I haven't bothered to read most of the bitchfest that the Logitech
announcement thread has become, and this threatens to become.
Slim != Logitech , so stop posting your mouse,keyboard, remote horror
stories here.
The question that was asked, was should you purchase now or hold off
following the
IMHO the Slim Devices logo/branding look much better than Logitech's. At
least half of the appeal of the Squeezebox for a lot of people is in its
visual aspects, again my opinion only. Get one now before accepting the
risk that the next manufacturing run of cases has a different logo on
the
peejay;149264 Wrote:
Get one now before accepting the risk that the next manufacturing run of
cases has a different logo on the front.
My sentiments entirely. I shall be well aggrieved if my Transporter
arrives with anything but a pure SlimDevices logo on it! :-).
I did idly wonder about
fingers;149206 Wrote:
I'll bite. Which forum is that?
As you suspected, it was a joke.
SlimServer has never been very good at handling cue sheets and there
always seem to have been one issue or another with them since I first
got a Slim Device. Personally I rip all my mix/live albums as
Ok i've disabled my firewall and i can ping the player from the
slimserver computer
now the problem seems to be that the slimserver won't stay on, it
starts, the front end comes up, then it turns off.
ill try reinstalling it.
--
PiNPOiNT
I'm half way through a re-rip of all (about 550) my CDs to FLAC. I'm
planning on also keeping a backup of them at another location (probably
work) in case of theft/fire etc.
At the moment, I've paid a bit more on my house insurance to ensure
that all my CDs are covered. I've just thought that
As far as ethics are concerned - stealing someone's CD's is a rather
unethical thing to do! If someone stole my CD's, I would still consider
myself the legal owner, and happily play my backup copies in whatever
form I have them. The record industry have a different view, but
frankly I couldn't
What an interesting question.
My take on it is that if something is stolen from you, you are still
its legal owner! Consider the case where the thief takes the CDs to
the local market and sells them. The buyer of those CDs has no reason
to suspect that they are stolen, pays a fair price for
SadGamerGeek;149287 Wrote:
I'm half way through a re-rip of all (about 550) my CDs to FLAC. I'm
planning on also keeping a backup of them at another location (probably
work) in case of theft/fire etc.
At the moment, I've paid a bit more on my house insurance to ensure
that all my CDs are
seanadams;149185 Wrote:
Clive, I've said this before but please don't take anything we say with
respect to future features as a promise. This has nothing to do with
whose company it is. There are many uncertainties involved in RD, and
that is why we don't make such commitments. However, we
Pale Blue Ego;149244 Wrote:
One of the best-sounding systems that is modestly sized and priced is
the Aego M from Acoustic Energy. Get them for $200 at www.ccrane.com
or www.audioadvisor.com
Just ignore any propaganda from ccrane. For instance, on the Acoustic
Energy Wi-Fi Internet Radio
cliveb;149295 Wrote:
Suppose I did buy a Transporter now, and then this issue *doesn't* get
fixed in a firmware update, would there be any safe way to simply
disable the knob altogether, perhaps by disconnecting it from the power
supply? Or it is so completely hard-wired into the main
Just a thought - always keep your crime # and all documentation to prove
the CD's were stolen. RIAA would not have much of a leg then as you can
prove you were the rightful owner- and still are- even though through
no fault of your own (except open doors) you no longer possess them
physically.
Surely this can't be right? There must be some setting somewhere or
something that can be done?
Putting aside the syncing with the SB3 then, as that's in itself works,
and the SB3 works fine on its own, there would seem to be a simple
problem.
With 6.5.1 onwards, at least, since the
Good the have stopped. Allofmp3 tried to charge my Visa for about 4.000$
...
--
SatanicT
SatanicT's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7628
View this thread:
I mapped Guide to search, the ch + (on the right hand side) to add and
- to Now Playing (that one's a little counter-intuitive, but it's in a
handy spot.
--
smc2911
smc2911's Profile:
* Sold! *
--
slimjim
slimjim's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1959
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28977
___
alextegg;149302 Wrote:
Surely this can't be right? There must be some setting somewhere or
something that can be done?
Putting aside the syncing with the SB3 then, as that's in itself works,
and the SB3 works fine on its own, there would seem to be a simple
problem.
Yes, it's very
pba, I have upgraded to 6.5.1 -10449 [SlimServer_6.5_v2006-10-23.exe]
its now working, without any changes to alienbbc. Do I need those
where do I go to get alienbbc fixes?
Thanks for your help so far
--
laurieY
rtitmuss;149299 Wrote:
Well I've already fixed the knob problem in the latest firmware in the
6.5.1 beta release. And if it did still cause you a problem it would be
on my bug list to fix again for a later release. In the worst case it is
easy to unplug the knob.
Thanks Richard, that's great
A possible solution would be to run a startup script that copied
different versions of the slimserver.pref to the SlimServer\server
folder, depending on who is logged in.
There are two requirements for this to work:
1. Your kids would need their own login username apart from yours.
2. The
Hi,
I have been having problems getting my SB3 to connect to Slimserver. I
was able to get the SqueezeNetwork functions to work if that helps but
no luck with Slimserver. It hangs when trying to connect.
I was a little confused about the different between assigning my IP
address and choosing
I found this link that describes the same problem I am having. I should
have mentioned that I am using Windows x64 OS. The last reply in the
thread has a solution. Can anyone explain it to me, I am a little
thrown off by the solution to the problem?
I found this link that describes the same problem I am having. I should
They are talking about Windows applications not starting. In your first
post you're talking about the SB not finding the server. Which one is your
problem? :-)
BTW: We're experiencing the similar problems with 32 bit
My apologies, I accidentally replied to the wrong thread. I was having
a problem with EAC and posted the solution inside of this thread. I
have since deleted that post.
Here is a link to the solution to the EAC problem I was having:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28982page=2
Enter to Add. + and - to Next and Prev Track. Then a bunch of soft
keys.
Steve.
--
SteveEast
SB3=wires=stuff=more wires=speakers.
SteveEast's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4193
View this
slimpy;149312 Wrote:
But I don't think it is reasonable to expect the same performance from a
slimp3 and a sb3?
-s.
I don't but I do expect streaming to be given the highest priority. I
get the stuttering to a lesser extent without the use of the cover art
sometimes.
If the separate fork
slimpy;149312 Wrote:
Did you file a bug report at http://bugs.slimdevices.com ?
-s.
You seem to be suggesting this was 'by design' not a bug? If it is
supposed to work this way, no point filing the bug, it's just
disappointing. If it is supposed to be the streaming that holds up the
Brian Ritchie;148895 Wrote:
I have the Multiple Items in Tags option set to /. In 6.2.2, this
worked; in 6.5.1, it doesn't. For example, albums tagged with Artist
value Budd, Harold / Eno, Brian no longer appear under each artist
separately.
I'll add that I've been having the same trouble
AlienBBC has its own private version control. The code is only made
available in releases.
However, here is a patch - it works for your URL - it needs to be
tested with some more RAM files to make sure it is suitable to be part
of a release.
Replace the file RTSPPL.pm in the directory
You sound very computer savvy, would you mind reading the solution to
the problem I am having and help me step through it?
I still don't know what exact problem you're talking about. Could you
please post a quick description what you tried, what's working, what's not.
BTW: the IP address
ModelCitizen;149273 Wrote:
I do hope Slim fix the knob soon though. I can see that becoming a
little annoying quite quickly.
With one in actual use (with the original firmware) it's no big
deal.
If you're playing music you don't hear it.
If you're not playing music, you'll hear it about 30
On 10/24/06, alextegg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
slimpy;149312 Wrote: Did you file a bug report at
http://bugs.slimdevices.com ? -s.You seem to be suggesting this was 'by design' not a bug?If it issupposed to work this way, no point filing the bug, it's justdisappointing.If it is supposed to be the
tf1216;149332 Wrote:
I have been having problems getting my SB3 to connect to Slimserver. I
was able to get the SqueezeNetwork functions to work if that helps but
no luck with Slimserver. It hangs when trying to connect.
If it connects to SqueezeNetwork, that means you have the gateway and
It sounds like a floppy drive seek noise, but not nearly as loud.
I've read about this many times, but have never heard it in two weeks.
Since you can only hear it when the music isn't on, it's really no big
deal.
Ah, that's it! Can't stop listening to my T's sound :-)
--
Michael
alextegg;149352 Wrote:
You seem to be suggesting this was 'by design' not a bug? If it is
supposed to work this way, no point filing the bug, it's just
disappointing. If it is supposed to be the streaming that holds up the
web delivery, then I will file immediately!?!
I didn't say this was
tf1216;149332 Wrote:
I have been having problems getting my SB3 to connect to Slimserver. I
was able to get the SqueezeNetwork functions to work if that helps but
no luck with Slimserver. It hangs when trying to connect.
When you say hangs, what exactly happens?
What happens to the
Michael Herger;149367 Wrote:
Since you can only hear it when the music isn't on, it's really no
big
deal.[/color]
Ah, that's it! Can't stop listening to my T's sound :-)
:-) Take a second or two before you start playing to move around the
menus with the knob. It's very cool - go to
mherger,
I first started this thread asking about a slimserver and EAC problem.
I have since moved the slimserver problem to the beginner's area.
I provided a link above that has a fix for the EAC problem I was
having. The fix is described in the last reply inside of the thread.
I was hoping
I hope it isn't an issue with Windows XP 64-bit, because you may have a
hard time finding help on that OS here. Not too many run it.
I fear so: the solution he pointed to was about crashing 32-bit
applications on Windows x64. I've seen them as well on our super-duper
Windows x64 box.
But
tf1216;149369 Wrote:
Mark Lanctot,
The first time I tried connecting to slimserver, the IP address for
slimserver was xxx.xxx.x.101 and the IP address for my computer was
xxx.xxx.x.100, just as you described. It did not connect though.
I checked and the TCP and UDP ports have access, I
I got myself confused between the two threads. I hope I did not do the
same to you. If I have done so, please accept my apologies.
I edited my last post more after you replied but I will continue on.
Do not be sorry about the computer illiterate comment. I was only
trying to save you time
alextegg;149350 Wrote:
I don't but I do expect streaming to be given the highest priority. I
get the stuttering to a lesser extent without the use of the cover art
sometimes.
If the separate fork process definitely eradicates the problem, I'd
consider using a linux server. Can anyone
tf1216;149375 Wrote:
How do I check my firewall log? I am using the Windows firewall, I
believe. I do not think the SB is part of my local LAN.
I don't use Windows Firewall, but in general you can access these
things by right-clicking on the tray icon.
While SlimServer has in/out access on
Ben Sandee;149359 Wrote:
FWIW I have a 2ghz Athlon64 processor on my Linux server -- the
cheapest I
could find! I never get dropouts on my slimp3s. Your server simply may
not
be up to the task of running the newest software.
Ben
Hmm, my machine is not [EMAIL PROTECTED], but it's
I have been planning to purchase a Transporter and a few powered Genelec
speakers for a few days but the news of Logitech has temporarily halted
my decision process. Just like many others, I too, own quite a few
Logitech products and I am perfectly happy with them. But in my eyes
they play in a
Thank you so much for your response. I will try and view the log
tonight and if that is the problem I will rid myself of the x64 OS. I
have not found one advantage for the 64-bit version anyway. PITA
--
tf1216
tf1216's
bpa,
OK, I've installed the alien patch it works fine, now the Title shows
the name of the AlienStream file, (without the AlienBBC patch it showed
[3] ).
I looked to try other .ram entries of interest to me tried the RNE
entries contained in AlienBBC menu - RNE Radio Nacional de Espana but
Post bugs for AlienBBC can be posted in the 3rd party plugins.
In the case of RNE, I created that entry as an alternative to the WMA
streams but I haven't checked it recently.It's possible RNE no
longer support RealAudio as many national stations are changing over to
WMA.
Regarding naming -
I didnt have much luck with 6.5.1 with mp3 or AACs see
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28478highlight=ajmitchell
but 6.5.0 seems ok apart from some minor issues.
hope you get it sorted in time!!
--
ajmitchell
Last FM: http://www.last.fm/user/ajmitchell/
thing-fish;149150 Wrote:
if you have found that you can do SlimServer integration with the free
version, then the primary reason to upgrade is probably just to show
your support.
At the moment the free version works with slimserver so the premium
version seems not to be necessary.
Since
Aimsport;149122 Wrote:
I would like to limit two SqueezeBox3s to a subset of my FLAC ripped CD
collection (for age appropriate playback)...snipHelp. How does one
achieve this?
You could achieve this with SlimServer's built-in support of the
MusicIP Mixer. The MusicIP Mixer
Has IE 7 worked around the playlist refresh bugs for others?
I had been delaying changing over to IE 7, but this could be a good
reason to do so.
--
Tarn
Tarn's Profile:
Quoting dip [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Would it be possible to extend the MusicMagic plugin to
include these options into the track info menu which is shown after
pressing RIGHT on the remote (similar to the add to favorite entry)?
always psosible, but currently the musicIP api does not include a
Click the link below to download Crestron demo module. There is no help
file as part of this download but I have included a demo programme.
Change the IP addresses in the 2 TCP/IP clients to the IP address of
your SlimServer and the ports to your CLI ports as set in SlimServer
(default 9090).
[[Microsoft logoed SB3]]
Ouch! That would indeed be much, much worse in my opinion. Then I
WOULDN'T have bought one, for sure.
*sigh*
Generalizations hurt everybody. I recently bought a Microsoft Natural
Elite Pro Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 (there's probably some other words in
the title, but
The other point to consider is that if the value of your CDs is not
included in the value of contents for which you pay insurance premiums,
and the loss adjuster becomes aware that you had CDs, the insurance
company may decide that you were under-insured to the value of the CDs
and adjust the
bergek;149382 Wrote:
I have been planning to purchase a Transporter and a few powered Genelec
speakers for a few days but the news of Logitech has temporarily halted
my decision process. Just like many others, I too, own quite a few
Logitech products and I am perfectly happy with them. But
I am also still getting the Scanner.exe has encountered a problem and
needs to close message when scanning the music database from within
the Slimserve software.
After trying various different versions of Slimserver (incl 6.5.0 and
6.3.1) and getting the same problem with each version, I
I'm located in NJ
--
ErikM
ErikM's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7576
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28973
___
See title. The Slim-provided Odeo feed works fine, but the feed for my
personal account fails. This used to work, but it's been a while since
I've used this, and I just upgraded to the 6.5.0 release version, so I'm
not sure when this broke, but it's indeed broken.
Slimserver 6.5.0
Windows XP
Quoting azinck3 [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Slimserver 6.5.0
Windows XP sp2
some parsing was broken in 6.5.0, please try 6.5.1 nightly builds or
wait for the official release 'soon'.
-kdf
___
discuss mailing list
discuss@lists.slimdevices.com
kdf;149437 Wrote:
Quoting azinck3 azinck3.2g71yb1161713101 (AT) no-mx (DOT)
forums.slimdevices.com:
Slimserver 6.5.0
Windows XP sp2
some parsing was broken in 6.5.0, please try 6.5.1 nightly builds or
wait for the official release 'soon'.
-kdf
Thanks for the tip. Not crucial,
Grats to Sean and the Slim crew!
(When is the party?)
-Dan
--
dwc
dwc's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1892
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28821
AndrueC;148588 Wrote:
Okay I can accept the arguments about quality (don't neccessarily agree
but I can accept them). What I still don't see is:
If I worked on FireFox or Open Office who would be putting money into
my bank account? Fine if some people don't want money then good for
them but
I am using an Infrant NAS/NV which has Slimserver running on it. As I
access it via IE7 from my PC the response is very slow - maybe 5-10
seconds per page. Would I be better off and have a much faster setup
if I ran Slimserver on a dedicated XP PC and had it access the music
from the NAS?
--
howard_newkirk;149462 Wrote:
I am using an Infrant NAS/NV which has Slimserver running on it. As I
access it via IE7 from my PC the response is very slow - maybe 5-10
seconds per page. Would I be better off and have a much faster setup
if I ran Slimserver on a dedicated XP PC and had it
howard_newkirk;149462 Wrote:
a much faster setup if I ran Slimserver on a dedicated XP PC and had it
access the music from the NAS?
Yes, the database needs RAM and CPU to run.
--
dwc
dwc's Profile:
even linking to GPL libraries has a viral quality to it (e.g. you can't
just make it a kernel module)
To my knowledge, this has never been tested in court. In my
understanding, the whole you link to it you're infected position is
based on a twisted definition of derivative work under copyright
Well, for what it's worth, I'm a relatively new SB3 owner, going on
about 3 months. Love it. So much so that I'm in the process of
re-ripping my entire 800+ disc collection to ALAC and then the CDs go
into deep storage.
Based on my experiences with the SB3 (and having read all 30+ pages of
the
I guess that nobody else was having this problem but after emailing and
calling Sirius numerous times they said that they heard of this problem
but didn't know why it was happening or how to correct it. Somehow it
started working again yesterday and I can get into the Sirius website
and use the
peterbell;149422 Wrote:
The other point to consider is that if the value of your CDs is not
included in the value of contents for which you pay insurance premiums,
and the loss adjuster becomes aware that you had CDs, the insurance
company may decide that you were under-insured to the value
I have an iTunes playlist with a mix of m4a and mp3 files. I'd like to
insert a few FLAC files at specific points in the playlist, but can't
get them to show up in iTunes. Suggestions on how to do this? Thanks!
--
patrija
adamslim;149292 Wrote:
This links to one of my pet issues: if a CD gets damaged, do I really
have to buy it again? Am I buying the medium or the music? I've
answered it above, but I don't like it! Buying a CD gets you the CD
itself, and the licence to play the music on it; if the former
I thought this problem was specific to me and me alone but I was
speaking with a buddy today and he is getting the same problem.
Upon finishing with my listening and powering off the unit (red button
on the control) I'll come back to it after a period of time (usually
half a day as I'm away at
mherger,
I downloaded the MSI stuff from:
http://www.activestate.com/store/account/downloads.aspx?LicGuid=6ee51394-ebdc-481f-80b9-59ec332abebc
Am I supposed to put the perl slimserver.pl file into the slimserver
folder? I could not find the file.
Did I download the right thing?
I am trying
Another interesting nugget: I can play all the music through Softsqueeze 3.0, and through a 2nd (older) SB1.
Also, when I say "Forget this player", the server seems to remember the name of player. I wonder if there is some setting the server is remembering about the SB2 ?
Do you know how I get
What screensaver do you have set for the player when it is off?
--
kdf
kdf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=29026
Quoting Dave Strickler [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Another interesting nugget: I can play all the music through
Softsqueeze 3.0, and through a 2nd (older) SB1.
Also, when I say Forget this player, the server seems to remember
the name of player. I wonder if there is some setting the server is
iTunes can't play or recognize FLAC.
You'll have to convert them to ALAC.
--
Mark Lanctot
Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071
View this thread:
I'll try to maybe add the file into the play list using SlimServer after
SS picks up the iTunes playlist. Not sure if that will work (?)
--
patrija
patrija's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=380
I was wondering if Squeezebox might be supporting any new music sources
in upcoming upgrades ? I listed a few I thought of...
Yahoo Launchcast Radio
MusicMatch
Napster
--
NY2006
NY2006's Profile:
patrija;149494 Wrote:
I'll try to maybe add the file into the play list using SlimServer after
SS picks up the iTunes playlist. Not sure if that will work (?)
Should do, but if you just edit the playlist it may get overwritten
next time the iTunes database is scanned.
--
radish
Personally, even with a backup, I am paranoid enough to want to keep a
copy of the original media for dire emergencies ... I've invested too
many years building up my CD collection to take the risk of losing it
all.
And, having just had my 6-month old 400GB backup disk die on me (good
thing it
Amazing - it works ! Many, many thanks !
I renamed the /etc/slimserver/slimserver.prefs file under Ubuntu, restarted the SB2, and it now works like a champ. The funny thing is that I edited that file and took out the reference to the SB2, and it didn't work. There must have been a typo that I
I've just installed the Sirius plugin and when I select a channel it
says Checking Stream, Connecting... and then Connection Timed
Out.
This is what I get on my SqueezeBox. I had it working briefly on
SoftSqueeze but then that got hung up as well when I selected a
different skin.
Any ideas on
Did you follow the instructions on the plugin's website about disabling
built-in WMA?
--
Fletch
Fletch's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=529
View this thread:
kdf,
Good question, I'm using the weathertime plugin from
(http://inside.glnetworks.de/). I don't think it's to blame as I was
using this same plugin before with 6.3.1
--
george_k
george_k's Profile:
...sold! :-)
--
Mark Lanctot
Mark Lanctot's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2071
View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28820
On 24-Oct-06, at 7:10 PM, george_k wrote:
kdf,
Good question, I'm using the weathertime plugin from
(http://inside.glnetworks.de/). I don't think it's to blame as I was
using this same plugin before with 6.3.1
It may be. Most plugins need an update when moving to 6.5 (in this
case, the
And, having just had my 6-month old 400GB backup disk die on me
Wow, after all the work of ripping CD's to a hard disk, you trust the
hard disk? I've learned this lesson a few times. Either install a
Raid Array (mirrored hard drives), or maybe better, have a second drive
where you copy all
91 matches
Mail list logo
