[slim] SqueezeBox Testing (beyond the DTS test)

I finally have proven to myself “Bits are Bits” and the SqueezeBox 3 (no mods) transmits every last one of them. I was discouraged to hear folks talking about Linear vs Switching power supplies, changing caps and who knows what else. The standard SqueezeBox 3 transmits (over SPDIF) perfectly.

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Testing (beyond the DTS test)

Hi hope you enjoyed your testing! And yes, bits are bits. However, you should be aware that (IMHO) you haven't proved very much, at least that is relevant to the debates that spring up from time to time. The main problem is that you were sending the bits into a data capture device, which if

Re: [slim] Amplifier that SqueezeBox can turn on?

sleepysurf wrote: I'm using a Russound RS235LS, 35W (~$180), powering in-ceiling speakers in my bedroom. It has a sensitivity switch to control the auto-sensing power, and works perfectly with a Squeezebox. Further, I have it mounted inconspicuously on the BACK of my dresser.

Re: [slim] Wake-on-LAN: something new...?

To run the server 24/7 is not a solution its a given up sign ! No where must be a way to setup a timeout value so the SB can wait for the server to wake up - typical 1-2 min. -- dkxdn dkxdn's Profile:

Re: [slim] IR Emitter Question

Theta IR Blaster settings are under player settings, not under server settings. Happy Easter Felix -- fcm4711 Everyone said: This cannot be done. But one day someone came along who didn't know about this - and did it. (Source unknown)

Re: [slim] Debugging help re Vista m4a issue, please

If this thread is true, then the delay problem is not in slimserver or socketwrapper. http://www.proxure.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=418sid=bf720f27c4b91c6da6177ea7838535c3 What app has Vista associated with m4a extensions ? -- bpa

Re: [slim] Screensaver permanently on

Thanks Danco. I will try and disable the option where you have text and the spectrum stuff as it's very ugly. The other screen presentations are so nice, I'm surprised this is by design. Thanks for your feedback. J -- Jeepie

Re: [slim] iTunes Intergration Problem

You say you cannot edit the tracks. I think this may be a permissions type problem. I think if you look at the permissions for the disk you may find the problem lies there. I once tried to have a single itunes for multiple users on a system and kept running into similar problems. -- Steven

Re: [slim] iTunes Intergration Problem

I did check the iTunes library and it was read only so I changed this, but it did not make any difference I could still not alter any of the track info, add to iTunes playlists or sync my iPod. However using Media Player you can alter any of these things very easily. Now I can sync ipod with

Re: [slim] Amplifier that SqueezeBox can turn on?

i also use the amp-switch at: http://www.gwendesign.com/slimserver/dev_hard_and_software.htm#ampswitch it works GREAT for me! with it, my SB3 wakes me up every morning to soft music - fantastic. it controlls a cayin A-55T tube amp, which fortunately switches directly in to play mode. i also

[slim] Vista works!

It's Easter Sunday, the sun is streaming in through my living room windows. I'm flicking through some photos, choosing a couple to print out and frame. This is a pretty good weekend so far. Why? Because yesterday I reinstalled SlimServer on a Vista PC and after a quick seach on the forums it

Re: [slim] Amplifier that SqueezeBox can turn on?

Yes, the Russound has sufficient sensitivity adjustments to turn on even at low volumes. I also use Slimservers Preamp Volume Control option for further fine-tuning. The Russound also has TWO inputs with auto-switching to whichever source is active. I haven't tried that feature yet, but do

Re: [slim] Vista works!

Yes SlimServer works fine but there are still quite a few Vista bugs than can bite. The sleep, hirbernate settings are certainly proving buggy for me, or at least coming out of hirbernate. Ok, so I set the Power Management never to sleep and as far as I am concerned that should include hirbenate

Re: [slim] iTunes Intergration Problem

I think calling itunes crap because you couldn't get it to work in your particular set-up is very unfair. This is a common problem with end users, if I can't get it to work it must be the machines/programs fault. The application works for millions of people of which I am one. The idea that

Re: [slim] Nokia N800

There's definitely something going on with the browser - it is consuming huge amounts of memory but only in certain obscure circumstances. I'll try to put together a step by step guide to reproducing the problem in the meantime I've just increased the swap to 128Mb... Are you still updating the

Re: [slim] Amplifier that SqueezeBox can turn on?

sleepysurf wrote: Yes, the Russound has sufficient sensitivity adjustments to turn on even at low volumes. I also use Slimservers Preamp Volume Control option for further fine-tuning. The Russound also has TWO inputs with auto-switching to whichever source is active. I haven't tried that

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Testing (beyond the DTS test)

Well I would expect anyone considering mods to their squeezebox has a Receiver or Preamp that is capable of locking onto the SPDIF output of the squeezebox jitter free as well as or better than the cheap $200.00 box and junky cables spliced together I used. If your system can't I wouldn't be

Re: [slim] Wake-on-LAN: something new...?

This is an old bug, you shoudl search for the OLD bug and vote on that one rather than fragment it. Drives me insane too. Oddly enough I switched from Wired to Wireless and the it connects faster. I think it does wait long enough, it's just that it loses connection as the server starts to

Re: [slim] Screensaver permanently on

All a matter of opinion...it's my favourite. I always like to see the spectrum analyzer - this way I can see it even when in Now Playing, just dimmed in the background. I think they got the dimming just right. :-) -- Mark Lanctot

[slim] Playlists: Listed as albums

Hi, I guess we all know that it is possible to create a Greatest Hits collection of a particular artist by creating a playlist. If a paticular artist releases a Greatest Hits collection, and I already have all of the songs on it because I have the original albums that included those songs, I

Re: [slim] Playlists: Listed as albums

Sure, just copy the files and rename the copies' album tag Greatest Hits. You'll then still have the originals as well as your own Greatest Hits album. This will be tricky when you also have a Greatest Hits album by the same artist though. -- Mark Lanctot

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Testing (beyond the DTS test)

mswlogo;193431 Wrote: Well I would expect anyone considering mods to their squeezebox has a Receiver or Preamp that is capable of locking onto the SPDIF output of the squeezebox jitter free as well as or better than the cheap $200.00 box and junky cables spliced together I used. Sorry, I

[slim] Feature request: Internet radio volume attenuation

Hi, I would really love to have a possibility to reduce the volume of my SB3 automatically when playing internet radio. When listening to my own tracks, I am using replaygain with a basic volume of 89 dB. Now when I switch to a internet radio station, the compressed volume of the stations

Re: [slim] Nokia N800

Have you updated to the latest N800 software that was released about 2 weeks ago? I seem to recall some bug fixes for the browser were included in the release. Maybe it'll help your situatuion -- Victor I'm against animal testing. They get all nervous and give the wrong answers.

[slim] Moved iTunes ALAC Library From One Drive To Another and Transporter Can't See It?

I just finished relocating my iTunes library from the hard drive where it previously existed, to a new network drive. The new drive consists of three 500gb drives in Raid 5. I was able to move it succesfully and change iTunes to redirect there, but the Transporter somehow can't see those files.

Re: [slim] bridge DHCP problems

I had a similar problem with my SB3. It worked fine until I hooked my XBOX up to the ethernet bridge. When I powered on the XBOX neither the SB nor the XBOX would connect. It turned out the problem was I had manually set the MAC address of the NIC in the XBOX to be the same as another machine on

Re: [slim] Moved iTunes ALAC Library From One Drive To Another and Transporter Can't See It?

Did you totally re-scan the library? Are you on a Mac? How about re-setting your iTunes prefs? I do use iTunes to rip files to Apple Lossless and for tagging, but prefer NOT to have Slim use iTunes' library. Change your library settings to look at /Volumes/(your external HD name)/iTunes library

[slim] Not reading cuesheets

I have my cuesheets in the same dir as my flac file but the server doesnt seem to find them, as in they don't show up at al, but i can find and play the flac but with no info. Help!! BT -- BigTony BigTony's Profile:

Re: [slim] Feature request: Internet radio volume attenuation

http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2431 Please vote for it. You'll have to create a bugzilla account. I agree that this would be nice. It could be tricky to implement in a ReplayGain-style though - audio would have to be scanned and adjustments would have to be sent on the fly. Also

Re: [slim] Feature request: Internet radio volume attenuation

Thanx for the hint, I already had an account, just voted for the bug. The solution proposed there is very nice, but for the beginning one simple adjustment value would help a lot. bye Wolfgang -- wolfzell wolfzell's

[slim] Why is is?

When I update slim server I lose all my settings? Is there a way to save SB2 settings such as menus and what not? -- Orb Orb's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=111 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Digital Output Issue

I do not know a whole lot about DACs, do you have a suggestion for how I can track down the issue? Thanks for the response. -- LambMN LambMN's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11056 View this

Re: [slim] Moved iTunes ALAC Library From One Drive To Another and Transporter Can't See It?

Eric Seaberg;193464 Wrote: Did you totally re-scan the library? Are you on a Mac? How about re-setting your iTunes prefs? I do use iTunes to rip files to Apple Lossless and for tagging, but prefer NOT to have Slim use iTunes' library. Change your library settings to look at

Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

Just switched from XP professional to Windows Vista Home premium and am having no luck getting slimserver to work. Downloaded a clean install of 6.5.2 on a new computer and everything seemed fine. Slimserver opened up, scanned my music directory and found all music. The problems start when I

Re: [slim] Moved iTunes ALAC Library From One Drive To Another and Transporter Can't See It?

Connect to your server using a web-browser. If you're opening a browser on the server machine, go to http://localhost:9000; (without the quotes). Look for the link SERVER SETTINGS. You should see the ITUNES options as well as a place to enter the new location of your music library. If you're

Re: [slim] Tearing my hair out with audio problem

It's definitely not MP3 file corruption. Files play just fine locally and on a Squeezebox I have as well. The SB is on the same wireless network as the Slimp. I really doubt it is a network issue, but I'll get a long Ethernet cable and give it a try. -- justlen

Re: [slim] Digital Output Issue

How did you rip your files? I have 2-SB3s and a Transporter and have never seen this... I only use the digital outs. However, if your files are at a sampling rate of 32kHz, then the digital out will match, just as playing back a 48kHz file spits out a 48kHz sampling rate from the SB3. Same

Re: [slim] One SB3 fails to connect wirelessly

I'm using a new router - airport extreme and I've tried all of the support recomendations - from reset to no encrpt etc --- and verified it works wired. PLease help. I had problems with getting wireless consistent connection with my old router -- thought it was the router - even though the

Re: [slim] Wireless Encrypt Failure - Airport Extreme

Forgot to say that I'm on a mac OS X software. Thanks for any help. -- Buick Buick's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=9323 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=34309

Re: [slim] Digital Output Issue

I have ripped them to apple lossless using iTunes. I assumed that the sample rate was 44.1. I will try ripping a CD with 44.1 wav and see what that gives me. -- LambMN LambMN's Profile:

Re: [slim] Nokia N800

I've got the latest flash and since increasing the swap space to 128Meg the problem seems to have gone away. I dual boot from an SD card, and I'm about to patch the kernel and buy an 8Gig SDHC card so I'll hardly be short of space. Here's me a Linux virgin until 10 days ago and I'm already

[slim] Problem with Scanning Library

I have a problem that just cropped up. I have lost my file listings in Slim Server. I can go to the individual music folders and select the files to play and they do play. But when I rescan my Music Library, the interface says it is scanning for new music, but it never gets very far. In fact

[slim] Failed to Retrieve RSS Feed

Hi, I am using the last official release of slimserver, which has worked well for 3 months. Recently the RSS feeds (screensaver) has stopped working Failed to Retrieve RSS Feed. I tried navigating to them direct - Plugins Screensavers RSS News Ticker - I get Failed to Parse [url] and Failed

Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

i have recently upgarded to windows vista ultimate (32 bit) from xp home and cant get slimserver to work properly. it just seems to crash at lot of the time, mainly when accessing folders that the music is stored in. (ie artist-album name-then crashes when trying to go into this folder) i

Re: [slim] One SB3 fails to connect wirelessly

Buick;193490 Wrote: I'm using a new router - airport extreme and I've tried all of the support recomendations - from reset to no encrpt etc --- and verified it works wired. PLease help. I had problems with getting wireless consistent connection with my old router -- thought it was the

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Testing (beyond the DTS test)

Most decent external DACs and preamps have a Dejitter circuit. Basically a small memory to store the stream as it arrives (just like a computer capture device). It then pumps that buffer out on a new clock for internal use (e.g. a DAC). That is, it records it to storage and the plays it in real

Re: [slim] Why is is?

Shouldn't normally happen, IMHO, unless you wiped the slimserver directory. Settings are contained in the slimserver.pref file which can be backed up before an update if you are feeling nervous. For more info, it might help if you say which OS, and which upgrade caused you the trouble...

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Testing (beyond the DTS test)

mswlogo;193517 Wrote: People think SPDIF has to processed immediately to the DAC as it arrives. It doesn't. That how DTS, AC3, work. SPDIF is just a transmission medium and it doesn't have to directly drive your DAC clock. It can be buffered and often is and the SPDIF is just a

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox Testing (beyond the DTS test)

mswlogo;193517 Wrote: Most decent external DACs and preamps have a Dejitter circuit. Basically a small memory to store the stream as it arrives (just like a computer capture device). It then pumps that buffer out on a new clock for internal use (e.g. a DAC). That is, it records it to storage

Re: [slim] Why is is?

Yeah I installed over the top of previous versions with no loss of settings. WinXP, 6.5.1 over 6.5.0, worked fine. Adam -- adamslim SB3 into Derek Shek d2, Shanling CDT-100, Rotel RT-990BX, Esoteric Audio Research 859, Living Voice Auditorium IIs, Nordost and Anti-cables

Re: [slim] Digital Output Issue

It will be 44.1kHz. You'd have to really go out of your way to change the sample rate, and most programs can't do that. I have very expensive software to do that going back and forth from 44.1 to 48 for TV post-production. Just had to ask... Have you tried listening to the analog out of the

Re: [slim] Digital Output Issue

What I meant to say is that there is no way that the SB3 is sending a 32KHz signal. It is not capable of doing so. So it is not a problem with how you've ripped your file, it is a problem with how the DAC is _displaying_ the sample rate that it _thinks_ it is receiving over the s/pdif. It is

Re: [slim] Digital Output Issue

You gotta love it. The head honcho was googling the OP's DAC to answer his question on EASTER SUNDAY! And we were worried the Logitech deal might destroy the Slim culture? -- tomjtx tomjtx's Profile:

Re: [slim] Playlists: Listed as albums

Mark Lanctot;193446 Wrote: Sure, just copy the files and rename the copies' album tag Greatest Hits. You'll then still have the originals as well as your own Greatest Hits album. This will be tricky when you also have a Greatest Hits album by the same artist though. Mark, If I

Re: [slim] Amplifier that SqueezeBox can turn on?

Does anybody have the Emotiva BPA-1? @sleepysurf what is I also use Slimservers Preamp Volume Control? Christian -- Schindler Schindler's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8461 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Amplifier that SqueezeBox can turn on?

Schindler;193537 Wrote: @sleepysurf what is I also use Slimservers Preamp Volume Control? I assume he means Player Settings - Audio - Preamp Volume Control. -- Mark Lanctot Mark Lanctot's Profile:

Re: [slim] Moved iTunes ALAC Library From One Drive To Another and Transporter Can't See It?

Eric, Thanks to your help, I think I'm almost there, but I'm having one last issue. My music is stored on my network drive which is D: on the pc used for the music server, and which I moved all the files to. I went into the Slim Server server settings and changed the setting to D:, the

Re: [slim] Debugging help re Vista m4a issue, please

Interesting. In my debugging efforts, here is what I did today and yesterday after reviewing your analysis of the debug report and after reading the website that you provided a link to, in order: a) Moved a few m4a files from my music file hard drive (f:) to my regular hard drive (c:)

Re: [slim] Debugging help re Vista m4a issue, please

I forgot one thing. In my internet research, I've noticed quite a bit of chatter stating that with Microsoft's and/or Apple's efforts to control Digital Rights Management, people will run into problems playing their files. I don't believe that is the issue that is affecting me, as I did not

Re: [slim] Digital Output Issue

I tried playing a 16bit 44.1khz wav file and reset the DAC and it still locked on 32khz. The lock seems to get set when the connection is made when the DAC is turned on, and does not change with different file types. It does sound good. I have not heard a lot of music sampled at 32khz but it

Re: [slim] Apple TV Competition?

Previously, I was running three Squeezeboxes (AIFF streaming) and EyeHome for video (MPEG2 from .vob files). Using Airport Express, the most I could get from the system (understandably) was either three SBs or 1 SB and the EyeHome. AppleTV has replaced the EyeHome. Much better. In terms of

Re: [slim] Amplifier that SqueezeBox can turn on?

Schindler;193537 Wrote: Does anybody have the Emotiva BPA-1? @sleepysurf what is I also use Slimservers Preamp Volume Control? Christian You may want to try at the AVSforum site if you don't get many replies...there's a large contingent of Emotiva owners there. -- Balthazar_B

Re: [slim] Moved iTunes ALAC Library From One Drive To Another and Transporter Can't See It?

The only other thing I can think of is that you are STILL using the iTunes library folder setup, i.e. iTunes\iTunes Music. Try keeping your setting to USE ITUNES but type in D:\Music-Home\iTunes and leave it at that. Otherwise, someone else that's more PC savvy is going to have to chime in

Re: [slim] Amplifier that SqueezeBox can turn on?

Mark Lanctot;193543 Wrote: I assume he means Player Settings - Audio - Preamp Volume Control. Yep, exactly. -- sleepysurf squeezebox2 (with elpac linear psu) benchmark dac1 modwright swl 9.0se belles 350a reference ml summits. blue jeans cables.

Re: [slim] Problem with Scanning Library

I ran into a similar problem yesterday with SlimServer 6.5.1. My rescan function suddenly stopped working. I thought the problem was caused by some clumbsy install work I did on some plug-ins, but that was just a guess. I was able to fix the problem by reinstlling 6.5.1. Works fine now. --

Re: [slim] SB3 random crash with firmware v64

i try 6.5.2 beta(with another Squeezebox upgrade firmware) = same problem Try a Factory reset: unplug your SB, press and hold the ADD button on the remote control while you power it up again. You'll have to re-do the configuration, but this solved my similar issues when I upgraded some time