Hello
I am not shure if FLAC decompression is done on the server or in sb? If
it would be on the server do I need a powerfull cpu?
christian
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I disagree. I see it as very much a UI problem. I realize many of the
preferences interface issues are being addressed for SlimServer 7, so
it's obvious that SD is aware of many of them.
Hmm... I haven't seen big improvements in the settings' UI. But there are
plans.
Number one, the
The Squeezebox 2 and Squeezebox 3 natively support FLAC in the players
themselves.
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FLAC decompression is very light weight. any CPU that can run
SlimServer can decompress FLAC on the fly.
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Whilst I personally love tinkering with things like SlimServer, I do see
the point.
No offense to all great contributors to the project (in fact: a round
of applause!), but in these types of projects things tend to get
designed from a technical perspective. It is the nature of an open
project.
oreillymj;207219 Wrote:
BTW - This thread mentions WMP11 using port 9000, but I cannot find a
mention of this in the help file or in the list of ports that the
Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service adds to the Windows
firewall rules.
By default Windows Media Player 11 does not use
My advice to you is: install SlimServer as stock standard. works like a
charm. If you want more options, than that is going to complicate
things... your choice (I for one, am glad to have that choice).
We hope to get plugin installation much easier (automatically through
the web interface)
MrStan;207272 Wrote:
By default Windows Media Player 11 does not use port 9000. I am using it
at the moment with Vista. But other users have discovered this problem
in the past therefore I suspect it is a plugin or option that causes
this.
You can check this by setting Server Settings -
I am suspecting there could be a problem when the Transporter upgrade
its firmware. During upgrading, it came to a point that it said it
will reboot and it shut itself without wakig up. I have to press the
power button to turn it back on but it seems working fine except
playing. Could that be
JJZolx;207258 Wrote:
So, technically, maybe there's no reason to expect the suppression of
these track-only artists from the Artist browse list.
I agree. Using the checkbox to include Band/Orchestra does what it
says - shows the band or orchestra in the list of artist. It doesn't
state
elziko;207278 Wrote:
I have only been using Slimserver for a few days but I want to add this
as a request at bugs.slimdevices.com - can anyone see a flaw in my
logic or think that i shouldn't add a request for some reason before I
do so?
I've already filed it - as a bug, but it could easily
The dodgy power connector is interesting. I am in the UK and had an
SB3 (Logitech branded) delivered on Monday. The unit was faulty - there
was no splash screen on powering up. While investigating the problem I
noticed that the red light behind the optical connector was on (so
there was some
One day we will buy our music online in our desired format/bit rate with
album art, artist info, lyrics, etc. It will come with industry standard
tags and be stored in the music library on our home media server. We
will be able to pick up our Internet Tablet and browse through our
music to play
I too would like to see more skin development.
We need more bklaas. Maybe Logitech can get some more web interface
development going?
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Imagine somebody combined the excellent extjs.com toolkit and
SlimServer's new JSON/RPC interface and came up with something like
that...
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Eric Seaberg;207188 Wrote:
Try re-installing QuickTime. There have been issues with Pro DAWs
(ProTools, AVID) where you had to do this.
It should solve the problem, especially since SS makes calls to
QuickTime to do the transcoding.
I had tried that before and I just tried it again now.
Shep wrote:
Thanks for the reply. I research how to reinstall XP as a last resort
if it comes to that. I'd like to get SS to work on this laptop it
would be pretty much dedicated to SS / SB activity along with the
external hard drive with all my music.
I'll be the first to say it, I
I had my Logitech SB3 delivered yesterday and I think I have the same
power cord problem. I will investigate tonight to find out whether its
the power supply or the main unit.
What's the best thing to do about returns that will leave me without my
SB3 for the least amount of time? Can I do it
I also tried re-installing quicktime and itunes with no success. I am
back to all AAC not working - just loud hiss/static.
Interestingly I get the same problem running slimserver (6.5.2/1) on
different machines. My Mac Mini and my Dual G5 box.
Help other mac users. Are others seeing this.
Joe
I think you are probably right that it's a tag issue.
My tags - album, artist, composer, seem pretty clean but there could be
others I don't know about.
I am about to make a list of the missing albums and see if they have
something in common. I'll report later.
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It's almost certainly unwanted tags that, if you're anything like me,
you didn't even know were there! What type of audio files are your
using? I had the same problem on my 10,000 (as it was then) mp3s.
1 Backup your files before you start, just in case
2 Download mp3tag. Read the help files,
Go through your supplier. ripcaster.co.uk were brilliant with me. I rang
them up and described the problem, and they sent me a new one the same
day.
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Are you connected via wireless? If so, try connecting the Transporter
to your router via Ethernet and see if it plays (make sure to change
the network configuration to Wired). If it plays fine that way, see if
there's a firmware upgrade for your wireless router.
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I'm of the opinion that the developers are too nice and too willing to
bend to every user demand. Look at the current brouhaha over
compilation albums. What was working for most suddenly is completely
unworkable for some. There are vocal demands for can't we choose to
have it this way rather
I've had this happen before. I found in my case that there were entries
in the playlist that either I moved or deleted. I manually corrected
the playlist, but others have mentioned using Music Monkey to find the
problems.
HTH,
SS
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Just wanted to offer my thanks appreciation for the many suggestions
so far. Give me a little time to understand and implement your
suggestions and I'll get back w/the results. Maybe there's hope for
getting SlimServer up running again.
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Is anyone aware of a plugin that will allow you to add a song to the
Favortes playlist via the web interface?
Or, is there any way to redirect the Save to Favorites feature within
the device to save to a custom playlist?
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my remote has decided to stay locked on volume up setting.
I've had it apart and it's not the button itself but something
electronic gone belly up
I've emailed SD but they want me to buy a new one and the cost plus
postage to the UK is $45.
Any other options?
Do SD not have a UK distributor
oreillymj;207217 Wrote:
The time zone entry is fine. It's more informational than a warning.
Slimserver works just fine without it.
So it appears you don't have Slim.exe running, but when run from the
command prompt it detects a previously rnning instance.
Very weird.
Try opening a
oreillymj;207219 Wrote:
BTW - This thread mentions WMP11 using port 9000, but I cannot find a
mention of this in the help file or in the list of ports that the
Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service adds to the Windows
firewall rules. However I have found that Twonkyviosion uses port
One thing I did not specify in my directions post was that I was using
Slimserver exclusively with MP3 files at the moment. So while the
behavior described (listing by ALBUMARTIST if present) is working, I
don't know for certain that it will work the same way for FLAC.
This tagging and setting
bpa;207222 Wrote:
Alternatively start slim.exe with --httpport 9001 and use
http://localhost:9001
There are some minor bugs with using port other than 9000 and so use
6.5.2 or better 6.5.3
Thanks bpa,
I'm gonna need additional help to follow your suggestion as I don't
know what
Thanks. I've just been searching and spotted the JVC thing
Also spoke to a bloke at http://www.ripcaster.co.uk/ who may be able to
sort me one out in the UK
I'm surprised there isn't a UK distributor for the SB (maybe there is
but I haven't spotted it yet). Perhaps this will change with
JJZolx;207274 Wrote:
If the server isn't starting up, he won't be able to set that on the
Server Settings Network page. :-)
It would have to be done by editing slimserver.pref in the server
folder. Open the file using Wordpad and search for the 9000 and change
it.
Then try starting
not really
the SB is in the kitchen/diner and there aren't any other devices in
that room.
I'm after a cheap fix, primarily ;o)
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Okay, this message is generated in Networking/UDP.pm:
Code:
$udpsock = IO::Socket::INET-new(
Proto = 'udp',
LocalPort = SERVERPORT,
LocalAddr = $main::localClientNetAddr
) or do {
errorMsg(There is already another copy of the SlimServer running on
Port 9000 problem are a red herring.
That error message appears when Slimsserver tries to open port 3483
UDP and find someody else is using it or Slim.exe is not allowed to
open it (e.g. firewall).
What firewall are you using and has slim.exe been marked as a trusted
app. When you re-install
Mark Lanctot;207315 Wrote:
I'm of the opinion that the developers are too nice and too willing to
bend to every user demand. Look at the current brouhaha over
compilation albums. What was working for most suddenly is completely
unworkable for some. There are vocal demands for can't we
slimkid;207359 Wrote:
- If software development process was done the right way, there won't be
scenario where the developers would be in possition to be nice or bent
over. Try to play nice card with MS developer for example :)
Microsoft is, of course, the shining example of top-notch
You're right. All sorts of junk.
I'm going to try be a bit logical and try find which is/are the
offending tag(s). More later...
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- If basic features were set up right from the start, then most of
people won't be asking for tweaks because the software would be working
reasonably well for most.
Exactly. For most. But the others cry louder ;-).
Michael
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seanadams;207239 Wrote:
Can you explain this more? Is it the soldering of the connector to the
PCB that is loose, or is it the mating of the plug into the socket? Is
it a workmanship issue? Also where did you buy it?
I just tried the wall-wart that came with my first 'Slim Devices' SB3,
and
My advice to Shep is find a freind that can help him that knows this
stuff. Even for an expert it can take a few long hours to sort it out.
Even reinstalling XP is not trvial for a novice.
If you have a recovered CD or you may have a recovery image on the
laptop itself that is the simplest for
Michael Herger;207374 Wrote:
That's beside a point. Point is that in professionaly organized
development process user can not bend the developer over.
Former SlimDevices imho wouldn't be where they are today if they had
followed pure old school professional development processes. Does
Couldn't most of this be solved by having a simple view with advanced tabs
you could delve into if desired?
I've modified several of the options that you listed as unnecessary, and I
would lament having them removed in the name of simplicity. That said, I do
acknowledge that there are many
It seems that often software has basic setup panels with advanced panels
you can view if desired.
SlimServer has a basic settings page...
We'll probably have to redefine what options should be basic. Which
settings currently _not_ on that page would you consider candidates for
the basic
A couple more, of the Logitech SB3:
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I'll take a look when I get home and see what strikes me as belonging on the
basic page.
I think the other half of things would be to make simpler versions of some
of the advanced settings. The scroll speed settings are a good example.
Have a basic version with just a few options High, Medium,
elziko;207360 Wrote:
If that is true then there is a 'bug' in the UI since that is not what
the UI states. And if you are correct then there is a scanning bug
too... I have 'List Albums By Band' checked but Slimserver performs a
'List Albums By Band And By Artist'!
This is all starting to
Did you recently buy a new cordless phone? Mine does this too sometimes
but ONLY if I have just used my cordless phone. Causes some sort of
interference I guess. I changed the channel on the router and it seems
to help. It could also, I suppose, be a neighbors phone.
Other than playing with
So, tell us, how did it work? for $30, I'm thinking of getting the
browser but I haven't yet found any good writeups on how well it works
with gmail, slimserver, googlemaps, flickr, etc. Those are the sites I
would want to use.
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I hate to say it, but I don't like the look of that at all! I've had a
search, but no luck yet - anybody remember the thread where somebody
got rid of the logo altogether and painted the surface a smooth matte
black?
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WinXP
I have been testing a bunch of different Phihong supplies here. I am
having difficulty reproducing the issue, but I don't know if the ones I
have on hand are exactly representative of the ones you have. If I
deliberately wiggle the plug around quite hard for a few _minutes_ I
can sometimes make
nicketynick wrote:
I hate to say it, but I don't like the look of that at all! I've had a
search, but no luck yet - anybody remember the thread where somebody
got rid of the logo altogether and painted the surface a smooth matte
black?
Well, I'm glad I got mine with the original SD logo.
Mark Lanctot;207334 Wrote:
A JVC DVD remote or a universal with such codes will work, but it
doesn't have the brightness button required for firmware upgrades.
The firmware upgrades have been automated some versions now. I believe
the brightness button is no longer required for that reason.
Not that I'm aware of. But you might want to check out the custom
browse plug-in that lets you do this sort of thing.
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Whilst I would rather have had one with the Slim Devices logo, I do hope
that the quality hasn't gone downhill. One thing on Logitech's side is
that you now get a two year warranty, I believe it used to be one.
Still enjoying it though
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nicketynick;207417 Wrote:
anybody remember the thread where somebody got rid of the logo
altogether and painted the surface a smooth matte black?
He actually had it anodized, not painted:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23149highlight=anodized
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Did you turn on the d_scan debugger in server settings? It seems
something is wrong with the scanning process.
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Im sorry to say - but IMHO that looks absolutely terrible with that logo
on there! Really would hate to have that on the rack with all of my
Rotel equipment. Glad my recent 2nd SB3 was from the old batch. :)
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Kyle;207437 Wrote:
He actually had it anodized, not painted:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23149highlight=anodized
Aah, that's the one! Thanks! I'm sure there will be more than one
person wanting to do the same..
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IMO, as long as it sounds good, it can say whatever it wants on the front..
On 6/7/07, nicketynick
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Kyle;207437 Wrote:
He actually had it anodized, not painted:
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=23149highlight=anodized
Aah, that's the one! Thanks! I'm
Strange, I came home from work today, and my SB3 was playing again.
This is the third time this has happened in recent months. Even though
my taste in music is excellent;-) ,I'm sure the neighbours don't
appreciate it, especially at 3am.
My SB2 in the kitchen has never done this.
I've firewalled
oreillymj;207447 Wrote:
Strange, I came home from work today, and my SB3 was playing again.
This is the third time this has happened in recent months. Even though
my taste in music is excellent;-) ,I'm sure the neighbours don't
appreciate it, especially at 3am.
My SB2 in the kitchen has
scottmd1;206676 Wrote:
Hey all,
I was over at my folks house this past weekend and they have a problem
I could not figure out. They have a SB2 that has been operation
flawlessly for a year. I have the SB hooked directly to an old PC of
mine that locked up on them while there were out
JJZolx;207450 Wrote:
At work, do you listen to music from your SlimServer? I find that it's
common for the players to get mixed up in the browser and when I think
I'm playing something to Softsqueeze on my work PC, it actually plays
to one of my players at home.
My gf often starts music in
BTW, just what in the hell -is- that thing in the Logitech logo?
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snarlydwarf;207453 Wrote:
May be something to do with firefox's should I restore that last
session? thingie.
Probably just subtle bugs in the javascripting and use of cookies to
keep track of the current player. Complicated infinitely by the use of
frames for the interface.
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Jim
seanadams Wrote:
If I deliberately wiggle the plug around quite hard for a few _minutes_
I can sometimes make it reset, but it's not easy to do and I can't
identify a particular way of manipulating the connection that causes
it.
On the one I've got, its not really difficult to cause power
JJZolx;207456 Wrote:
BTW, just what in the hell -is- that thing in the Logitech logo?
Looks like the sun and the moon? Albeit drawn by a young child ;)
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fredbloggs;207436 Wrote:
I do hope that the quality hasn't gone downhill.
To be fair, the SB itself seems fine - it seems its only the
'bought-in' PSU that has a problem (or, more accurately, its plug).
Dave.
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I don't know what to tell you guys... it's been flawless for me since
installing last November. What other info can you give us about your
setup? Can you re-confirm the FILE FORMAT CONVERSION SETUP for the
server? Check ALL AAC file types (there are two sections of them). Are
you streaming at
Furry;207462 Wrote:
Did you measure the inner diameter of the centre hole? I suspect that
even a small difference could cause this problem.
The nominal inside diameter is 2.5mm. I didn't have any proper way to
measure it so I used a 3/32 drill bit (2.38125 mm) to feel for a
difference
Peter;207425 Wrote:
nicketynick wrote:[color=blue]
snip
Well, I'm glad I got mine with the original SD logo.
It doesn't look very exclusive anymore, does it...?
snip
QFT
George
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This is a weird one. One of the albums in my collection has 6 tracks.
The Slimserver scanner correctly catalogues this album. However, it
*also* catalogues a duplicate album, under the same artist, containing
only track 6 (ie. the last track - which may or may not be significant,
I guess). It's
SlimServer running on Linux box which is also a SAMBA file server.
iTunes runs on a Windows PC with the My Documents residing on the SAMBA
file server:
My Documents is actually '//sambaservername/username'
Locally on the Linux box is is '/home/username'
The iTunes directory is
'/home/username/My Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml' doesn't seem
to be a valid file. Try again.'
What if you prepend the space with a backslash?
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Has anyone done a double-blind test to determine the sonic impacts of the
new logo?
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Peter;207425 Wrote:
nicketynick wrote:[color=blue]
snip
Well, I'm glad I got mine with the original SD logo.
It doesn't look very exclusive anymore, does it...?
On 6/7/07, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, I'm glad I got mine with the original SD logo.
It doesn't look very exclusive anymore, does it...?
It's never been exclusive, sorry to burst your bubble. Anyone with a couple
hundred dollars can buy one.
Ben
While you're measuring connectors, someone better measure the center pin
in the SB. The problem might be with the connector in the unit, not the
one on the end of the power cable.
TD
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Mitch Harding;207483 Wrote:
Has anyone done a double-blind test to determine the sonic impacts of
the new logo?
Apparently it makes all your music sound like Dido
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2 x wireless SB3
Player
tyler_durden;207487 Wrote:
While you're measuring connectors, someone better measure the center pin
in the SB. The problem might be with the connector in the unit, not the
one on the end of the power cable.
TD
Furry says it works OK with his old adaptor so I don't think that's the
case.
I set up internet access to test out streaming to work, but my DSL
uplink wasn't fact enough.
So it's been disabled.
Also I rarely/never leave the Slim web ui open in a browser on the
server and it wasn't open today.
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exile;207245 Wrote:
I would love to recommend the slimbox/server to my friends who are
looking for a digital music solution but unfortunately I can only
recommend this spectacular product to my friends that are either
computer professionals or friends that are very computer savvy.
Man, you
I guess that since Logitech have bought the company this sort of make it
all simple for joe (below?) average is going to be the voice of the
masses on these forums soon. Shame.
I am all for creating the Basic and Advanced setup pages, then
those people who can barely open a word document without
Man, I can't get this stupid system to work!!! Ok, so updated all my
covers, getting files from Google images and such so that I basically
had all the correct covers that I could have.
Around the same time, I went through and updated some (a lot) of my
tags cause I didn't like how they were
Ian_F;207460 Wrote:
Looks like the sun and the moon? Albeit drawn by a young child ;)
I'm gutted that my Black SB3 will have this logo on - this is the first
picture I have seen of its new branding.
Snobbery - maybe, but it just looks shite (plus all my others are
originals!)
I would even have
Nic - you seem to be suggesting that the only way to make the product
easier to use is to compromise its advanced capabilities. I disagree.
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seanadams;207492 Wrote:
Furry says it works OK with his old adaptor so I don't think that's the
case. Anyway the SB3s connector has not changed, in fact the boards are
still being made by the same company.
It wouldn't be the first time a manufacturer started buying parts (the
pins) from a
peejay;207506 Wrote:
Is it likely that ongoing upgrades to firmware will change the original
splash-screen from Slimdevices to Logitech, or is that routine in
hardware?
That's a firmware feature, and the Logitech logo is already included in
the firmware that ships with Slimserver 6.5.2.
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DrNic;207501 Wrote:
I'm gutted that my Black SB3 will have this logo on - this is the first
picture I have seen of its new branding.
Snobbery - maybe, but it just looks shite (plus all my others are
originals!)
I would even have been happy with Slim Devices with A Logitech
Company
peterw;207507 Wrote:
That's a firmware feature, and the Logitech logo is already included in
the firmware that ships with Slimserver 6.5.2.
I haven't re-booted the SB3 since the upgrade to Slimserver, or maybe
it re-started itself and I wasn't watching. Sigh.
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After Silence, that
In the end it took a Windows reinstall to get SlimServer working again.
So, 2 months and 14 hours later I've got music again!!
Thanks to all for your patience and assistance. I appreciate your
willingness to help a mostly incompetent computer person get SS back on
track again. Best regards to
Shep wrote:
Thanks to all for your patience and assistance. I appreciate your
willingness to help a mostly incompetent computer person get SS back on
track again. Best regards to all.
Great to hear you are hearing music again.
Ready to install Linux?
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Awesome at least you got it up.
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Michael Herger;207482 Wrote:
'/home/username/My Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml' doesn't
seem
to be a valid file. Try again.'
What if you prepend the space with a backslash?
Michael
I tried variants of the following without success:
/home/username/My\ Music/iTunes/iTunes\
Thanks to all. I got it working finally. It was a Transporter upgrade
problem.
I had another PC with an older version of Slimserver that I tried to
connect with the The Transporter, it upgrade back to an older version
firmware and it worked. I then switched back to my music server with
DrNic;207500 Wrote:
I guess that since Logitech have bought the company this sort of make it
all simple for joe (below?) average is going to be the voice of the
masses on these forums soon. Shame.
I am all for creating the Basic and Advanced setup pages, then
those people who can barely
Are there any completely worked examples where this actually does
something? After logging in through telnet, I went through an hour of
commend sequences like the following:
players 0 2
players 0 2 count%3A1 playerindex%3A0
playerid%3A4f%3Aa8%3Ad9%3Aab%3A91%3A83 ip%3A127.0.0.1%3A51415
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