Re: [slim] network not active till i log in

sorry, i should have tried harder to find the answer myself. -- willyhoops willyhoops's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10563 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33382

Re: [slim] refresh track information etc

the search on these forums is so unreliable. ok i wanted to find my message and i type willyhoops into the search and it gets no hits. then i get an advanced screen where i can search by user and again no hits. its not the only forum with terrible search. in the frequently asked questions i

Re: [slim] Play tracks without adding them to the database?

ceejay wrote: ds2021;186256 Wrote: Use the Browse Music Folder option available through the web interface or the remote control. As long as your temporary folder is a sub-folder of your Slimserver music directory, this provides a very simple way to access files quickly. Thats ok

Re: [slim] refresh track information etc

No one mentioned that if you add a new album/directory, browse to it via Browse Music Folder and add it to you playlist that this gets SlimSerfver to add it to it's database... saves rescanning every time you add music (which can be a a painfully long process for some set ups). The forum search

Re: [slim] Happy Camper

What were you ripping to? I experimented extensively with options before ripping my collection, which I play back through my Naim solution. I have found that 320k bit rate with VBR gives insignificant difference to Lossless formats, but with a significant space saving. Now that discs are so

Re: [slim] refresh track information etc

i could do with some scanning advice as well. should i sue wma or flac? FLAC. SB can't play lossless WMA. what do i do with muti cd collections? put each cd in a separate directory or put together? I use separate folders. But make sure the tagging's correct. how about an idiots guide to

Re: [slim] Logfile permission problem

4mula1 wrote: I'm having trouble with SlimServer not finding all of my wife's iTunes library on a Windows XP network share from my Solaris box. It finds most of it, but not all. I thought I'd run SlimServer with the --d_itunes option as well as specifying the logfile path and name. The

Re: [slim] Logfile permission problem

Thanks, Peter. Last night it struck me to do that but for some reason I couldn't get any debug output into it. I ended up deleting it then creating an empty file and doing chown slimsrv:slimsrv /tmp/slim.log and now it's full of output. The bad part is it appears that the iTunes XML file isn't

Re: [slim] my SB starts playing at random times

sbn;185658}During the last couple of weeks, the Squeezebox has started playing in the middle of the night, without any action from me[/QUOTE Wrote: If you do sort this out please post back with what the cause was. I'm intrigued. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe

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Re: [slim] For Sale SB3 Package

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Re: [slim] User poll: favourite screen saver

Analog VU - no contest -- Andyb01 Wired squeezebox, WinXP SP2, SlimServer 6.5 v 2006-11-23, Player Firmware Version: 69 Andyb01's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7734 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Accessing Slimserver through corporate firewall?

Thanks for the response JJZolx. I'll have a look at the .pref file as soon as I'm able, and see if I can suss out what I need to do. Am a editing a current line, or adding a line? I've been watching my work ip for a few days now, and it looks to be constant, so I should be able to whitelist it

Re: [slim] Accessing Slimserver through corporate firewall?

What's the best way to confim whether the corporate firewall is allowing connections out on port 3483? I've opened that on my home router, but can't get softsqueeze to respond. I can connect just fine with Win Media Player, but I'd like a nicer interface and can't just install software

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Re: [slim] Transporter using coax, worth it, or SB3?

plasmatico;186336 Wrote: I am interested in the Trasnporter, but I would be using the coax out and all I've heard how good the DAC in the T is. Would I be missing out? How do you compare the T and SB3 when using digital out? Also is the Transporter still bundle with a SB3? TIA. This is

Re: [slim] Accessing Slimserver through corporate firewall?

Unless I'm totally missing something, if you can't install SoftSqueeze directly on your machine at work, you won't be able to run it over the internet either, because it requires a Java update. I think if you already have the Java installed, Softsqueeze itself should install fine (at least the

Re: [slim] Accessing Slimserver through corporate firewall?

nicketynick- We've got Java installed, so I'm able to run SoftSqueeze no problem. I just can't get it to connect to home. I've posted in the 3rd party plugins forum (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33395), but haven't gotten any interest in a reply there. Do you have some

Re: [slim] my SB starts playing at random times

sbn;185658 Wrote: Hi I use the latest Slimserver 6.5.2 on a Win2k3 box, with an SB3. During the last couple of weeks, the Squeezebox has started playing in the middle of the night, without any action from me - and with no alarms set. I really don't know why, and i can't find a way to

Re: [slim] Play tracks without adding them to the database?

If you are interested in seeing this functionality, vote for the bug: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4814 Thanks for your input. -- coldslabs coldslabs's Profile:

Re: [slim] Accessing Slimserver through corporate firewall?

FreeMan;186420 Wrote: What's the best way to confim whether the corporate firewall is allowing connections out on port 3483? I've opened that on my home router, but can't get softsqueeze to respond. Open up a Command Prompt or whatever Windows calls it these days, then type telnet x.x.x.x

Re: [slim] do not use itunes but link one album from itunes music?

SteveEast;185599 Wrote: What you're doing should work I believe. What actually happens when you try to play the track? Can you supply a d_source debug log? Steve. ... Basically, it never shows up in the slimserver library. Thanks for all the responses. I'll have to figure out the

Re: [slim] Accessing Slimserver through corporate firewall?

Thanks for the reminder, snarlydwarf. I knew that, but I'd forgotten. I'm getting: Connecting to x.x.x.x:3483...Could not open connection to the host, on port 23: Connect failed What's with port 23? I specified 3483. I've done this before (telnet, that is), but it's been so long, I just

Re: [slim] Happy Camper

jsunandmax;186363 Wrote: BAM! It has been working SOLID, like a dream for 2 weeks straight! No resets or dropped connections, no hitching etc. I had a similar experience when I upgraded my PC. Going from a 1.33GHz AMD to a 1.87GHz Intel with the same amt of RAM (512), shouldn't have

Re: [slim] SB3 Died?

Update: My repaired SB3 has returned home from Slim Devices and is working perfectly again. The root cause was that the CPU board came loose from the main board, so they added extra adhesive to prevent that from happening again. Thanks all for your T/S help, but I guess it was a hard failure.

Re: [slim] Accessing Slimserver through corporate firewall?

No colon. A space before the port number. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33402

Re: [slim] my SB starts playing at random times

sbn wrote: Hi I use the latest Slimserver 6.5.2 on a Win2k3 box, with an SB3. During the last couple of weeks, the Squeezebox has started playing in the middle of the night, without any action from me - and with no alarms set. I've experienced the same thing with trunk, but only when

Re: [slim] Happy Camper

I feel your pain on the 're-ripping' thing. Thankfully(?) my ex wife stole about 1000 CD's in my divorce so I only have maybe 80 left, so it wasn't TOO bad but still took forever. LOL! As mentioned, i ripped to .flac format. For playing on portable devices, i'm going to setup that Perl script

Re: [slim] Accessing Slimserver through corporate firewall?

Oh good grief! :-| OK, corp's blocking 3483. Any recommendations of commonly open ports? Last place I worked had 5900-5902 open for VNC. Of course, 80's open. Maybe I'll try 443. Will using either of these effect web browsing from the work or home machines? TIA! FreeMan -- FreeMan

Re: [slim] SB3 Died?

bahnsah;186455 Wrote: The root cause was that the CPU board came loose from the main board, so they added extra adhesive to prevent that from happening again. That would do it, yeah! At one time Slim didn't mind if you opened the box up to check for things like this, and it would have been

Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

I had no problems whatsoever running SS on XP. Switched to Vista Ultimate 32 bits and installed latest nightly (6.5.2 - 11612). Initially SlimTray started OK but I got a blank web page on localhost:9000. The Slimserver service was stopped and Vista didn't let me open it. Followed the tip on

Re: [slim] Accessing Slimserver through corporate firewall?

FreeMan wrote: Oh good grief! :-| OK, corp's blocking 3483. Any recommendations of commonly open ports? Last place I worked had 5900-5902 open for VNC. Of course, 80's open. Maybe I'll try 443. Will using either of these effect web browsing from the work or home machines? Your best

Re: [slim] Accessing Slimserver through corporate firewall?

SSH tunnel. Got it. Guess I won't be getting this working until I get home tonight. :( Thanks all for the help. Anyone have any suggestions for the skin issue I mentioned in the other post? ( http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33395 ) -- FreeMan

Re: [slim] Accessing Slimserver through corporate firewall?

Hi Robin, Can you recommend a SSH tunnel set-up for XP with a low RPN (Risk Priority Number), ie. just about idiot-proof? I've looked at the documentation for OpenSSH, and it looks like a high RPN to me! Would anybody else care to comment on their experience? Thanks. -- nicketynick Wireless

Re: [slim] refresh track information etc

...but after looking at for a while i could not find any server settings. i just called tech support by phone and they explained that its on the web interface half way down the page. maybe i am blind and stupid but i have been looking at this for two days trying to figure out where that was! i

Re: [slim] Accessing Slimserver through corporate firewall?

nicketynick- Try this: http://xopey-voice.blogspot.com/ Surfin Over the Wall post. It's a link to a blog a former co-worker put together. It only took me an hour or two to get things up and running. He links to another article, and that's the one I used as my primary reference. Of course,

Re: [slim] Accessing Slimserver through corporate firewall?

Funny, I was reading http://www.buzzsurf.com/surfatwork/ just now.. but I think the one you've provided is a little clearer and concise. Thanks! -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router

Re: [slim] Accessing Slimserver through corporate firewall?

Glad I could help, instead of just asking. -- FreeMan FreeMan's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10570 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33402

Re: [slim] refresh track information etc

The web interface is certainly the easiest way to adjust the Server Settings IMHO, but there is also a Settings menu on the Squeezebox which allows you to access a lot of the main settings. If you have not adjusted the menu configuration, it will be one of the options in the top level of the SB

Re: [slim] refresh track information etc

Hi all. My first post to the group. I'm glad you're here. This thread is pretty recent and relates to my problem, so I thought I'd just continue the thread. If this violates protocol, please let me know. I've been using slimserver and squeezebox for about a month - love it in general. I've

Re: [slim] refresh track information etc

Munka, How are the playlists created ? I'm guessing from what you are saying, they are being created automatically somehow (otherwise why would they need to be updated) ? Itunes / MusicMagic ? Using one of Erland's plugins like Dynamic Playlists ? Also, what setup (version of Slimserver) OS

Re: [slim] Happy Camper

agentsmith, how do you like this? what kind of actual bandwidth are you getting? did you try wireless first then arrive at the PoE solution? -- jsunandmax jsunandmax's Profile:

[slim] PDA as Remote

I recently purchased an SB3. I do most of my listening on the main level of my house while my computer and stereo stack are in the basement. I would therefore like to use a remote that has a display that will allow me to do the following: -create playlists, mainly by scrolling through artists

Re: [slim] Happy Camper

jsunandmax;186495 Wrote: agentsmith, how do you like this? what kind of actual bandwidth are you getting? did you try wireless first then arrive at the PoE solution? FYI - power over ethernet is entirely different from powerline networking (which is what agentsmith seems to be using).

Re: [slim] Accessing Slimserver through corporate firewall?

nicketynick wrote: Hi Robin, Can you recommend a SSH tunnel set-up for XP with a low RPN (Risk Priority Number), ie. just about idiot-proof? I've looked at the documentation for OpenSSH, and it looks like a high RPN to me! Would anybody else care to comment on their experience? Basically,

Re: [slim] PDA as Remote

spooley;186498 Wrote: I recently purchased an SB3. I do most of my listening on the main level of my house while my computer and stereo stack are in the basement. I would therefore like to use a remote that has a display that will allow me to do the following: -create playlists, mainly

Re: [slim] refresh track information etc

Thanks. I'm creating the playlists myself, using Windows Media Player (WMP). I find it easier to create the playlist using WMP than Slimserver for a number of reasons, the biggest is that I'm creating the playlist at a different computer than slimserver is running and can't listen to the song

Re: [slim] Accessing Slimserver through corporate firewall?

Maybe its time for me to pull out the box with Ubuntu Dapper on it and get Slimserver going on it looks like it will be better suited to OpenSSH. I think I should go get another USB drive though, so I can keep the windows server running until its working right.. -- nicketynick

Re: [slim] I'm about to go Non Green thank to SlimDevices

OT: can someone point me to the solar data that was mentioned earlier? i had heard something similar, that the alignment of the other planets gently affects our otherwise mostly circular orbit, and that currently, this alignment has moved us closer to the sun, thus the increase. 30 years ago

[slim] kdf - fishbone Q:

hey kdf, how come i can't find player settings in the fishbone skin? something strange on my end, or by design? -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram

Re: [slim] Internet radio with Slimserver?

CrispyXUK;186078 Wrote: Yes but I can't use my squeezebox at all unless the slimserver PC is on even though its connected wirelessly to a router which handles the internet connection, have I missed a setting? No, that's the way it works. You need to be either connected to SlimServer or

Re: [slim] kdf - fishbone Q:

MrSinatra;186524 Wrote: hey kdf, how come i can't find player settings in the fishbone skin? something strange on my end, or by design?Its called Settings and is placed on the top of the right half of the screen. -- erland Erland Isaksson 'My homepage' (http://erland.homeip.net) 'My

Re: [slim] kdf - fishbone Q:

ah, dummy me... thx! -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org Using: Squeezebox2 w/SS 6.5.2 (beta!?) - Win XP Pro SP2 - 3.2ghz / 2gig ram MrSinatra's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2336 View this

Re: [slim] I'm about to go Non Green thank to SlimDevices

MrSinatra;186523 Wrote: OT: imo, its all just a way to handcuff capitalism. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troll_%28Internet%29 -- bklaas the Nokia770 skin guy http://www.last.fm/user/bklaas/ bklaas's Profile:

Re: [slim] I'm about to go Non Green thank to SlimDevices

yes, 1000 lashes! for obviously i am the one who soiled this thread! look, i meant my post only in good humor and i do want the info i asked for. also, the original topic is long since dead and i clearly marked my post Off Topic its not easy, being green. -- MrSinatra www.LION-Radio.org

Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

- Vista Home Premium, 32 bit - SS 6.5.1 - Norton antivirus UNinstalled - Intranet security settings minimized - Everything suggested above tried, without success. : ( Rupe -- Rupert Dacat Rupert Dacat's Profile:

Re: [slim] Accessing Slimserver through corporate firewall?

There are all kinds of shareware apps for 'testing the security' of your firewall at work. You are looking for a port scanner. There are also multi tool programs that scan ports and do many other thing s to 'test security' all in one package. Careful with these, your firewall might pick up on

Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

No go with 6.5.2 either. -- Rupert Dacat Rupert Dacat's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1804 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=32578

Re: [slim] I'm about to go Non Green thank to SlimDevices

On 3/8/07, MrSinatra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OT: No kidding. imo, its all just a way to handcuff capitalism. Why am I not surprised. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Accessing Slimserver through corporate firewall?

Geez whiz, I just searched 'port scanner' at sourceforge.net, and came up with way too many results. Anybody have any recommendations to start with? -- nicketynick Wireless SB3, Denon DRA-F101, Mission M31 loudspeakers WinXP SP2 Slimserver, SMC WBR14g router

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

Foobar 2000, but only a programmer could love the interface. Otherwise Winamp but it's now joined the iTunes, MusicMatch, Windows Media Player stable of bloated, resource hungry and flaky applications. MC -- ModelCitizen It is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to

Re: [slim] Accessing Slimserver through corporate firewall?

nicketynick;186540 Wrote: Geez whiz, I just searched 'port scanner' at sourceforge.net, and came up with way too many results. Anybody have any recommendations to start with? You're going to port scan your office firewall from your office PC? You better update your resume. -- JJZolx

Re: [slim] I'm about to go Non Green thank to SlimDevices

pot calling the kettle black, isn't it ben? u had nothing to say of relevance to the slimtray thread that no one cared about but me. difference here is this orig topic is over, that one wasn't. my humblest apologies all for being the 30th off topic post in this thread. clearly, i alone

Re: [slim] Accessing Slimserver through corporate firewall?

No, I was thinking I would do it from outside. But thanks for your concern :-) I'm a total novice at this stuff, so I'm just feeling my way around - advice is always appreciated! I always keep it updated anyway - too many interesting opportunities in the big wide world! -- nicketynick

[slim] UK retailer for Transporter?

There is a full page advert in April's Hi-Fi World magazine for the Transporter:- The Future Sounds Fantastic - transporter - The first audiophile network music player Distributed by Progressive Consumer Electronics Ltd Experience at Audio-T and a full review. Having read this review and the

Re: [slim] PDA as Remote

Occasionally I use my iPaq h220 (quite old now) with a wireless card, and just use the Handheld skin in the web browser. This only shows artwork in the Status page, which just shows the current track anyway (OK, I think it's also the only place that has the play/pause/stop controls). The browse

Re: [slim] PDA as Remote

I have used my wife's Palm TX to control slimserver without attempting to display cover art. The biggest problem is that the browser does not cache web pages because of the limited storage in the PDA (even with a 2GB SD card plugged in) so pages have to reload every time you change from one to

Re: [slim] Happy Camper

thanks, i meant powerline networkin not PoE -- jsunandmax jsunandmax's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10411 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33415

[slim] Help save Internet radio

Sign the petition here: http://www.savethestreams.org/ On Friday March 2nd, the U.S. government (specifically, the Copyright Royalty Board, or CRB) announced its determination of the royalty rates Internet radio webcasters must pay the owners of sound recording copyrights to license the music

Re: [slim] Posted this on beginners forum - got no answer

ebrandon;186308 Wrote: 1) Slimserver's Slim devices picks lists this station as kjzz but it actually points to kkjz. How do I change the name of this item so that in Slim devices picks it correctly says kkjz instead of kjzz? Reported as Bug 4818 with patch. -- Fletch

[slim] Internet Explorer 7 and SlimServer - can't connect anymore

On the PC I run slimserver on I got brave and installed all of the latest updates from Microsoft, which included Internet Explorer 7. Since doing this, I cannot connect to the server. Double clicking on the tray icon doesn't work, nor does using http://127.0.0.1:9000. I have a user name and

Re: [slim] Internet Explorer 7 and SlimServer - can't connect anymore

So it isn't just IE7, it is some other update that MS installed on my machine. My squeezeboxes will not play music, though it shows my weather screensaver. If I go to browse, artist, pressing the arrow right button just keeps bringing artist back up. There is some communication with the

Re: [slim] Internet Explorer 7 and SlimServer - can't connect anymore

I'm posting this so if anybody else runs into this, there will be some information. On a whim, I decided to run Microsoft Update AGAIN even though I had just finished running it. Well, it found 2 new security updates related to IE7 I needed. I installed them and the problem has gone away. I

[slim] SlimServer v6.5.1 fucked up Unicode support

I just upgraded from 6.5.0 to 6.5.1. Now, all international (Russian/Cyrillic) characters in the song info (flac+mp3) are not recognized by SlimServer, for example, in Artists view I get: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ? A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z where the ? contains some of

Re: [slim] SlimServer v6.5.1 fucked up Unicode support

Downgraded to 6.5.0, and now I get: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #1040; #1041; #1042; #1043; #1044; #1045; #1046; #1047; #1048; #1050; #1051; #1052; #1053; #1054; #1055; #1056; #1057; #1058; #1059; #1060; #1061; #1063; #1064; #1069; #1070; what it

Re: [slim] UK retailer for Transporter?

http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33276 -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=10286 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33444

Re: [slim] SlimServer v6.5.1 fucked up Unicode support

Is profanity necessary? TD -- tyler_durden tyler_durden's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2701 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=33449