
http://www.last.fm/user/malmeyer
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http://www.last.fm/user/jasenj1/
And don't forget the SlimScrobbler group:
http://www.last.fm/group/SlimScrobbler
- Jasen.
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Are you really hearing a gap or a click? They are different things. I
get perfect gapless playback on all my tracks, a mixture of flac and
vorbis - when both are transcoded and streamed as wav. If I stream as
flac and decode on the player I sometimes get a problem where the last
0.5 secs or so is
CavesOfTQLT Wrote:
Mmm, who am I on LastFM. I wonder...
Now, regarding that entry for Britney ;-)
You can remove it with the tag editor.
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Is it possible to filter albums with a particular genre for one specific
SlimDevice?
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Is there any way in Slimserver to generate a list of recordings included
in the Slimserver database? I was thinking of a plain text file, but
others out there might be interested in generating html or database
files for use with Excel, etc. Doesn't Slimserver use some sort of
database file? Is
Mike New Wrote:
That said, the SlimServer UI is really bad. I buy SBs in spite of it.
Just try changing the order of a song at the bottom of a long playlist
sometime and you'll get the picture. Heck, just try to browse through
a long playlist before the screen auto-refreshes you back to
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radish Wrote:
Or if you just don't use playlists. There are some of us out here you
know :)
I hear ya. I have found that the new music feature by album is the
one I use most. I increased the number of songs to 2000, meaning that
it will list all my recent FLAC rips for quick access. Pretty
Slimserver lists a handful of albums by the same artist under Browse
Genres / No Genre, although these same albums are listed under their
correct Genre as well.
I've triple-checked the Genre tags (3 different tag editors) and
they're all correct.
Anyone else seen this behavior?
(Have done
Bill Burns Wrote:
Umm, Firefox is a direct descendant, via Mozilla, of the Netscape
browser, which came *long* before Internet Explorer. IE is the
wannabe.
*ahem* Mosaic *ahem*
Wait, I thought this thread was about the piss poor performance of the
Roku devices? FWIW, I do still own
There's not much to be gained by going with anything different than the
default allocation unit size. The two issues most affected are
performance and the amount of space wasted on the disk due to slack
space.
For music playback, performance is a non-issue, so tuning the A.U. size
for
I can't figure out how to play the squeezebox stream on my computer (to
have the 2 playing together in synch).
The music is playing on the squeezebox.
I then start a stream on iTunes with
http://[myipaddress]:9000/stream.mp3.
I then go to my web browser (mozilla firefox) and enter:
The easiest way is to use SoftSqueeze and add it in SlimServer as a
sync'd player. You can then select to sync the music playing or play
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How does one create a playlist for a single file that contains many
songs? is there an example anywhere?
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