MeyerGuru. I am not alone.
After I had posted it occurred to me to look at my Windows Shortcuts.
The shortcuts to my music directories had been written in the UNC form
- \\Music\maxtorot3\A-M. The path to Music and Playlists set in
SlimServer used local paths (i.e. D:\SB_Shortcuts and
Time for some light humour.
Well I consider myself fairly technical after all it is my job. But
then last night after a glass or two of vino I decide to tidy up my
music library. Well I do it direct on the NAS device and find a whole
bunch of artists which should have been under Compilations. No
LOL - I've been there beforetwice in fact
What sort of wine was it? Are you sure it wasn't 'corked'!
Cheers and you have my sympathy
Siriosys
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I have this probelm too.
It also extends to Japanese and Korean.
Windows XP, NFTS, UTF8 tags.
Very occasionally, it will recognise a song but it's very rare and I
have no idea why it works when it does.
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Hi,
I have an Xbox 360 extender running in my lounge and I just purchased a
squeezebox to go in the kitchen. When I connected the Squeezebox it
works fine, but the Xbox 360 then disconnects and can't find the host
PC again.
Anybody know where the conflict is / how to fix?
Thanks,
Mike
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The only thing that occurs to me is that you may have an IP address
conflict (two devices with the same IP address). Are you getting IP
addresses from a DHCP server, or are you manually setting them for each
device?
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Yes. Using UNC paths is almost always the correct choice. I have done
this since the times of my Audiotron, which could use Samba shares and
M3U playlists but had no notion of drive letters. So, I simply use UNC
paths in my playlists from that time.
With 6.3.0, however, Slimserver is broken
Hello All. I do not know if this has been covered yet so
I have a projector and a squeezebox 2. I play movies from the computer
to the projector via vga cable using vlc
(http://www.videolan.org/vlc/)(i know, iknow, vga is not the best
quality). I would like to send the sound wirelessly
You need Quicktime to decode M4A files - it may not be installed on
Windows 2003 Server.
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Hi I've an Infrant NV holding all my music, talking to my SB3. When I
had all my music on my Mac, the SB displayed accented characters
correctly. When I moved to the NV with 6.2.2 they stopped being OK.
I've just installed 6.3.0 it's still the same. Anyone else found a
solution or got the
I'm running the Windows version of Softsqueeze (2.7). I had a persistent
problem of it stopping playing somewhere around the third song of any
given album. When I checked Task Manager it would report 90% or greater
CPU utilization attributed to Softsqueeze.
I seem to have fuxed the problem by
Currently my two SB3's are down and I have no streaming music at all. I
HAD a stable environment (minus all the bugs) prior to the upgrade from
6.2.1 to 6.3.0.
I would not have expected a released version to completely kill my
entire music system. I don't have all the answers yet since I just
Since you are so dissatisfied I'll give you $100 and take both your
SB3's off your hands right now. ;)
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I spoke with user support and told them that I had been running beta 6.5
before they released 6.3. I had downloaded and installed 6.3 without
uninstalling 6.5 and that appears to have started the problem. They
had me delete several files from Slimserver and then restart the
system. Had to
to make a long story short lighting hit the house i live in and fried
some electrical equipment i have. my squeezebox was one of the victims.
do you think i can send it back to slim to be repaired?
i plan on calling monday but i thought i would ask here in case an
employee of slim happened to
Could not fix the problems and went back to version 6.2.1. As far as I
know things are back to what they were prior to the upgrade.
$100 for both ... so, are you saying they are really worth $50 a piece?
:-)
Although, if I am not here to keep it running you will find both SB3's
on eBay, since
I opened a bug: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3739
However, progress seems to have stalled.
I hope someone will contact me soon to continue troubleshooting this.
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Interesting potential competitor to Squeezebox emerging:
http://www.navvo.com/default.aspx
Of course, at this point there is no way of telling whether it will
work as advertised or what type of codecs it can decode... time will
tell..
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Paul_B Wrote:
Time for some light humour.
Well I consider myself fairly technical after all it is my job. But
then last night after a glass or two of vino I decide to tidy up my
music library. Well I do it direct on the NAS device and find a whole
bunch of artists which should have been
Your family may do fine. They might post some information about what
they're using/doing and ask for help. They might get a response that
helps them make it all work. They might learn something or even better
help someone else with the same problem.
Apparently even some Apple users have
I am just trying to get slimserver going on my new mini mac. It appears
to say it is working in the preferences but when I hit the web acess
button the browser comes up asking for a log in for slim server. I
have tried both on the computer with the slim server on and another on
the network and
Hey Patrick:
I think I appreciate what you are trying to say here but how do you
think the person who started the thread feels upon reading your post?
Any better about what they are experiencing? Are you saying that the
forums are only a place to come to seek specific technical help and not
a
Voice control is going to be a Killer App someday. Imagine if you could
just tell your computer what you wanted to do, see, or find and it took
care of it for you.
So far most commercial implementations of voice command have been
pretty clunky. Some recent Honda cars have a pretty nice voice
Like I said I think I understand your point but outside of making you
feel better (isn't that the same thing?), what's the point?
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That's also true of the original post. If you allow one you have to
allow the other. It would be nice not to have to read either IMHO. It
just adds
sayonaraML Wrote:
Hey Patrick:
I think I appreciate what you are trying to say here but how do you
think the person who started the thread feels upon reading your post?
Any better about what they are experiencing? Are you saying that the
forums are only a place to come to seek specific
I hear you loud and clear and now I am going to shut up! Thanks for the
perspective and you are so right...
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Now that I've figured out how to use it the issue of the default names
is trivial.
It's easy to change the default names by editing the plugin code (using any
text editor). Just do a search for one of the existing default names, and
either change it, or add another one to the list.
This
I guess what I wasn't seeing was the frustration at not being able to
help (what a concept eh?). What I saw was (my perspective) was someone
being really frustrated with the boxes and venting. This is something I
totally get as I have had a ton of difficulty with my boxes too. The
responses on
Heh, I just did something equally stupid yesterday. I keep my music
library on a linux server and mirror it to a 400GB drive on my Windows
system.
Well, yesterday I added a few GB worth of new music and went to sync
everything to the backup drive using a Windows tool called xxcopy.
Everything
For a problem-free experience, it is best to stay a few versions behind.
Find a stable release and stick with it until there's a really
compelling reason to upgrade - and even then, stay well behind the
bleeding edge.
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Yes, and I keep getting an errorwith mov123 is there anoth program I can
use for this purpose? It appears mov123 is not compatible wiht server
2003, or at least not fully compatible
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joek Wrote:
$100 for both ... so, are you saying they are really worth $50 a piece?
:-)
Although, if I am not here to keep it running you will find both SB3's
on eBay, since no one else in the family will be able to maintain the
environment.
I was just joking... but if you do
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just tell your computer what you wanted to do, see, or find and it tookcare of it for you.So far most commercial implementations of voice command have beenpretty clunky.Some
rtitmuss Wrote:
All the builds on sourceforge, including the RPM, are created using a
tool called install4j. I will send a request to see if this can be
fixed.
Actually looking at it again the version number in the rpm is wrong
(2.0-1), do you think this would work ok if the version
PLEASE FORGET MY QUESTIONS, I SHOULD HAVE CHECKED WIKI FIRST.
Dan
Hi,
I have the following quetions for new 6.3 release Rhapsody:
1 - Does search function now work from the remote/web
interface?
2 - Can playlists created or albums save on the
Rhapsody web site be played by the SB?
3 - Is a
Thanx Phil,
Nice pluggin by the way. I sure am glad to have it!
Gerry
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I really think you should try to get MOV123 working - check a/v software
to ensure it enabled.
Otherwise you could try using Mplayer. The easiest way to install
Mplayer quickly is as part of the AlienBC installation. There is an
EXE.
The following lines for convert.conf are based on a
Just for precision - I shouldn't think it matters here, but it sometimes
does, you might let us know which version of Slimserver and of OS X.
There's no reason in the normal course of events why Slimserver should
want a username and password.
I would suspect that you installed Slimserver for
IE7 B3 and Fishbone on 6.3 doesn't work right. Player doesn't show up
right.
In the meantime, I'm using Firefox.
I'm guessing it has something to do with the CSS changes in IE7?
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HI,
I am using the latest version of OSX 10.4.7 and when teh problem
occured the I downloaded and installed the latest version of
slimserver, 6.3.0.
I have just moved to a new mini mac from a power book and used apples
migration agent to transfer all my stuff to the new mini. I don't know
if
On 7/15/06, vain4 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
to make a long story short lighting hit the house i live in and fried
some electrical equipment i have. my squeezebox was one of the victims.
do you think i can send it back to slim to be repaired?
Here's my guess: If you're lucky, only the power
Hi,
No idea what it was but I used spotlight to remove everything I could
find with the name slim. I then installed 6.3.1. It now seams to be
working, which is great!!
Thanks for your help
Ed
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Hehe well now I am trying to learn how to use MP3tag which seems
incredibly powerful
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SB3 (x1)
RIP - dBpowerAMP v to FLAC
ID3 Tags - MP3Tag v2.35a
Artwork - Album Cover Art Downloader
wow, don't everyone speak at once.
Is this possible?
g
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Maybe make a stream of the audio in VLC... I have a simular set up potentially.On 7/15/06, blah509
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Hmm the thing about a Squeezebox is it is virtually audiophile quality
if you are using a lossless format. In addition it is not power hungry.
This is a major differentiator in the market of low cost multi-room
audio
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Slimserver 6.3
Not really possible I don't think - you'll never be able to get the
sound and video in sync properly because of buffering in the audio
stream. If you're streaming the video too (not clear from your post)
then there's more buffering and it's even harder to sync.
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jonheal Wrote:
I'm running the Windows version of Softsqueeze (2.7). I had a persistent
problem of it stopping playing somewhere around the third song of any
given album. When I checked Task Manager it would report 90% or greater
CPU utilization attributed to Softsqueeze.
I seem to have
This crops up quite often. Have a search for IceCast or ShoutCast to
find some older threads.
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The other issue is one of perception. I've been a forum member for a
number of products which one might consider niche and a common issue is
potential customers coming along, reading a whole bunch of negative
posts like why does this never work? and this thing is a piece of
junk and obviously
Slimserver reports Your music library contains 4649 albums with 9213
songs by 2519 artists
However, itunes reports 1096 albums, 9206 songs, and 2536 artists
(total listening time is 28.7 days!)
This appears to be causes by the 6.3.0 duplicate entry bug.
All mp3s maximum VBR or 320kbps and 1/3
The other issue is one of perception...I've been using Slimserver
since before v5 and I've _never_ had a bad experience upgrading.
I have to second this. I've been using Slim Devices products since
the SLIMP3 and have been on the forums since they were only mailing
lists. I haven't had any
I used spotlight to remove everything I could find with the name
slim. I then installed 6.3.1. It now seams to be working, which is
great!!
Glad to hear you got it fixed.
Access to the Slimserver can be password protected. So I know it's
fixed, but there's a chance the password protection
I posted on another thread, but I'm not sure Mr. Titmuss is monitoring
that one, so I'll try here. I've tried several versions of SoftSqueeze
up to and including 2.8. I've had the same performance problems with
all of the versions I've tried. I'm running it on Windows XP Pro. My
collection is
I'm waiting for the Airport Express that does video as well as audio.On 7/15/06, funkstar
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:This crops up quite often. Have a search for IceCast or ShoutCast to
find some older
Your music library contains 652 albums with 5299 songs by 1042 artists.
Home brew Athlon XP 2400+ 2GHz
512 MB RAM
Windows XP Pro
(Mostly) FLACs and (some) mp3s on a disk connected to an NSLU2
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Have a nice day!
http://www.theheals.org/
This request comes up every now then - the main theoretical drawback
is the sync of video and Audio. Mplayer has the ability to play DVDs
and adjust video/audio timing so that one is ahead of the other. I'm
not sure if VLC can do the same but it worth checking.
It would be interesting to try
jonheal Wrote:
I posted on another thread, but I'm not sure Mr. Titmuss is monitoring
that one, so I'll try here. I've tried several versions of SoftSqueeze
up to and including 2.8. I've had the same performance problems with
all of the versions I've tried. I'm running it on Windows XP Pro.
i'm still ripping in my stuff, but i'm closer to done than not.
Your music library contains 1350 albums with 16597 songs by 1630
artists
this is also changing as i better check my tags.
hardware in my sig.
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Using:
Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.3 - Win XP Pro SP2 -
Radish - thanks for the pointer, I followed that up and found some
threads there, including onward pointers to even more helpful stuff
over at AV forums. It would seem that this is a common problem with
European Panasonics, which do input selection differently from North
American ones (which
564 albums with 8711 songs by 2263 artists.
Runs on a not-at-all dedicated 1.8GHz PIV with 512MB running W2K SP4.
Machine is my work at home desktop, so Corel Draw, M$ Orifice suite,
AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop, 200GB disk storage on 2 spindles (original
as shipped 80GB and 120GB added later).
Thanks...
I will look into all of the suggestions and check back.
g
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Sign up now and we#8217;ll notify you by email as soon as VOCO is
available in stores.
I think Stinkingpig is right. Vapourware at this point.
Interesting backers though. Polaroid is one.
http://www.navvo.com/company/partners.htm
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Input selection is a pain - the discreet input selector codes basically
don't work, so I use the non-discreet input select code to cycle
through them until the right one is selected. Takes a couple more
seconds to switch over but the Harmony handles keeping track of which
one it's on pretty well.
In the early days of MS DOS, my parents bought a 386-25, an autocad
license, and started designing our extremely complex dies and tools by
computer.
My parents weren't really all that comfortable with MS-DOS, and didn't
really get the log on to a different drive thing.
She stuck a floppy disk
Surge protectors are wonderful things.
That said, a power supply for the SB is like $15. And that is the most
likely failure mode, that the power supply sacrificed itself.
The next likely failure is that inlet fuse on the mother board melted.
But I don't think it's replaceable, so I'm not sure
Hi all,
I'm looking for a simple way to do the following:
On the machine slimserver is installed I want to start a windows
program if a special button of the slimserver remote is pressed.
Sounds simple, but it seems not to be that simple :(
I googled a lot and found programs which can monitor
hi all,
i've been happily using slimserver for years now, up until i played a
stream on my laptop which was hooked up to my fancy-pants speakers. my
music sounded horrible: there was all of this static and white noise,
especially during quiet sections of music.
at first, i attributed this to
Why would you stream at 40kbps? It would only do that if you either had
40kbps files or if for some reason you used bitrate limiting...
I assume you're using stream.mp3: again, unless you transcode, that is
returning exactly what is in a given mp3 so it really sounds like you
are transcoding to
snarlydwarf Wrote:
Why would you stream at 40kbps? It would only do that if you either had
40kbps files or if for some reason you used bitrate limiting...
I assume you're using stream.mp3: again, unless you transcode, that is
returning exactly what is in a given mp3 so it really sounds
What format is the original? You said:
i believe the decoding is being done by LAME
But LAME is an encoder: it takes pcm data (ie, WAV) and converts to
mp3. Is the file MP3? Or is it something else being transcoded to
mp3?
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stinkpot Wrote:
i've been happily using slimserver for years now, up until i played a
stream on my laptop which was hooked up to my fancy-pants speakers. my
music sounded horrible: there was all of this static and white noise,
especially during quiet sections of music.
at first, i
I am finding that I am using squeezenetwork much more than I thought I
originally might. I enjoy the very focused stations one can find from
Live365.
However, it is sort of like teasing to know that MP3PRO is there and
available, but SS/Squeezenetwork will not use it.
I checked the FAQs, and
928 albums with 14025 songs by 958 artists.However I'm still having some tag trouble, particularly with older albums that were ripped with id3v1 tags that mp3tag is obstinately not deleting, despite configuration telling it to do so... I think the track and artist numbers are right, but the album
Is there an open-source implementation of an mp3pro decoder? Being
closed, mp3pro is likely already dying a quick death when compared to
something like Ogg.
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snarlydwarf Wrote:
What format is the original? You said:
But LAME is an encoder: it takes pcm data (ie, WAV) and converts to
mp3. Is the file MP3? Or is it something else being transcoded to
mp3?
sorry, i'm not too up on mp3 encoding/decoding.
that's a good point though - i just
hmm, maybe this is what's going on ...
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18219
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619 albums with 6386 songs by 800 artists.
I have some tags that need to be tweaked, but nothing serious. I
haven't upgraded to 6.3.0 yet. I really need to go through and fix a
few things. I also need a better way to tag all my classical albums,
but I'm not entirely sure what that is yet.
indeed, it was a faad problem!
i followed the great walkthrough here:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=18219page=8
and added a -x to my convert.conf aac entry:
mov mp3 * *
[faad] -w -f 2 $FILE$ | [lame] --resample 44100 -x --silent -q
$QUALITY$ -b $BITRATE$ -r - -
and voila,
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