JohnnyLightOn;135682 Wrote:
Like gwak and bklaas said, I have no desire to have a TV on just to
listen to music. I don't want an extra TV just for this, and I
definitely don't want to be using up an expensive flat-screen just to
browse my music. Plus, having the TV on would often be very
disclaimer: I don't run SS on windows.
Can you start from the command line in dos and do any degubing on
windows? web interface?
If so turn on logging for scan and see if it stops on the same track
each time.
I had some bad tags in a mp3 file that caused the scanner to crash in
the same spot
wr420,
- which debug key should I turn on ?
- How do I check the resulting log files (where are they located) ?
I think it could be a bad MP3 song too...even if the stop does not
always occurs at the same song...it's variable.
Could you please drive me on how to debug this issue... I am
I find Tag Rename a good product for this as it uses Amazon to
populate all parts of the ID3 tag including artwork if required
I find it well worth whatever I paid to register it as it can do pretty
much anything you can think of.
http://www.softpointer.com/tr.htm
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)p(;135732 Wrote:
Can you elaborate a bit what you feel the pain is as I am thinking on
going the tv route.
peter
I must admit that I'm thinking it would be good too - after all I've
often read on these fora the benefits of having the web interface for
music selection, so why the sudden
well they're calling it the iTV then are they?
Not in this country they won't, theres no way that the venerable
working class tv channel we have over here will lie down and let that
happen, it should be a fun court case to keep an eye on anyway.
Nick.
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Look: if you have a TV in your front room, and you want to play music in
the front room, you may as well use the TV to display your collection
than some poxy monochrome display a couple of inches wide. How can
anyone claim they'd rather surf their music connection on a squeezebox
and arcane
I find surfing the library via remote is quite easy on the SB. I just
Browse Artist select album play.
Slim -REALLY- needs to fix up the web interface. It was designed by
linux nerds and it shows.
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A
I was thinking: Apple's success in this arena is not exactly assured.
Anyone remember Apple's last Squeezebox killer? It was some sort of
overpriced boombox you could plug your iPod into. Well I've seen one
mention of it since but it's so obscure only 4-6 months after its
release I can't even
Grumpy_Git;135766 Wrote:
well they're calling it the iTV then are they?
Not in this country they won't, theres no way that the venerable
working class tv channel we have over here will lie down and let that
happen, it should be a fun court case to keep an eye on anyway.
Nick.
Jobs said
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It strikes me that it would be excellent to be able to have multipleuser profiles access SS remotely.
e.g. an Admin/root user profile, anda guest profile.It is not possible at this time, aside from the NoSetup plugin, which doesn't really do what you
Slim -REALLY- needs to fix up the web interface. It was designed by
linux nerds and it shows.
Patches are most welcome.
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I too used to think that a full screen TV based music browser was The
Way Forward (tm), but having tried it, I was wrong. In fact - I know
several people who went the HTPC route and they've all gone back to
much simpler solutions, most involving Squeezeboxes. Some obvious
issues:
* Navigating
Patrick Dixon;135662 Wrote:
I've used Victor's Album Art program quite a bit, and I have to say it's
very good.
What format are your music files? Victor's page states that it hasn't
been tested much with FLAC, which is most of what my library is.
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aubuti;135792 Wrote:
What format are your music files? Victor's page states that it hasn't
been tested much with FLAC, which is most of what my library is.
Thanks.
Actually I've had quite a few people successfully use the code with
FLACs now. But since I don't use them personally, I always
Great, I'll give it a try. Wish I'd known about it several months
ago
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Clear library and rescan will do the trick.
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Turned off the Look for Album Art choice in Performance in server
settings at one time to make scanning quicker. Would like to see album
art back in the browser interface and no matter what I restore nothing
shows anymore.
All the proper .jpg files are still out in the file system and yet
Same question here.
When I save a radio stream to file, it's internal format is apparently
ASF. I can add a .wma extension to get Slimserver to recognize it but
that doesn't change it's internal format. mplayer, gxine and totem
(Linux) all play it fine. But slimserver and V2 Squeezebox do not
Hello, I've recently encountered a technical issue with my SB3, and I'm
hoping someone here might have some insight. I've been using my SB3
(with SS 6.2) to stream music wirelessly, but I also have it connected
to my xbox360 via crossover cable so that it can function as a bridge.
It has worked
Turned off the Look for Album Art choice in Performance in server
settings at one time to make scanning quicker. Would like to see album
art back in the browser interface and no matter what I restore nothing
shows anymore.
Did you a rescan of your collection after turning that option on?
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On Sep 12, 2006, at 6:55 PM, olof wrote: Another point, my SlimServer database is in sync with my iTunes library. Can I migrate to iTunes 7 without problem ??? I upgraded to iTunes 7 on my Mac without incurring problems with SlimServer.Kudos to SlimDevices for making this so seamless through so
oreillymj;135636 Wrote:
Your wireless router will have a Web UI for configuration.
Based on the channels in use around you, you'll need to pick a free
channel which is furthest away from the ones already in use.
It seems strange that your wireless laptop is not showing any of the
Radish,
Very good points. I considered a HTPC, even the little Apple etc and
finally chose the Squeezebox.
It is still possible that Apple's product will become popular. Maybe
Slimdevices can consider adding a video out as an OPTIONAL feature,
where the Cover Art or Photo Albums can be watched.
Unfortunately it does sound like the port failed - you've tried
different cables and reset it.
If the connected device has a port light, does it light? Devices will
have 1 or 2 lights. On your WRT54G you have one light which will be on
when it detects electrical continuity and which will blink
hi ,
does it sound 'NORMAL' to you all that I change the Music Folder in the
server settings and run a complete clear+rescan and after I still get
the same number of playlists and songs ??
By the way... the new Music folder has ONLY 10 songs (mp3).
Isn't it odd ?
...or it is ME :-(
If you're looking for assistance then you'll have to supply more
information than that. Things like slimserver version, platform, how
many tracks you really have in the relevant directories, how many
slimserver is reporting, etc.
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By the way... the new Music folder has ONLY 10 songs (mp3).
got playlists, use musicmagic, itunes or moodlogic?
use the debugging settings and you can see for yourself what is going on:
d_scan, d_import, d_info
-kdf
Hi,
I have slimserver v6.3.1 installed on my linkstation2, and i really
like this setup.
However, it runs kind of slow, i.e. when i want to move between albums
on the album search on my squeezebox it takes a few seconds.
What options can i turn off on the slimserver / squeezebox to speed
thanks guys.
I am running 6.5b2 and musicIP (which is now OFF and its service
stopped)
I have enabled those debug key and this is the whole txt file:
**
Your data source needs to be configured. Please open your web browser,
go to
rtrimarchi;135844 Wrote:
hi ,
does it sound 'NORMAL' to you all that I change the Music Folder in the
server settings and run a complete clear+rescan and after I still get
the same number of playlists and songs ??
By the way... the new Music folder has ONLY 10 songs (mp3).
Isn't it odd
SoftwireEngineer;135836 Wrote:
It is still possible that Apple's product will become popular.
I have no doubt it will become very popular - it's a great price and it
will appeal to a lot of people. But as every slimdevices fan knows,
popular isn't always equivalent to best :)
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Nope.. I even cleared the temp folders (from the SET dos comand).
Ric
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radish;135859 Wrote:
But as every slimdevices fan knows, popular isn't always equivalent to
best :)
How true. I'm amazed at how many people believe that Bose is high-end
audio. The power of advertising ...
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I have a SB3 in two separate locations and my music library stored on a
networked drive in location #1, and I bring my laptop (running
SlimServer) back and forth between location #1 and #2. I have LANs in
both locations and am using DynDNS to obtain a static address for LAN
#1. If it matters,
Michael Herger;135824 Wrote:
Turned off the Look for Album Art choice in Performance in server
settings at one time to make scanning quicker. Would like to see
album
art back in the browser interface and no matter what I restore
nothing
shows anymore.
Did you a rescan of your
Chip Hart wrote:
I don't know what you're cackling about, either, it's hardly a
new or revolutionary concept. I've friends whose networkable DVD
players were doing the same (using Twonky or something) for years.
Same price, too.
Following up on
What is the best method to unistall 6.3 before trying 6.5?
OS X
slimserver 6.3
thanks in advance.
sb
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The link did not work for me, and the Gizmodo site was horribly slow, so
I found the videos on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=slim+transportersearch=Search
Looks very nice, except I would have to start worrying about my 2 year
old playing with the buttons and knob. Any
Chip Hart;135915 Wrote:
Chip Hart wrote:[color=blue]
Following up on myself. A friend told me about a toy he bought
a while ago that he really likes:
http://www.hauppauge.com/pages/products/data_mediamvp-w.html
Boy, $149, list.
S-Video and composite
No need to uninstall, you can just download and install 6.5. With that
said:
To remove SlimServer on OSX, you would want to remove any of the
following:
home - Library - SlimDevices
home - Library - PreferencePanes - SlimServer.prefPane
home - Library - Caches - SlimServer
home - Library -
I'd suggest just running SlimServer on Lan #1, rather than just storing
your music there and running SlimServer on a laptop which isn't always
a member of Lan #1. Then you could just allow remote access, and setup
a port forward on your router (you can call me at support and I can
walk you
turmon, this may very well be the case. I was going to reply and
disagree with you because I have the exact same setup on my G4 tower
where this duplication is not occurring... but I realized that my setup
there is subtly different in exactly the way you're posting.
Specifically, on the G4
Jack Coates;128548 Wrote:
Based on the rest of the messages in this thread, it seems like the
relevant
information is actually downstream of the SB, rather than upstream to
the
computer running SS...
I might agree if everyone were using digital output from the SB and
this could be
This has been covered in a number of other threads... search for ALAC
and delay or gap. For example, see this
thread.
FYI this is bug #2095 on bugzilla, which is considered fixed for the
6.5 release (they switched to the 'alac' executable instead of
'mov123'). I haven't tried 6.5 yet (waiting
I have been using a Netgear 85 MBPS homeplug connection to my SB3 for
over a week with no problems. All of a sudden I am losing connection
with slimserver. I am not running any other programs on the computer
and this seems to happen several times an hour. The SB3 screen goes
blank and reconnects
Andreas, do all of the duplicate songs have an apostrophe or quote mark
in the song title, album title, or artist name? I have been
seeing duplication caused by apostrophes...
Given that you have 5000 songs repeated, it's unlikely to be the same
as my problem, but I thought I'd suggest it.
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Is it just me ... or perhaps this is a known bug which I haven't picked
up on.
Im running Slimserver 6.31, originally on Win XP, but latterly on a
Qnap (therefore with f/w 55 in the SB V3), using FLAC encoding
exclusively.
Quite frequently I notice that the elapsed time displayed in the Now
You might try putting the Built-In Ethernet on TOP of the port priority
list, with Airport underneath. OS X allows multihoming but I don't
know how you can tell applications to use a specific port, i.e. I don't
know if there's a way (and if so, how) to tell your web browser to use
the Airport
This has only started happening since upgrading to 6.5b1 from 6.2.2.
When I first turn my stereo on, with the SB off (but plugged in -
displaying date time), I hear a faint whine from the speakers,
centered at about 8khz. The volume of the whine follows my preamp's
volume control. When I power
My mind is reeling at the idea of a two thousand dollar rack-mountable
piece of audio gear that's placed anything but temporarily in a location
where a two year old could pull off the knobs. :-)
Veggen wrote:
The link did not work for me, and the Gizmodo site was horribly slow, so
I found the
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Just curious why I get this message. It seems like my player goes into
some kind of low power mode after a certain amount of time where I need
to wake it up using the remote control.
I suspect this might be tied to the WoL functionality. I keep my
computer asleep most of the time and have it
Before anyone wastes their time it appears the issue has been resolved.
The homeplug connection was being used to deal with low signal strength
problems via wireless to the SB3. I switched back to wireless and had no
disconnects. My lovely wife, who knows nothing about networking or
anything
)p(;135732 Wrote:
Can you elaborate a bit what you feel the pain is as I am thinking on
going the tv route.
Here's a way to get the TV/no-TV experience yourself: If you've got a
cable service that has digital music channels, compare using those to
using the Internet radio stations on the
When your SlimServer is turned on, the Squeezebox will come back on, no
need for a setting.
Is your SB2 connecting to Squeeze Network? If it's connected to Squeeze
Network that would explain the 'your player was not found' message.
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Thanks for the reply. My SB2 is not connected to SqueezeNetwork and the
player is not seen when SS comes back on (i.e. when the computer wakes
up). I'm sitting at the computer that runs SS so I'm positive the
computer is awake and SS is running. It appears to be the player that
is in some sort
Interesting. How do you turn the whole system off? Do you hit the power
button on the Squeezebox, or just shut off the PC?
I'm not sure about this hibernate state, I'll ask the experts and see
what I can come up with.
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is there a way to put the remote control and screen on a macbook or 3rd
party remote to better see the music library from the listening seat
(read, lazy couch potato, or, to busy making out to get up to read SB)
:-)
As in the Olive remote.
Thanks in advance
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I am new to this forum so I wasn't able to see the previous thread. I
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Michael Herger;135787 Wrote:
Patches are most welcome.
I know this is the conventional thing people say here for this kind of
comment.
However, in this case, the things that most people don't like about the
web interface will need more than
This might be a better question to ask in the 3rd party hardware forum,
where NASes are discussed. Nothing wrong with asking here, but more
knowledgeable people hang out there.
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GregF;135947 Wrote:
Any ideas?
Stab in the dark: 6.5.0 beta 2.
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You can get it here:
http://www.slimdevices.com/downloads/SlimServer_v6.5.0b3/
Changes from beta 2:
* Fixed SliMP3 audio streaming.
* Knob Digital Input fixes for Transporter
* Firmware 63, which should fix MAC address corruption.
* Skin CSS ExBrowse3 fixes.
Please give it a try, and
On 9/13/06, Michaelwagner [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote: Slim -REALLY- needs to fix up the web interface.Michael Herger;135787 Wrote:
Patches are most welcome.I know this is the conventional thing people say here for this kind ofcomment.However, in this case, the things that most people don't like
Jack Coates;135986 Wrote:
Okay, how about this: mockups welcome.
Certainly much less intimidating.
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You can use the web interface. IMHO it offers the best view of your
library.
You can also use softsqueeze with the shadow play plugin.
I believe someone has also made a mac widget to control SB's.
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Is UPNP supposed to work? I ask because it doesn't work for me, but I'm
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But ... to get the ball rolling
Memory is likely to be at least a part of the problem with slimserver
on a linkstation.
So here are some ideas. I haven't tried any of them, so take with a
grain of caution (and salt).
You can cut back on the memory footprint by using the following options
You might also try checking out the plugins and turning off the ones you
don't need.
For instance, here are the plugins my (6.2.2) system shows:
Plugins
SlimServer includes some extra features, called Plugins, that you can
use with your remote. You can choose to enable or disable individual
Ok,
The transporter is cool.
But for those of us, keep the place running folks, throw us a new
bone.
Squeezebox Portable
Minimum Feature Set:
1. Same functionality as Squeezebox 3
with mini-usb (instead of ethernet)
with Wifi (same as Squeezebox 3)
2. Lithium Ion Battery
3. LCD Screen
thanks for the feedback. i'll test in mplayer and see what happens.
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great idea.
im moving my squeezebox twice a day from living room to bathroom and
back. already thinking about buying a second a/c adaptor so i only
have to move the box. btw: have to walk back at least 2 times a week
because of forgetting the remote control. a power ans play button
would be the
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