[slim] Squeezebox netradio w computer off

2007-02-25 Thread madsk
Is it possible to pre define several webradio stations of your own choice and save it in the Squeezebox, and then turn off the computer.and be able to listen to them later on without haven to turn on the computer again? Regards Mads. -- madsk

Re: [slim] Squeezebox netradio w computer off

2007-02-25 Thread kdf
If you, instead, define them on squeezenetwork, you can listen to them at any time with the computer off if you connect your player to squeezenetwork. This works for any players that are model SB2 or newer. For squeezenetwork, check squeezenetwork.com -kdf

Re: [slim] Announce: Official SlimServer v6.5.1 Release

2007-02-25 Thread ModelCitizen
rkeeney;183274 Wrote: I've tried to upgrade 6.5 to 6.5.1, both times on my SB1 the tracks would jump quickly from one to the next w/o playing. I don't see this behavior on the Softsqueeze client running on the same machine as SS. Reverting back to 6.5 fixed the problem both times. Strange

Re: [slim] WPA WEP etc...

2007-02-25 Thread Peter
snarlydwarf wrote: Mark Lanctot;183284 Wrote: Looks like a pretty esoteric black hat crack to me. Although I don't fully understand the tool, it looks like made-up SSIDs and long, complex passphrases will still help. It's really a matter of timeshifting. Note that only advantage

Re: [slim] WPA WEP etc...

2007-02-25 Thread Peter
ASS-Ware wrote: Peter;183283 Wrote: ASS-Ware wrote: Mark Lanctot;181815 Wrote: The SB3 also supports WPA2/AES. Now WPA/TKIP hasn't been broken yet so it's probably overkill, but as they say, go big or go home...WPA2/AES works just fine for me and

Re: [slim] Squeezebox netradio w computer off

2007-02-25 Thread madsk
kdf;183354 Wrote: If you, instead, define them on squeezenetwork, you can listen to them at any time with the computer off if you connect your player to squeezenetwork. This works for any players that are model SB2 or newer. For squeezenetwork, check squeezenetwork.com -kdf Thanks

Re: [slim] WPA WEP etc...

2007-02-25 Thread Peter
ASS-Ware wrote: jonheal;182579 Wrote: Being pretty much an idiot when it comes to networking stuff, please clarify something for me: As I understand it, encrypting your wireless broadcasts (hopefully) prevents an eavesdropper from reading the packets you send out into the atmosphere.

Re: [slim] Squeezebox netradio w computer off

2007-02-25 Thread kdf
On 25-Feb-07, at 1:10 AM, madsk wrote: kdf;183354 Wrote: If you, instead, define them on squeezenetwork, you can listen to them at any time with the computer off if you connect your player to squeezenetwork. This works for any players that are model SB2 or newer. For squeezenetwork,

Re: [slim] Squeezebox netradio w computer off

2007-02-25 Thread Peter
kdf wrote: On 25-Feb-07, at 1:10 AM, madsk wrote: kdf;183354 Wrote: If you, instead, define them on squeezenetwork, you can listen to them at any time with the computer off if you connect your player to squeezenetwork. This works for any players that are model SB2 or newer. For

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

2007-02-25 Thread JJZolx
egd;183029 Wrote: I've just rebuilt a w2k3 machine and installed SlimServer 6.5.2 - 11509 - Windows Server 2003 - EN - cp1252. Accompanying it is Perl Version: 5.8.8 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread and MySQL 5.0.22-community-nt I have a large FLAC library (~50k songs) but damnit, it shouldn't

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-25 Thread bpa
The problem is in SlimTray code - the routine ProcessID. It uses a routine called GetProcessPid in Win32::Process::List. Changes were made to the Win32::Process::List in June 06 and GetProcessPid no longer returns -1 if the process is not running. These changes to the return behavior are not

Re: [slim] Squeezebox netradio w computer off

2007-02-25 Thread madsk
kdf;183362 Wrote: On 25-Feb-07, at 1:10 AM, madsk wrote: kdf;183354 Wrote: If you, instead, define them on squeezenetwork, you can listen to them at any time with the computer off if you connect your player to squeezenetwork. This works for any players that are model SB2 or

Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!

2007-02-25 Thread Peter
herbman wrote: I figured this forum could use a message like this. Please list slimserver specs and library specs if everything is fine for you! AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3200+ with 1GB RAM - Fedora Core 4 SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - RedHat - EN - utf8 Perl Version: 5.8.6

Re: [slim] Nokia N800 Remote

2007-02-25 Thread Peter
Victor wrote: Ben did a fantastic job on the skin -- it looks really really sharp on the device. I can confirm that with the faster processor and more RAM, the N800 is even better for controlling the server. It's fast enough now that browsing by album art (for example) is as quick as it is

Re: [slim] using the xbox 360

2007-02-25 Thread hughesie89
so no one can help we just getting sound working your a lot of help -- hughesie89 hughesie89's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5191 View this thread:

Re: [slim] using the xbox 360

2007-02-25 Thread ModelCitizen
hughesie89;183384 Wrote: so no one can help we just getting sound working your a lot of help Two things: 1) Perhaps no-one knows 2) Politely phrased questions are more likely to elicit helpful answers. No one *has* to help you. MC -- ModelCitizen Isn't it enough to see that a garden is

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-25 Thread Marc Sherman
bpa wrote: The problem is in SlimTray code - the routine ProcessID. It uses a routine called GetProcessPid in Win32::Process::List. Yup, better rewrite it in C... :) - Marc ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-25 Thread bpa
Using the latest ActiveState tools, I've tried to rebuild SlimTray.exe exactly as 6.5.1 - however the resulting version didn't work because of the changes to libraries also latest ActiveState is build 820 and I think 6.5.1 was built using 819. So I've patched SlimTray.pl as per my previous posts

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

2007-02-25 Thread erland
Is it faster if you run a PC with Linux and connect that to the NAS ? Or are you just saying that SlimServer locally installed on the NAS itself is faster ? -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My download page' (http://erland.homeip.net/download) (Developer

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-25 Thread bpa
bpa wrote: The problem is in SlimTray code - the routine ProcessID. It uses a routine called GetProcessPid in Win32::Process::List. Yup, better rewrite it in C... :) - Marc For ulitmate irony, I was hoping the bug was in the C code that supports this Perl module - turns out the

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

2007-02-25 Thread Paul_B
My setup on Windows 2003 R2 doesn't cause any problems or performance issues. It is wired from W2K3 server to QNAP NAS storage and SB3. A complete rescan of my 5,000 tracks is fine. Any issues with NIC settings on network speed and duplex? It is standard practice to always force this rather than

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

2007-02-25 Thread egd
JJZolx;183364 Wrote: Do you mean has anything new emerged since you asked the same question a month ago? Why not go back to running SlimServer under Linux? I guess I was hoping that something would have changed in recent builds of 6.5.2 for Windows. I would love to go back to Linux but had

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

2007-02-25 Thread egd
erland;183398 Wrote: Is it faster if you run a PC with Linux and connect that to the NAS ? Or are you just saying that SlimServer locally installed on the NAS itself is faster ? In both Windows ans Linux I had/had Slimserver running on a PC. The ReadyNAS NV would die a horrible death if

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

2007-02-25 Thread egd
Paul_B;183399 Wrote: My setup on Windows 2003 R2 doesn't cause any problems or performance issues. It is wired from W2K3 server to QNAP NAS storage and SB3. A complete rescan of my 5,000 tracks is fine. Any issues with NIC settings on network speed and duplex? It is standard practice to

Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-25 Thread mkozlows
Kyle;183319 Wrote: My files are already all flac. I'm looking for a player compatible with that. If you enjoy tweaking and fiddling, use Foobar. If you don't, I don't think there's a good option on Windows. -- mkozlows

Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-25 Thread Kyle
Think I'll give MusicCube a try. It has a flac plugin (also toast, which I like from Moose). We'll see how it goes. -- Kyle Kyle's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2541 View this thread:

Re: [slim] The music stopped!

2007-02-25 Thread dansumption
OK, I fixed it - unplugged the power from the Squeezebox and then plugged it back in. Should have thought of that before, but as the Squeezebox was obviously communicating OK with the server, and as I had turned both Squeezebox and server on and off, I didn't think of killing the power. --

[slim] Ogg streams played back too slow?

2007-02-25 Thread peterw
After an initial test, today I decided to try my Icecast/IceS setup to stream music from the turntable beside the Slimserver host to a Squeezebox. It was awful -- too slow. With Michael Herger's MusicInfo screensaver (thanks!) I could see my SB2 (firmware 71, connecting to a 6.5.1 server)

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-25 Thread Graham
Thanks bpa -- that works great for me. A steady 56 handles. You're a hero! -- Graham Graham's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5207 View this thread:

Re: [slim] using the xbox 360

2007-02-25 Thread EnochLight
No doubt; talk about being rude.. -- EnochLight EnochLight's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3392 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32646

Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

2007-02-25 Thread EnochLight
-* What version of Vista are you running? (Home Premium, Ultimate, etc.) Also specify if it's 32-bit or 64-bit.- I'm running Ultimate 32-bit. -* What version of Slimserver have you installed?- Right now I'm running 6.5.2 - 11357, but it appears that there has been a firmware update as of

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

2007-02-25 Thread Paul_B
I'll do a rescan tonight (need to anyway to clear things up) and will time the results to compare. -- Paul_B Paul ~ Slimserver 6.5.1 on EPIA VIA EN15000 Mini-ITX running Windows 2003 R2. Remote storage QNAP(2.0.0)~(300GB WD) SB3 (x1) RIP -

Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
mkozlows;183415 Wrote: If you enjoy tweaking and fiddling, use Foobar. I have to disagree - foobar works fine right after install. It's plain though - if you want to make it pretty, that's when you have to do the fiddling. Doesn't bother me much. After the bloated monstrosities that WMP and

Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!

2007-02-25 Thread Pale Blue Ego
SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - RedHat - EN - utf8 Server IP address: 192.168.0.3 Perl Version: 5.8.5 i386-linux-thread-multi MySQL Version: 5.0.21-standard 19340 tracks 2156 artists 5552 albums 50 genres 1 Slimp3 1 SB1G 3 SB3 Server OS is ClarkConnect 3.2 uptime 128 days, 32 minutes AMD

Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!

2007-02-25 Thread EFP
Peter;183370 Wrote: herbman wrote:[color=blue] SB3's double as remote controls for MythTV running on the same server. Care to share how you went about setting that up? -- EFP EFP's Profile:

Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!

2007-02-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
herbman;183318 Wrote: I wish my device would break so I had an excuse to get a sb3 (or whatever's next!) Careful what you wish for! As for me: Your music library contains 401 albums with 3862 songs by 512 artists. SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 10591 - Windows XP Pentium 4 C 2.8 GHz, 512 MB

Re: [slim] Slim Server Woes

2007-02-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
Unless you're streaming Internet radio, it shouldn't be affected. However maybe it's your modem or router that's disconnecting you, and maybe that's having an impact? Perhaps one of them has its DHCP server go down, and if it's the router, perhaps it's rebooting? -- Mark Lanctot It's like,

Re: [slim] Problems with Rhapsody

2007-02-25 Thread SuperQ
andyg;182769 Wrote: We have two options when it comes to Rhapsody firmware bugs: 1. Don't fix the bug until we can test and release 6.5.2. 2. Fix the bugs ASAP and cause a firmware mismatch between the latest released 6.5.1 and SN. We chose #2 because the Rhapsody bugs were pretty

Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!

2007-02-25 Thread Amauta
Server version: 6.3.1 - 8476 - Linux - NL - utf8 2 modded SB2 Black. 629 albums 7433 songs 473 artists All propperly tagged FLAC files. Running on a Compaq EVO ultra slim PC (Celeron 1400, 256MB), with ClarkConnect 3,2 installed. Server is turned on by WOL, and automaticaly turned of when no

Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!

2007-02-25 Thread davis
6607 songs, 798 artists, 494 albums. All FLAC Fanless VIA C3 600MHz with 256MB ram. Gentoo Linux on single 500GByte disk backed up via USB + rsync. Runs fine, but complete library rescans are a little slow. -- davis

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-25 Thread MrSinatra
bpa, you're a genius... one caveat, my slimtray.exe was in the slimserver root, not the server dir, but i assume thats what you meant. also, i had already filed a bug report for this, so i don't know if you want to post this there or what, but regardless, fantastic job. mine seems to peak at

Re: [slim] Squeezebox netradio w computer off

2007-02-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
madsk;183367 Wrote: Ok one last question, is there a limit on how many favorites you can ad to the squeezenetwork Thanks Mads. I don't use SqueezeNetwork all that often, but I don't think there's a limit. Within reason though - maybe something weird would happen if you had 1000+ favorites.

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-25 Thread Victor
MrSinatra;183457 Wrote: bpa, you're a genius... since slimtray is WINDOWS ONLY and EXTREMELY BLOATED mem usage wise considering its very limited functionality, i still believe it to be a fair and worthwhile question to ask why not C? and it is just a question. the fact that question

Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!

2007-02-25 Thread 4mula1
SlimServer Version: 6.5.2 - 11515 - solaris - EN - iso-8859-1 Server IP address: 192.168.1.3 Perl Version: 5.8.8 i86pc-solaris MySQL Version: 5.0.33 Installed plugins: SuperDateTime ShadowPlay IRBlaster 510 albums with 1346 songs by 280 artists Running on an Athlon 800MHz (T-Bird core) with

Re: [slim] How do I remove Slimserver completely?

2007-02-25 Thread Kenders
Surely you must be able to remove all the Slimserver files?? Are there any ideas out there...please?? -- Kenders Kenders's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10291 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Is there a better way to play flac files than Softsqueeze?

2007-02-25 Thread bonze
I don't actually play music on my desktop that much and, as WMP was already installed, couldn't see the point in installing a second application just to play back music (besides SoftSqueeze). Therefore the WMP extensions seemed to make sense to me :) -- bonze QNAP TS-101 (version 2.0.0 build

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-25 Thread bpa
bpa, you're a genius... Nope , but from years of experience I found that bugs get solved by applying effort to the problem and not by exchanging remarks. Users always get worked up about their problem - so I always used to let them blow off steam and tackle the problem not the person.

Re: [slim] Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!

2007-02-25 Thread stevieweevie
Well guys, I think make the most of the Honeymoon period, as for the Harmony Remote the Honeymoon is over. For the gory details of key (and documented) function removal 'click here' (http://forums.logitech.com/logitech/board/message?board.id=remote_softwaremessage.id=1048). -- stevieweevie

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-25 Thread kdf
On 25-Feb-07, at 10:05 AM, bpa wrote: I was thinking of adding an option to ST to allow users to kill MySqld as well as Slimserver. cool. There is bug4706 filed to cover this. I'd need to look at the Slimserver code to see if explicitly tries to kill MySqld on shutdown. See svn change

Re: [slim] Problems with Rhapsody

2007-02-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
SuperQ;183450 Wrote: Or you could drop the updated firmware into the Firmware/ directory on your 6.5.1 slimserver, that way you don't have to upgrade to a nightly release. Careful...that will probably work in this case but it may not always work. Certain SlimServer versions are paired with

Re: [slim] Announce: Official SlimServer v6.5.1 Release

2007-02-25 Thread rkeeney
ModelCitizen;183356 Wrote: Strange as 6.5.1 is not that different from 6.5. Anyhow, it looks like SlimServer 6.5.1 can't find your files. If your music is on a network drive check that the account SlimServer is running on after installing 6.5.1 still has access to the network drives (it may

Re: [slim] Slimserver software engineering

2007-02-25 Thread MrSinatra
another appreciated response, however at this point, i feel it necessary to give you some feedback you may not like, but hopefully is considered constructive: ChrisOwens;182965 Wrote: It is our goal to have every bug report get a human response, but we have gotten a bit backlogged. We've

Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!

2007-02-25 Thread Peter
EFP wrote: Peter;183370 Wrote: herbman wrote:[color=blue] SB3's double as remote controls for MythTV running on the same server. Care to share how you went about setting that up? I wrote a SS plugin and a 'Lirc Junction box' script. The A/V signal is mixed

Re: [slim] Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!

2007-02-25 Thread ModelCitizen
On the face of it that does seem extremely concerning. At least with a Squeezebox/SB3 we can always roll back. I'm glad that I'm happy enough with the product i have now. MC -- ModelCitizen Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are fairies at

[slim] IPv6 network

2007-02-25 Thread tmrice
Has anyone enabled Slimserver on a IPv6 network. The server is on an XP box and I use a Nokia 770 web tablet on wifi to listen while on site. All works fine with IPv4. Any suggestions Thanks -- tmrice Tim tmrice's

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-25 Thread MrSinatra
bpa, thx again. i should mention though that it wasn't the handles that got me 'worked up,' but rather the times i'd come back to my computer to find slimtray at 68megs and unresponsive. i didn't even know about the handles issue till after that. thx for not tackling me, and tackling the

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

2007-02-25 Thread MrSinatra
i'm just curious... but can't SS run on the NAS? or is it limited to just a select few NAS boxes? wouldn't it be neat if you had an all in one box solution, (ie, ss, nas, sb = one box) and had a color remote to see what you were doing? the only drawback there i think would be in routing the

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-25 Thread vdorta
bpa;183396 Wrote: If you want to try my patched version you can find it here. http://homepage.eircom.net/~altondsl/slim/SlimTrayexe.ZIP I replaced SlimTray.exe with the patched version and tried both starting it and restarting Windows but it doesn't work (icon continuously on-off, when I

Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness

2007-02-25 Thread eschurr
After some experimentation, I am confused and a bit skeptical of what i've read. My goal is to modify my MP3 files to play at a consistent volume in my Squeezebox as well as my iPod without using ReplayGain. I want to know how to operate the MP3Gain GUI to do that. one of the postings says

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-25 Thread MrSinatra
fyi: i set both 'slim services' in XP to manual, they don't start automatically. slimtray does, its in the startup of my pgm menu. my config uses localhost port 9000 btw. its now at 62 handles (~12megs) and steady upon reboot. when i start SS manually from ST, it starts both the slim and

Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness

2007-02-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
You have two buttons: track analysis and track gain. Track analysis merely writes the RG tags. So you need an RG-aware program like SlimServer to use the volume levelling function. Nothing will happen in iTunes/iPod, it's not RG-aware AFAIK. Track -gain- will not only write the RG tags, it

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-25 Thread bpa
Vdorta, Can you revert back to your old SlimTray and see if that still works. The error message is as a result of an extra error check I put into the processID code. I need to look up what causes it. MrSinatra, I'm not sure what the first bit of the post is about. Are you reporting a problem

Re: [slim] SlimServer and VISTA

2007-02-25 Thread speedle
Just to kind of clear the slate here a little bit, I am running Vista RC 2,(stock install) and one day in a bit of frustration with my XP install of SS, I installed 6.5.1 on Vista, went through the normal setup of both SS and SB, and have had no issues ever. As a matter of fact, if I'm having

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-25 Thread Bill Burns
bpa wrote: Using the latest ActiveState tools, I've tried to rebuild SlimTray.exe exactly as 6.5.1 - however the resulting version didn't work because of the changes to libraries also latest ActiveState is build 820 and I think 6.5.1 was built using 819. So I've patched SlimTray.pl as per

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

2007-02-25 Thread tommypeters
How about what he wrote - The ReadyNAS NV would die a horrible death if I installed slimserver to the nas and told it to scan ~50k files. ...? -- tommypeters SB3--Meridian G68--NuForce Ref8--Bc Acoustique ACT A3

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-25 Thread MrSinatra
bpa;183507 Wrote: MrSinatra, I'm not sure what the first bit of the post is about. Are you reporting a problem with the new SlimTray or explaining your setup to Vdorta ? sorry, i was unclear... the entire post above describes how things are now using your slimtray.exe i am pretty sure it

Re: [slim] Live365 Station Missing

2007-02-25 Thread SB2605
Issue was a DB problem at Live365. They indicated some other stations may have been impacted as well. Electric Blues Radio 56 now working. -- SB2605 SB2605's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9936

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

2007-02-25 Thread MrSinatra
i guess i just wanted that fleshed out a bit... other people seem to have gotten their NAS to do it, altho i'm not sure it was that many files... my Q is, why can't his NAS do it? is it the hardware or the software? just expound the reasoning a bit... i am thinking about a NAS setup for

Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness

2007-02-25 Thread MrSinatra
good to know. when i rip with EAC and lame 3.96 or above, it does seem to calcualte a replaygain value. however, i can't find that value written in the tags at all, (using winamp or mp3tag) am i doing something wrong? my best guess at this point is the value is not being written into the tag

[slim] upgraded to new software, now no internet access

2007-02-25 Thread neocx
Hi Gang, My slimserver and squeezeboxes have been working wonderfully for a long while now. Until today. I upgraded to the new version of the slimserver software and upgraded the firmware on both my squeezeboxes. Now, I can access my music collection but I have no access to the internet. I

Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness

2007-02-25 Thread eschurr
Mark: if what you say is correct, why: -- does the MP3Gain help system indicate that the Track analysis button analyzes the files but it doesn't say anything about writing tags or values? it sounds to me like it reads and analyzes the file but doesn't write anything back to it. -- doesn't

Re: [slim] upgraded to new software, now no internet access

2007-02-25 Thread MrSinatra
what OS? what ver of SS? can ur SB get on SN? -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram MrSinatra's Profile:

Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness

2007-02-25 Thread jeffmeh
MrSinatra;183520 Wrote: good to know. when i rip with EAC and lame 3.96 or above, it does seem to calcualte a replaygain value. however, i can't find that value written in the tags at all, (using winamp or mp3tag) am i doing something wrong? my best guess at this point is the value

Re: [slim] upgraded to new software, now no internet access

2007-02-25 Thread neocx
MrSinatra;183525 Wrote: what OS? Windows XP what ver of SS? SlimServer 6.5.1 can ur SB get on SN? No. Everything was working fine. I log onto slimserver and it said a new version of the software was available. So, I downloaded and installed, and upgraded the firmware on the SB as

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-25 Thread bpa
Maybe I'm a bit thick tonight but can you confirm that aside from not leaking handles, on your system you see NO change in behaviour of SlimTray between my version and the official version. With regard to mysqld - by design in SS6.5.1 in Windows mySQLD is not shut down - it possible that

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-25 Thread MrSinatra
bpa;183528 Wrote: Maybe I'm a bit thick tonight but can you confirm that aside from not leaking handles, on your system you see NO change in behaviour of SlimTray between my version and the official version. well, the thing is i can't say for certain. i was playing around with the services

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

2007-02-25 Thread egd
MrSinatra;183490 Wrote: anyway, i'm just wondering why you aren't running SS on the nas. -mdw I add albums and edit tag/artwork etc. regularly enough to make a rescanning a regular necessity. With that many files in my library, running a rescan on the NV is not feasible. -- egd Linux and

Re: [slim] Slimserver is woeful on Windows

2007-02-25 Thread MrSinatra
how long would it take? and wouldn't daily, automated, overnight [re]scanning do the trick? again, i'm just curious. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram

Re: [slim] upgraded to new software, now no internet access

2007-02-25 Thread MrSinatra
could be your firewall on either xp, your router, or both is blocking you. it sounds to me like you can play files locally, which is a good sign if true. its very odd the SB can't connect to SN. one more thing to try is the newest nightly, 6.5.2 it might not solve your issue, but i think

Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness

2007-02-25 Thread MrSinatra
yeah, mp3tag also doesn't seem to natively support albumartist the weird thing is the newest winamp IS supposed to support replaygain, but i don't see it in winamp either. i use both 1.1 and 2.3 id tags for my mp3s. i downloaded ur suggestion, LameTagGUI and tried it out... its petty sweet,

Re: [slim] upgraded to new software, now no internet access

2007-02-25 Thread neocx
No, neither XP nor the router are blocking me. They certainly weren't blocking me before I upgraded. That's what I get for upgrading. Do you know if I can still download older versions of the software? Maybe I should revert back to the last working version -- neocx

Re: [slim] Slim Server Woes

2007-02-25 Thread Spidey9534
Thanks for the responses. I'm not streaming internet radio, just my CD collection stored on my PC in the office. You guys got me to thinking though I am NOT using a static IP on the PC and when it gets disconnected from the internet it is polling to find another available wireless netowrk

Re: [slim] upgraded to new software, now no internet access

2007-02-25 Thread MrSinatra
older versions are available, not sure where. search the forums. also, it could be that XP / your router had proper exceptions for the earlier install, but don't for the new one. u could try hooking the SB directly to the cable modem, and see if it can get an IP and reach SN. if so, the

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-25 Thread oreillymj
If you tell Slimtray to Automatically run at log in then the Slimserver process and associated processes are owned by the currently logged on user and can be killed much like Unix processes. If you select Automically run at system start then the processes are started as a service and then they

Re: [slim] SlimTray.exe unresponsive and huge

2007-02-25 Thread bpa
Don't bother running tests - just report if my SlimTray somehow does not work in the same way it used to. The failure to open an Slimserver IE window when slimserver starts always happens on my system with the official SlimTray and I think it is due to timing. The bug fix to which kdf referred

Re: [slim] Everything is running fine!!

2007-02-25 Thread Nostromo
VERSION INFO SlimServer Version: 6.5.1 - 11206 - Windows XP Perl Version: 5.8.8 MSWin32-x86-multi-thread MySQL Version: 5.0.22-community-nt 377 albums with 4200 songs by 186 artists. Running fine on a Athlon 64 3000+ with 1 GB ram. Plugins installed: - Custom Browse - Dynamic Playlists -

[slim] Album listing for printout?

2007-02-25 Thread jtwrace
I would like to print out a list of my owned music, is this possible? I have seen this product to do just that but I would think that between itunes and slimserver I could do this. Help anyone? http://audiophiler.com/ -- jtwrace

Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness

2007-02-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
eschurr;183526 Wrote: -- does the MP3Gain help system indicate that the Track analysis button analyzes the files but it doesn't say anything about writing tags or values? it sounds to me like it reads and analyzes the file but doesn't write anything back to it. It does write the results of

Re: [slim] Article in Fast Company?

2007-02-25 Thread Nostromo
I agree, very nice article. They claim that enthusiasts who are not Slim Devices employees also contributed to the design of the hardware. And the only example they have is that guy who helped improve the firmware. I'm not even sure this example supports their claim. Any other example you can

Re: [slim] MP3Gain, MP3Tag, iTunes craziness

2007-02-25 Thread Mark Lanctot
MrSinatra;183545 Wrote: BUT how do i know SS is actually using it on playback? i do have SS configured to smart gain but how do i verify it see's a value (or not) for any given file? I believe it's in the file info - click on the file, and if you see a volume adjustment or album volume

Re: [slim] Article in Fast Company?

2007-02-25 Thread ModelCitizen
Nostromo;183560 Wrote: They claim that enthusiasts who are not Slim Devices employees also contributed to the design of the hardware. And the only example they have is that guy who helped improve the firmware. Richard Titmuss (of SoftSqueeze fame) helped with the firmware I believe.

Re: [slim] upgraded to new software, now no internet access

2007-02-25 Thread vamythguy
On 2/25/07, MrSinatra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: older versions are available, not sure where. search the forums. also, it could be that XP / your router had proper exceptions for the earlier install, but don't for the new one. u could try hooking the SB directly to the cable modem, and see

Re: [slim] Article in Fast Company?

2007-02-25 Thread ModelCitizen
From said article: says KDF (for Google protection), who makes his living as a hardware designer for a printer manufacturer near Vancouver, British Columbia. For several years, he has often spent his lunch break working on software for Slim. Just how long is his lunch break? MC --

Re: [slim] Album listing for printout?

2007-02-25 Thread ModelCitizen
Do a search on the forums or even look in the plugins. It's been discussed a lot here before (which is probably why no-one has answered your query) and there are a few solutions. MC -- ModelCitizen Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to believe that there are

Re: [slim] upgraded to new software, now no internet access

2007-02-25 Thread peterw
neocx;183546 Wrote: No, neither XP nor the router are blocking me. They certainly weren't blocking me before I upgraded. Some Windows firewall software grants access to specific .EXE programs, so I would not be surprised if upgrading software would suddenly trigger firewall problems. Good

Re: [slim] Article in Fast Company?

2007-02-25 Thread kdf
On 25-Feb-07, at 3:43 PM, ModelCitizen wrote: Just how long is his lunch break? yeah...beauty of editing for brevity :) It is amazing how much of a day you spend killing time when you are stuck generating 3D models of circuit boards for documentation. Other than that, it doesn't really take

Re: [slim] Need to factory reset SB3 evey morning!!!

2007-02-25 Thread fredila
Never had the problem before 6.5 but now I have to wake up the Squeezebox every morning by doing multiple remote button presses. Not quite sure what combination of buttons does the trick. It also craps out every so often during the day if there is a period of inactivity (just like now.) Gotta

[slim] SlimP3 woes (network connection issues)

2007-02-25 Thread elmtree
I have an original slimp3 on firmware version 2.2. Over the past couple weeks I've been having issues with it and decided to update the firmware to the latest (2.3). When I got the player in the update firmware mode (mac addr displaying), and started the update software, it errored out saying

Re: [slim] Announce: Official SlimServer v6.5.1 Release

2007-02-25 Thread rkeeney
rkeeney;183475 Wrote: The files are on a NW drive. I'll try again using your suggestions. Thanks! Still no go. I re-insatlled again amd rescanned the DB, no problem. From your suggestion I can't tell which cache file(s) to delete. There's a whole directory w/ sub-directory structure and I

[slim] iTunes/JRMC Volume Adjustment and Slimserver

2007-02-25 Thread MeSue
Does anyone know if iTunes for Mac writes volume adjustment info into the tags of your files, or does it just store that info in its database? If it's written to the tags, does anyone know how to remove it? Here's the reason I ask... I have all my files (MP3) on a network drive. I had done

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