... but syncing radio streams is not without issues. Search the forums
for many discussions, such as this one:
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Hi,
I know in telnet you can type reboot, to reboot the linkstation, but is
there a similar command to shut it down?
What is the cheapest way to setup a remote control system to turn the
station on and off. I realise one option is to solder a capacitor to
the on/off switch, and then use a
I have a Linkstation II and have run SqueezeBox and SoftSqueeze
simultaneously while playing separate flac streams. There didn't seem
to be a problem.
However, given the the limitations of such a low-power NAS device, I
wouldn't expect any more favours from this kind of set-up.
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I know in telnet you can type reboot, to reboot the linkstation, but is
there a similar command to shut it down?
Typically on a linux system this is something like halt
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Ok, I'm currently running:
SlimServer Version: 6.5b1 - 9173 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252
Perl Version: v5.8.7 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
MySQL Version: 5.0.22-community-nt
This versions is far more responsive than the previous v6.3.1 which was
so bad after the last
jeffluckett;132122 Wrote:
Yes, it's possible to sync your players attached to your SlimServer.
See this page in the wiki:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?Synchronization
Thank you for this info.
Other clients, such as Winamp and XMMS cannot be synchronized to the
same stream.
This
There's always softsqueeze (although the synchronisation is not great
with softsqueeze).
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twynne;132040 Wrote:
Thought I'd post this here before I start randomly trying different
things in an attempt to improve the situation, but one of my SB3's
(strangely enough, the wired rather than the wireless) has started
stuttering and failing to respond to the remote. An identical SB3
SlimServer Version: 6.5b1 - 9173 - Windows XP - EN - cp1252
Perl Version: v5.8.7 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
Are you running the Windows binary or Activestate Perl? And what's your
collection's size?
Please try running the Server Network test or something from the help
section in the web
I've found that the problem has recurred a couple of times. I suspect
that what happens is that once a submit fails (perhaps due to a slow
response from lastFM), the plugin reverts to caching to a local file,
but it won't try again until you either to a manual submit or change
the autosubmit
I've run 2 SqueezeBoxes plus SoftSqueeze on a LinkStation HG, which has
more RAM and a faster processor than the MIPS versions. Most of my
collection is FLAC. Synchronization is hit or miss, depending as much
on overall network traffic as on the power of the NAS (e.g., sync'ing
often improves if
the plugin reverts to caching to a local file,
but it won't try again until you either to a manual submit or change
the autosubmit status.
It is supposed to resubmit when the timer runs out.
(The timer doubles each time submission fails, so it can become a very
long wait quite quickly.)
Do
It tends to be fine for several hours, but periodically stops. For
example, yesterday it was working during the day, but then this evening
I noticed that it hadn't submitted for 1d 1h. I then did a manual
submit, which immediately worked and it's autosubmitting now with no
problem.
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Thanks dave for the help, though it was not exact problem but your help
leads to indentify the issue.
I've replaced the wireless card with another one and got it working.
davep;131185 Wrote:
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rmn;132160 Wrote:
This is an answer to my question. It's a pity. :( Slimserver can only
sync SLIM* devices but no software players.
It's impossible to sync non-slim players because each one has different
network latencies buffering strategies. Slimproto allows slim players
to negotiate to
Yes, yes, of course. But perfect sync only matters when the players are
within hearing distance of another. If you want to play 'radio station'
this usually is not the case. So, doesn't SS sllow software (http)
clients to sync with other players at all or is it just not very good at
it? If the
Michael Herger;132167 Wrote:
Are you running the Windows binary or Activestate Perl? And what's your
collection's size?
wooo... steady on there ;O) I'm not sure of what you mean by Windows
binary or Activestate Peal. Sorry about that, could you please explain
what I need to look at to
Not sure if there is something like this out there or not, but i would
love a remote that showed a long list of album art and you could just
choose the one you wanted to listen to, rather than having to choose it
based on the name. This would be more like how you choose a album off
your cd rack.
stevos;132224 Wrote:
Not sure if there is something like this out there or not, but i would
love a remote that showed a long list of album art and you could just
choose the one you wanted to listen to, rather than having to choose it
based on the name. This would be more like how you choose
wooo... steady on there ;O) I'm not sure of what you mean by Windows
binary or Activestate Peal.
Well... I wanted to add: if you don't know, you're using the binary.
There's an executable available which is compiled for Windows. But you
could run the server using a perl interpreter (as is
Yeah i know i can't see the cover, but i can tell you what must of the
albums are without reading it, just from its rough location and the
colour of the sleeve. It much faster than having to read each label.
I will check out album view tonight. How do i enable it?
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The bug is one that is quite obvious and generally well known. Starting
with Slim Server 6.3.1 the software duplicates a large number of albums
and tracks. This has continued through the various revisions and even
into the
Take a look at the experimental cover art selector in Moose too (PC
based application) .
You see your albums arranged as covers all in one window and
overlapping, rotated and even moving around ! Bit like throwing them all
on the floor at parties.
Kevin
stevos wrote:
Yeah i know i can't
stevos;132230 Wrote:
I will check out album view tonight. How do i enable it?
First, if you're not already running 6.5 you'll need to download and
install it.
http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_nightly.html
In 6.5 the gallery view is available in any of the browse modes -
browse by album, browse
Ledwidge,
Please tell us a bit more about your setup. Are you using a music
folder setting, musicmagic, itunes? serparately or in combination?
What is the setting for grouping compilations in server settings? what
are the main file types in your library. all of that is important, as
well as
I was using my Palm TX just fine for months, and now it wont connect to
Slim Server on port 9000. I have the exceptions in my firewall as
specified by the user guide to open ports, and I have even shut off my
Firewall to test and still get no response.
Is anybody else having a problem or do you
Since 6.5 is pretty much in the bag, what do you want in SlimServer 7?
Me? I feel that the two biggest omissions in SlimServer currently are
the lack of
- multiple music libraries
- individual user customization
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I have noticed that duplicate track entry has got worse for me over the
last few days. Before, i had to manually delete the database rather
than rescan everytime i added new music to my library. With the last
two Beta's over the last few days even deleting and building a fresh
new database gives
If I want to upgrade from my 6.2.2 build to 6.5, can I just run the
install over the top of the existing directory? Will this presrve my
preferences and Plugins?
Thanks,
Paul
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I would do a clean install.
In my case anyway...upgrading from 6.3 to 6.5 resulted in some
old stuff being left behind that caused conflict. (i.e bizarre
display issues with random mix)
You could try to upgrade over the top of your current install and see
what happens :) If all works
If I want to upgrade from my 6.2.2 build to 6.5, can I just run the
install over the top of the existing directory? Will this presrve my
preferences and Plugins?
Thanks,
Paul
Paul,
I would uninstall all first the install 6.5...Just rememeber to add
the plugins again later.
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Also note that some plugins have been substantially re-written for 6.5
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plugins, you'll need to download and install the new versions. And make
sure you backup your slimserver preferences file just in case.
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Multiple libraries would solve the Singles problem for me, so thats a
good one.
Obviously there are the existing tickets, like the network clock for
player syncing that is important.
That pretty much does it for me, can't think of anything else that is
dependant on SS to make it perfect for me
I ran a clear/scan the other day and ended up with a library with the
correct number of albums and artists, but two of every track in each
album. I then did another clear/scan and it came out right. That's
the only time I've seen it, but there does seem to be something a
little unstable in the
Just as a little follow up, i installed Opera Mini on my SonyEricsson
W800i yesterday and it works very well with the Handheld skin.
It took a couple of attempts for me to type my IP address in right
(wasn't concentrating and kept transposing digits). But after that it
went very smoothly.
Support for some kind(s) of DRM, so that we can -legally- download
music.
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Hi community!
In the last time I often observe that the same album has several
entries with the _same_ name in the database. This happens even if the
album is rather old or if I ripped the album from one single CD. Every
entry contains 1-3 songs. Hence I must browse through all entries of
one
On 30-Aug-06, at 11:37 AM, dangerous_dom wrote:
Support for some kind(s) of DRM, so that we can -legally- download
music.
rhapsody is DRM.
drm issues are more to do with the providers than the clients.
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Couple of possible reasons this might happen:
The file names of the tracks have unicode (i.e. accented) characters ?
In my experience, Slimserver copes fine with unicode characters in the
tags, but not in the file name itself. Renaming the file and a full
rescan should fix the problem;
The
Siduhe;132299 Wrote:
The file is a compilation (by more than one artist), but you do not have
the express COMPILATION tag set to =1 ? This would be my bet. How are
you tagging the files ?
This effect not only happen with compilations. I also observe this
problem with one single artist
This will work fine if you're cell phone is connecting to your wifi
network. Either that or you'll need to setup port forwarding.
How is your mobile phone connecting? Is it connecting via internet
access through your mobile carrier, or is it just another client on
your home network?
I use the
autopilot;132285 Wrote:
Support for some kind(s) of DRM, so that we can -legally- download
music.
DRM has nothing to do with the legality of music downloads.. but that's
another issue entirely! ;-)
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rhapsody is DRM.
It's also USA-only!
Phil
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Better integration of he Alien BBC use of mplayer so that albums ripped
in rm format could be played conveniently.
Pause/restart using mplayer that worked as best it could even after a
delay, say be remmebering the position and trying to reposition. This
is currently an issue with the BBC
On 30-Aug-06, at 2:32 PM, Phil Meyer wrote:
rhapsody is DRM.
It's also USA-only!
yup, well aware of that one.
digital rights doesn't mean everywhere.
it means you have to do what the provider says, if they even let you
have a chance.
-k
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Not sure about Winamp, but lots of tagging programs will add the tag -
MusicBrainz Picard/Tagger will do it automatically, so will TagRename,
Mp3tag and Foobar to name but a few.
Also, are you using MusicIP (formerly MusicMagic) or Itunes at all ?
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For DRM Music i suggest everyone checks out the proposed spiralfrog
website.
http:\\www.spiralfrog.com
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JJZolx;132280 Wrote:
I ran a clear/scan the other day and ended up with a library with the
correct number of albums and artists, but two of every track in each
album. I then did another clear/scan and it came out right. That's
the only time I've seen it, but there does seem to be something
I just finished retagging my music by adding the artistsort tag to my
files with mp3tag. My music is primarily FLAC with a few mp3's.
After a clear and rescan the artists are still shown in the browser and
player as First Name Last Name (Neil Young) rather than via the
artistsort tag of Last
Hi! I tried to stream 24 bit 96 khz WMA Lossless and it is played ok in
Squeezebox.
Then I tried the FLAC version of the same file, Squeezebox plays it but
not correctly, it sounds very slow.
I tried some Format Settings in SlimServer.
This did not help.
My question is :
1. WMA Lossless 24 bit
- multiple music libraries
- individual user customization
Multiple music libraries is the biggie for me too, alongside User Personas.
A music library would contain a list of configurable music folders to scan (ie.
rather than using shortcuts), with settings to define when/what type of scan to
On 30-Aug-06, at 2:56 PM, Jeff52 wrote:
After a clear and rescan the artists are still shown in the browser and
player as First Name Last Name (Neil Young) rather than via the
artistsort tag of Last Name, First Name (Young, Neil).
artist sort is supposed to be for sorting only. the
I have been running 6.3.1 for a while no with no major problems. Given that 6.5 is nearing readiness, I decided to give it a try. I downloaded the 8/29 nightly yesterday and installed it. I run Slimserver as a service on an XP box. The install of
6.5 went fine, but when it completed, I noticed
Michael Herger;132231 Wrote:
wooo... steady on there ;O) I'm not sure of what you mean by Windows
binary or Activestate Peal.
Well... I wanted to add: if you don't know, you're using the binary.
There's an executable available which is compiled for Windows. But you
could run the
kdf;132295 Wrote:
On 30-Aug-06, at 11:37 AM, dangerous_dom wrote:
Support for some kind(s) of DRM, so that we can -legally- download
music.
rhapsody is DRM.
drm issues are more to do with the providers than the clients.
-k
Indeed, and i would be great if i could get it here in the
On 30-Aug-06, at 3:42 PM, Mitch Harding wrote:
What I wanted to ask here was -- what's the next best step? What
debug data should I collect, and how should I collect it? I don't
mind opening a Bugzilla defect to track the issue, but I'd like to be
able to include the relevant debug
all good points on the DRM issue. Let's consider that DRM and
expansion of radio support, file types, etc
are all a work in progress.
In the interest of supporting the original post, it might be best to
leave drm discussion for now.
-kdf
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Phil Meyer;132350 Wrote:
A music library would contain a list of configurable music folders to
scan (ie. rather than using shortcuts), with settings to define
when/what type of scan to perform on each configured folder.
I'd like to see this as well, even though it's really more of nicety
it's got a 3.5 touchscreen @ 320x240, wifi, two speakers, audio in/out
and usb.
http://crunchgear.com/2006/08/27/techcrunch-gets-chumy-with-chumby/
http://www.chumby.com/
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Very cool. Says MSRP $150, that seems very reasonable for all that
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I'd agree with a lot of what's already mentioned - for example multiple
music libraries would be FANTASTIC for me - right now I have to run 2
instances of SS and switch between them which is a bit of a hassle and
not very high on the WAF. I'd also suggest customizable browse trees -
so not just
Automatically-generated playlists, such as is done in Windows Media
Player. This has already been entered as a feature request (bug 380),
but has been put off (target milestone=future).
The playlists would be constantly updated, and would contain such lists
as:
- Songs/albums/artists you play
Ross L;132375 Wrote:
Very cool. Says MSRP $150, that seems very reasonable for all that
functionality.
yeah, unfortunately it seems it is itself not really wireless. the
internal battery only lasts up to an hour...
but with the speakers, wifi and touchscreen, it could be a sort of
alarm clock
Peter;132209 Wrote:
So, doesn't SS sllow software (http)
clients to sync with other players at all or is it just not very good
at
it? If the latter, that probably won't matter much in this case.
It doesn't allow it at all, although as you say, it could have a go.
The reason it doesn't do
autopilot;132285 Wrote:
Support for some kind(s) of DRM, so that we can -legally- download
music.
There's nothing stopping you from using DRM music on the Squeezebox.
Burn your DRM downloads to an audio CD (you should do this anyway as a
backup), then rip them to a lossless format like FLAC.
Pale Blue Ego;132382 Wrote:
There's nothing stopping you from using DRM music on the Squeezebox.
Burn your DRM downloads to an audio CD (you should do this anyway as a
backup), then rip them to a lossless format like FLAC.
Bingo - you have full use of the - legal - download forever.
- Rip to FLAC via EAC (including basic clean up of freedb tags -- been
meaning to try MusicBrainz instead)
- Grab album art (usually Amazon or allmusic.com)
- Run apply_replaygain.pl
- Use mp3tag to set Artistsort, plus any remaining clean up of FLAC
tags
- Copy over to debianized LinkStation
Pale Blue Ego;132382 Wrote:
There's nothing stopping you from using DRM music on the Squeezebox.
Burn your DRM downloads to an audio CD (you should do this anyway as a
backup), then rip them to a lossless format like FLAC.
Bingo - you have full use of the - legal - download forever.
No
Officially, the Squeezebox does not suppport 96 kHz playback, so it's
interesting WMA works. Actually WMA is not native, it gets transcoded
to either WAV or FLAC. Since you indicate FLAC doesn't work, maybe
24/96 WAV does?
Check here: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=26715 and
Drool!
I love the total hackability aspect. Plus the USB port, I wonder what
you could put on there... :-)
One hour battery life though, ugh. But for $150, not bad.
Hope it makes it out of the U.S. before the decade is out, unlike the
Nokia 770 which *still* isn't available in anything but
Mark Lanctot;132396 Wrote:
Officially, the Squeezebox does not suppport 96 kHz playback, so it's
interesting WMA works. Actually WMA is not native, it gets transcoded
to either WAV or FLAC. Since you indicate FLAC doesn't work, maybe
24/96 WAV does?
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