I can't get it to set a path. I can't get it to insert to a playlist.
That's because you're running commands which are to _query_ these values:
The genre, artist, album, title duration, remote,
current_title and path commands allow for querying information about
the song currently
Is it required to bounce slimserver after enabling the iTunes
integration maybe? I have not restarted in in over a month.
You can always try it. OTOH you wrote
I have given open permissions on the 'iTunes' directory,
You not only need setting it on that folder, but on the parent folders as
Erland, haven't you just answered your own question, by mentioning the
straightforward and efficient iTunes? Dare I suggest that most people
get a Squeezebox (and therefore Slimserver) becasue they're into music?
And that most people into digital music these days will have iTunes?
Problem solved,
No I don't have a new phone. Anyway, that could explain why maybe it
looses connectivity but why it does not regain it and it needs to go
through the whole setup again even though nothing is changed? That's
the aprt I don't understand and it looks like a bug to me.
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Erland, haven't you just answered your own question, by mentioning the
straightforward and efficient iTunes? Dare I suggest that most people
get a Squeezebox (and therefore Slimserver) becasue they're into music?
And that most people into digital music these days will
Furry;207166 Wrote:
I've just received my new SB3, my 2nd:
1. Packaging has changed, now smaller box etc., and quite funky.
2. Logos are now Logitech (my first SB3 has SlimDevices logos).
3. Its an all black one, which looks nice.
4. Firmware version is 81.
5. Dodgy power connection.
I have to say I actually think it looks OK in monochrome on the front of
the Squeezebox.
The colour version in the web interface is a bit horrible though.
James
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I recently borrowed an older SB3 from someone (who'd not used it for a
while) and after I installed 6.5.2 the splash screen changed to
Logitech, so it seems to be a auto-firmware update that comes with the
SlimServer software.
My new SB3 turned up earlier this week. I gave my mate his SB3 back
In my experience this is a common scanning error; and it will normally
disappear on a rescan - at which point you will find that a whole
(different) album will disappear! Rescanning again will find that album,
but others will then disappear!! Scanning is a random activity in my
experience...
I just installed 6.5.2 on 64bit Vista Ultimate and it installed and
started the tray icon first time with no reboots. So far all is well.
I can't remember if I Ran as Administrator which I found works wonders
for programs that want to do things Vista is trying to discourage.
It's also worth
That new logo is awful. I don't know. I have Logitech logos on my
Harmony remote and my computer keyboard/mouse and never thought twice
about them, but this one for some reason really bugs me. The old logo
seemed understated--like the logos on all my sound equipment; and this
one seems in your
Just tried it on mac 10.4.9, ss 6.5.2. sb1 wired.
I don't normally use aac files so I converted an mp3 file to test and
it played fine.
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stormy;207569 Wrote:
I am wondering if I should have not installed Slimserver 6.5.3 beta and
just used the disk which came with the unit?
Mike
They're shipping with a CD now? !!
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seanadams;207505 Wrote:
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.
Sorry Sean, but I can't see where you read into that from my post! :)
I am a firm believer that the advanced options have to
OK, I've been round the houses with this and I've finally hit upon a way
to get exactly what I wanted.
I now get all my artists listed as Album Artist with no various artist
folder at all.
Just one point - I'm using MP3Tag to tag my FLAC files so I can't vouch
for any other method of tagging or
whitman;207542 Wrote:
Erland, haven't you just answered your own question, by mentioning the
straightforward and efficient iTunes? Dare I suggest that most people
get a Squeezebox (and therefore Slimserver) becasue they're into music?
And that most people into digital music these days will
My wife loves her iPod, but if she had to jump through hoops like I do
to import music, she would never do it. I think most people are this
way in regards to learning how to do a task on the computer.
Same thing with my kids. They both are able to install and use iTunes, but
they are only
There has been a lot of discussion in the past about the mass market
viability of Squeezebox/SlimServer, and the conclusion is usually that
the average user will not be able to easily get to grips with it.
It's not that it's bad, but SlimServer can be a bit overwhelming at
first. The idea of
Michael Herger;207537 Wrote:
Is it required to bounce slimserver after enabling the iTunes
integration maybe? I have not restarted in in over a month.
You can always try it. OTOH you wrote
I have given open permissions on the 'iTunes' directory,
You not only need setting it on that
How about a fellow SB owner who has bought the new candy bar remote
and doesn't need his original remote?
Anybody wanna help a UK brother out?
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Neil Cameron;207574 Wrote:
In my experience this is a common scanning error; and it will normally
disappear on a rescan - at which point you will find that a whole
(different) album will disappear! Rescanning again will find that
album, but others will then disappear!! Scanning is a random
That new logo is awful. I don't know. I have Logitech logos on my
Harmony remote and my computer keyboard/mouse and never thought twice
about them, but this one for some reason really bugs me.
I think I'm going to sell my original SB3s on ebay. After all I've read
here I guess you'll pay
Yeah, no kidding. :) Maybe I can sell my classic SBs and replace them
with new ones, with money to spare!
On 6/8/07, Michael Herger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That new logo is awful. I don't know. I have Logitech logos on my
Harmony remote and my computer keyboard/mouse and never thought
Sure, iTunes would solve a big part of the problem. So everything would
be fine if Logitech actually recommend people that the easiest way to
use SlimServer is to use the iTunes integration and provide a default
installation of SlimServer that where setup this way. But today they
don't as far
Michael Herger;207661 Wrote:
What about a wizard style dialog on first startup, asking whether you
want to use iTunes, MusicIP or your own music path. If it's the latter,
let the user visually choose the path as it's seen by the server (no
mounted drive letters and stuff) etc.?
A wizard
Ben Sandee wrote:
On 6/7/07, *Peter* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
mailto:[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
I don't mind the Logitech logo, I just wish it was more subtle, like the
Slim devices Squeezeboxes.
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If you have an external drive you can shift your itunes library to that.
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Mitch Harding;207660 Wrote:
Yeah, no kidding. :) Maybe I can sell my classic SBs and replace
them
with new ones, with money to spare!
Or get yourself a Transporter ;-)
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The logo is perfectly fine, and its better looking on an all black
version than the silver/black and silver/white Squeezeboxes with the
old 'logo' if you ask me. I just don't know if you need the logo to
appear twice on power up.
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Come on! Who's going to buy a SB without knowing what a music file is and
what they're used for. That's imho pretty far fetched.
Except for the online service only user.
Michael
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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
Quoting erland ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
Michael Herger;207661 Wrote:
What about a wizard style dialog on first startup, asking whether you
want to use iTunes, MusicIP or your own music path. If it's the latter,
let the user visually choose the path as it's seen by the server (no
Michael Herger;207661 Wrote:
What about a wizard style dialog on first startup, asking whether you
want
to use iTunes, MusicIP or your own music path. If it's the latter, let
the
user visually choose the path as it's seen by the server (no mounted
drive
letters and stuff) etc.?
This is definitely going to hurt sales. Who'd buy a Transporter for
$2000 with that logo?
Has anybody ever seen a Transporter with a Logitech logo?
Michael
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But lets assume that we are talking about someone who doesn't know how
SlimServer works. This user has probably not realized that he needs a
tagging/ripping program, so he has no idea what to choose in these
options.
Come on! Who's going to buy a SB without knowing what a music file is and
erland;207687 Wrote:
So maybe what's needed here is to make it clearer that using the iTunes
integration is the easiest way to get SlimServer running.
Easiest way to get a new user to throw the thing out the window, you
mean. iTunes integration has always been sketchy.
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Dave Dewey;207680 Wrote:
Do we really think that a potential Squeezebox purchasers first
experience with needing to deal with digital music files is buying a
Squeezebox? I doubt it.
I'd postulate that people that are buying Squeezeboxes today have
already learned to deal with these
Excuse the newb question, but I have a wholehouse delivery system that
takes inputs from your standard RCA plugs. The dedicated Music server
has a bog standard NVidia chip. Am I right in thinking that I would get
a better output by using a dedicated SB3 box and then outputting it to
the speakers,
This information might be out there already but I finally got my SB3 to
display Chinese song titles. So I want to share the steps I used.
Here is my setup:
SlimServer 6.5.3
Itunes 7.2.0.35 (I don't think it matters)
Windows XP
Here is what make mine works:
Control Panel -- Regional and
I would, if I had a spare $2k to spend. The logo change has had no impact
on my desire to own a Transporter.
On 6/8/07, Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
DrNic wrote:
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
Yes, that's more or less the whole point of the SB ;-) - music where you
want it at higher fidelity because it gets out of the mess of the PC in
terms of EMI, soundcards, resampling, OS mixers, system boops and
beeps, etc.
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Michael Herger;207676 Wrote:
This is definitely going to hurt sales. Who'd buy a Transporter for
$2000 with that logo?
Has anybody ever seen a Transporter with a Logitech logo?
The new Transporter front panels will just have a transporter logo.
The manufacturer logo will be only on the
Pat Farrell;207518 Wrote:
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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That logo looks pretty bad. It looks like such a bright white in those
photos. The old logo on the all-black was more of a gray/tan, wasn't
it? (I have an original color model, not an all-black).
The lettering on other black audio equipment is usually off-white.
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God I feel old sometimes. Installed softsqueeze and enjoying it.
Thought it would be cool to experiment with different skin. Changed
from the initial skin that appeared on install (the black control and
transporter) to the first one on the list (the tiny grey player). How
the heck to you
Steven Moore;207666 Wrote:
If you have an external drive you can shift your itunes library to that.
The library is at /srv/music on my linux box (same box as slimserver).
My issue is only with the 'iTunes Music Library.xml' file. As far as I
can see, this file needs to be in My Documents/My
Thanks bephillips
I found the insanely tiny prefs button on the excession skin and now
see how that little rascal is handled. Sound like a whiner, and don't
want to, as I love my SB and this forum...great people offering free
help...what can be bad with that. The mini rant is about interfaces
A friend of mine got stuck on one of the other skins, wood grain I
think, that seemed to have no preferences control and took up the whole
screen. Hitting the esc key got out of that and back to something that
has a preferences button on the face.
Synchronize settings show up under player
I agree that the new logitech logo on the SB3 is too in-your-face for
something that sits in my living room. I much prefer the understated
and classy slim devices logo on my black SB3 with brushed aluminum
front.
Maybe this could be toned down some in future runs? Perhaps loose the
logo, or a
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
Such whining over a brand name I haven't heard since high school!
I mean who gives a sh1t what it sounds like, right?!? If it's got an
ugly logo or if the ugly logo is 1mm too tall, toss the piece of
crap!!!
Are you the same people that brutalized your fellow students if they
weren't wearing
I think it's valid to talk about the look of devices that are designed
to be looked at. This is not something that sits under your desk. In my
ideal future home theater setup, the only things that will be visible
will be the big screen video display, the speakers, and the SB3. The
rest of my home
jonheal;207727 Wrote:
Are you the same people that brutalized your fellow students if they
weren't wearing the correct brand of jeans?
No, but that looks like someone wore their Fruit of The Loom t-shirt
inside out, compared to the old logo which was practically invisible.
Though the brand
bephillips;207733 Wrote:
I think it's valid to talk about the look of devices that are designed
to be looked at. This is not something that sits under your desk. In my
ideal future home theater setup, the only things that will be visible
will be the big screen video display, the speakers,
Skunk;207736 Wrote:
No, but that looks like someone wore their Fruit of The Loom t-shirt
inside out, compared to the old logo which was practically invisible.
Though the brand doesn't necessarily matter to me, I usually try to
avoid being a billboard.
Design is important to me, too, and
I agree that trying to integrate with iTunes will always be sketchy.
Apple can/will always change iTunes, which could break integration. In
general, I think even with its problems, Slimserver is a better way to
access a library. Except that drag and drop needs to be implemented for
playlists.
But I am happy I snatched up 4 classic SB3s with the very appealing
silver on silver logo just after the acquisition announcement, fearing
such a rebranding. (I also feared a repricing given logitech's
wirelessDJ was $250, I figured Logitech would bump the SB3 to $400 if
for no other reason than
jonheal;207743 Wrote:
From what I've seen, logos on audiophile equipment, in general, tend to
be on the large size.
But they tend not to look like bird droppings.
And the true audiophile product here, the Transporter, won't be getting
the logo on the front at all.
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Hello,
I noticed that when the SqueezeBox is connected to SqueezeNetwork, the
IRBlaster plugin is not operating. Is there a way to change that? I
have the SqueezeBox turning my amp on and off, which I find quite
useful, but that doesn't work when it's connected to SqueezeNetwork
8-(.
Thanks,
Hello,
I was wondering if there was a way for the Slimbox to automatically
turn off (standby) after a period of not playing?
Thanks,
Martin
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dem;207747 Wrote:
But they tend not to look like bird droppings.
Ok, seriously... what is that thing? Fruit? Bird droppings? Sun
moon? I thought it was one amoeba devouring another.
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OK, maybe this is a little mean... :-)
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dem;207747 Wrote:
But they tend not to look like bird droppings.
And the true audiophile product here, the Transporter, won't be getting
the logo on the front at all.
Don't buy one of these.
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Yes, there is an auto power off plug-in for the Squeezebox. you can find
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I encourage you to check out this page, which links to more useful
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Regards,
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That would mean that you would need to be upload your specific IRBlaster
codes to your personal settings on the Squeezenetwork site. This would
require an addition to the plugin (generating a file ready for upload,
and logging on to Squeezenetwork for doing so), and an extension to the
services
dem;207754 Wrote:
OK, maybe this is a little mean... :-)
Hey! I think I have a Logitech windshield.
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I'd noticed this too.. would be great if it did work.. as I've pretty
much shied away from using SqueezeNetwork due to it..
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Michael Herger;207676 Wrote:
This is definitely going to hurt sales. Who'd buy a Transporter for
$2000 with that logo?
Has anybody ever seen a Transporter with a Logitech logo?
Michael
There isn't one.
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peterw;207760 Wrote:
...Slimserver 7.0 will allow us to connect to SqueezeNetwork through our
local Slimservers, so that third party plugins like IR Blaster will work
-- as well as also allowing direct connections to SN as in the current
model.
-Peter
Peter is correct, the current plan
How exactly will the Squeezebox-SlimServer-SqueezeNetwork connection
work and what are the advantages over just using the capabilities of
SlimServer? I thought the plans were more along the lines of having
SlimServer sync with SqueezeNetwork settings and favorites, so the SB
isn't actually
dem, don't know what you've been smoking, but I want some... It doesn't
remotely look like bird droppings. Maybe the Logitech logo could
function as a Rorschach inkblot test ;-)
Maybe I'm a weirdo, but I like the Logitech logo. Eh, it even rhymes
:-)
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JJZolx;207769 Wrote:
How exactly will the Squeezebox-SlimServer-SqueezeNetwork connection
work and what are the advantages over just using the capabilities of
SlimServer? I thought the plans were more along the lines of having
SlimServer sync with SqueezeNetwork settings and favorites, so
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