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[slim] connection problem

Slimserver can't connect to player anymore (wireless connection). I eliminated firewall and mac address as possible causes. Wifi works fine. Tried different versions and slimserver builds, reinstalls, clean installs. I suspect a router reset caused the problem, but don't have a clue how to

Re: [slim] connection problem

Have you tried disabling any encryption and going through the squeezebox network setup routine again? I presume other wireless devices can still connect? What router do you have? -- Ian_F Ian_F's Profile:

Re: [slim] Audiophile wishlist

Sean, I didn't really mean to have SD mod my SB, rather that I would buy a new, improved Squeezebox. Sorry for the misunderstanding. I'd prefer spending $800-1000 for an original Slimdevices' project, than have mine modified by someone else. This Super SB might just lack some Transporter

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Ian_F;208551 Wrote: Have you tried disabling any encryption and going through the squeezebox network setup routine again? I presume other wireless devices can still connect? What router do you have? Encryption is disabled, went through setup several times (msg 'problem, can't

Re: [slim] SB3 loses connectivity while in standby

Since this seems to be a common problem and no real solution to it exists, I have open an official bug, so I hope Slimdevices/Logitech will take a serious look at it. I would be seriously irritated if my Denon CD player would periodically turn off and need to be setup again everytime.

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Re: [slim] New (Logitech) Squeezebox

Wasn't the Psion Wavefinder just a plug-in DAB radio for a PC? It always struck me as a pretty pointless little gadget, one which would never be able to overcome the fundamental problems that DAB coverage was poor (especially with a tiny little indoor aerial), and that even with a good signal its

[slim] help needed with transfering i-tiunes Playlists

hi, i have just purchased my Squeezebox 3, i have got loads of Playlists on my i-tunes e.g purchased music, gym, - can i tranfer these folders onto my squeezebox so i can listen to certain music? if yes how do i do it!? thanks, andy -- stanzey24

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Re: [slim] Weird scanning behaviour causing hair loss!

check the tags in the files using your favorite tagging program. i think you'll find that it is misspelled in the tags. -- vain4 vain4's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3502 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Weird scanning behaviour causing hair loss!

vain4;208606 Wrote: check the tags in the files using your favorite tagging program. i think you'll find that it is misspelled in the tags. There aren't any tags in WAVs (not standard, anyway). But since SlimServer is using the folder structure, there must be a difference in the folder

[slim] Slimserver 6.5.2 solved all my problems with Apple OS X.4.9

I had the (unfortunate) opportunity to publish several posts a few weeks ago to report on a complete stop of the SB2 when attempting to interface with my Apple computer(s) running OS 10.4.9. I eventually removed my SB2, too much hassle with an electronic appliance that should give me pleasure

Re: [slim] help needed with transfering i-tiunes Playlists

The slimserver just scans the playlists and the music managed by Itunes and after some time (a few minutes) you can access your music. Check out the options accessible with a web page. I am not a PC user, on a MAC we have a Preference giving you access to this web page, I assume that on a PC

Re: [slim] Does slimserver need to be some complicated?

I am very happy to read the original post and your answers. It fully reflects my analysis after 2 years of pain. The server software is too complicated. I am a serious Apple user and I do not have a single piece of software which has so many options. I want to use a simple electronic appliance

Re: [slim] How do you use your Squeezebox/Transporter?

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Re: [slim] New (Logitech) Squeezebox

You guys do realise that the price is driven by market primarily? Price will be whatever the market is willing ot pay. If it happens to be below the production costs, company goes belly up. If, on the other side, you are willing to pay well above their cost, then they can go play golf. Why would

Re: [slim] help needed with transfering i-tiunes Playlists

thanks for the info -- stanzey24 stanzey24's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11970 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36072

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Re: [slim] New (Logitech) Squeezebox

Slimkid, price elasticity. There is a balance to be achieved between those willing and those not willing to pay. Striking that balance is the goal in the mass market. -- MelonMonkey Bruno *'Twisted Melon - Fine Mac OS Software' (http://twistedmelon.com) | 'mira - Personal Control for your

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slimkid;208624 Wrote: You guys do realise that the price is driven by market primarily? And volume expectations. If you only expect to sell a few, price is no concern - there will always be somebody willing to part with their money. Now, if you want mass-market volumes, well, then price is

Re: [slim] New (Logitech) Squeezebox

For two prior posts: all that is market at works, one way or another. My point is, nobody would willingly give up the part of their profit if they don't have to. -- slimkid The sound stage will open up, bass will tighten and the imaging will improve. DVD performance will also increase

Re: [slim] Missing albums

MelonMonkey, you described my experiences exactly. -- prabbit prabbit's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11142 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=36049

[slim] Installing LAME

Hello Everyone, I've had my Squeezebox for several months now, and I've finally got around to getting it configured to stream from outside my network. For a non-tech guy like me, that was quite an accomplishment. Anyway, I got to work today, all excited to stream some music, and I can connect

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Re: [slim] Installing LAME

There are instructions in the wiki. Basically, you need the Windows .zip file. Download this, extract only the lame.exe file, and then drop that in the relevant directory. http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?LAMEForTranscoding -- Siduhe

Re: [slim] Missing albums

The 6.5.3 nightly from June 12th 2007 found all my music and no longer needed to have the location of the iTunes folder specified. There are a couple of small issues with it that I've mentioned in the Beta forum, but I think I'm going to stick with it and not go back to a previous nightly if

Re: [slim] Installing LAME

Go to lame.sourceforge.net and go to Lame Links. Scroll down and under the section Lame Binaries you will get a link to the Windows binary (lame.exe). -- 4mula1 4mula1's Profile:

Re: [slim] New (Logitech) Squeezebox

If you think Logitech can't manufacture a Squeezebox (a new/updated design) and make a profit at $199 you're very mistaken. The current design and component spec of the SB3 may not allow this type of price change, but an updated design could/would. One need only look to Logitech's Harmony

Re: [slim] Installing LAME

Thank you very much! I tried looking through the 'plug-ins' section but didn't see LAME. One more question relating to LAME - if I enable it in SS, will it convert for all players? In other words, I don't want to convert to MP3, or have any bitrate limiting on my home player, but I do want to

Re: [slim] Installing LAME

In the original post I assume you mean Softsqueeze 3.2 (you have Squeezebox). After you have lame installed you will need to turn on bitrate limiting for that player. Go into player settings for that player and under audio you will find bitrate limiting. Now your remote player should play

Re: [slim] Installing LAME

Thank you very much! I tried looking through the 'plug-ins' section but didn't see LAME. One more question relating to LAME - if I enable it in SS, will it convert for all players? In other words, I don't want to convert to MP3, or have any bitrate limiting on my home player, but I do want to

[slim] i-tunes store downloaded music not transferring to my Slim Devices

hi, i'm just in the process of setting up my SB3. Music that i have purchased on i-tunes store that is in my i-tunes library isn't transferring to my Slim Devices software, any ideas? i have autorised it to be played on this laptop so that shouldn't be the problem! any ideas? thanks, andy

Re: [slim] i-tunes store downloaded music not transferring to my Slim Devices

I might be wrong about this, so anyone else with a little more experience please chime in, but my understanding is that Squeezebox/SlimServer will not play any music with DRM. I think I read that in the manual (can't quite remember). -- robertlewisca

Re: [slim] Installing LAME

robertlewisca;208652 Wrote: Thank you very much! I tried looking through the 'plug-ins' section but didn't see LAME. One more question relating to LAME - if I enable it in SS, will it convert for all players? In other words, I don't want to convert to MP3, or have any bitrate limiting on my

Re: [slim] i-tunes store downloaded music not transferring to my Slim Devices

Quoting robertlewisca ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I might be wrong about this, so anyone else with a little more experience please chime in, but my understanding is that Squeezebox/SlimServer will not play any music with DRM. I think I read that in the manual (can't quite remember). Correct.

Re: [slim] i-tunes store downloaded music not transferring to my Slim Devices

robertlewisca;208655 Wrote: I might be wrong about this, so anyone else with a little more experience please chime in, but my understanding is that Squeezebox/SlimServer will not play any music with DRM. I think I read that in the manual (can't quite remember). You are totally correct.

Re: [slim] Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!

i think it sounds good! -- paranoid87 paranoid87's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11974 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=28821

Re: [slim] How do you use your Squeezebox/Transporter?

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Re: [slim] Compilations, Non-compilations and album/track/guest artists

MelonMonkey;208535 Wrote: Too much talk. The current implementation, when it works, is fine. You're right, thanks for the concise approach. :) Something to think about... We're essentially talking about three different aspects of the implementation. They are: 1. Classification of an

Re: [slim] Compilations, Non-compilations and album/track/guest artists

Then there's the use of the BAND (TPE2) tag. I'm not 100% certain what it's intended to do, but from what I've gathered it simply makes BAND a synonym for ALBUMARTIST. So if this is enabled, then the above logic would work the same when tracks are tagged using BAND instead of ALBUMARTIST. I'm

Re: [slim] i-tunes store downloaded music not transferring to my Slim Devices

I had TONS of stuff purchased there. As a last resort I burned those albums to CDR and re-ripped at Apple Lossless. In most cases, the time and materials involved ALMOST equals going out and buying a hard copy of the CD, but I'd already paid Apple for them. BTW, re-encoding at Apple Lossless

Re: [slim] Announcement: a new PSP skin

This is great, being waiting ages for a PSP skin but was too lazy to do it myself. Many thanks mate! -- autopilot *SlimServer:* 6.5.1 (Windows XP) + AlienBBC, SlimScrobbler Last.FM. *Amp:* Cambridge Audio 640a (living room) / Denon MD30 (bedroom). *Speakers:* Mission 701's (living room) /

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Re: [slim] connection problem

Resetting the player to factory defaults did the trick (Unplugging the power to the unit, Holding down the Add (+) button on the remote while you plug it back in) -- Swannea Swannea's Profile:

Re: [slim] Installing LAME

If you haven't found it yet, here's a compiled download of LAME for Windows: http://rarewares.maresweb.de/lame3.97.zip I usually create a C:\Program Files\LAME folder and unzip all the files into this folder. Then you'll have the help files and .dll available if you ever want them for things

Re: [slim] Announcement: a new PSP skin

kdf;208363 Wrote: On 12-Jun-07, at 6:03 AM, transporter wrote: O.K. michael, There was a fabulous touch Skin created by Stefan Christiansson in February 2004. This skin was working until version 6.3 (bevor MySql). From there Bernd Klaas took over. Now Touch skin and nokia 770 skin

Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

vista home premium, ss 6.5.2. The slimserver starts in vista and installs fine, I can bring up my songs and it looks like the db is getting updated with new songs, BUT I can not connect to the slimserver from the squeezebox. I removed all authentication and I can connect to the squeezenetwork,

Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

dfetzer;208686 Wrote: vista home premium, ss 6.5.2. The slimserver starts in vista and installs fine, I can bring up my songs and it looks like the db is getting updated with new songs, BUT I can not connect to the slimserver from the squeezebox. I removed all authentication and I can

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[slim] File Transfer

Can anyone recommend a fast way to transfer my music files from one computer to the other? With over 100GB of data, cds, DVDs or other portable memory options would be time consuming and expensive. I read about Himachi which allows you to create a LAN over the internet, mimicking a

Re: [slim] File Transfer

I'd get a large standard hard disk and a USB enclosure. You can use it as a backup for your current library and then take it to anyone you want so they can transfer the content to their PC (assuming you and they have no qualms about the illegality of this of course). Transfering the music over

Re: [slim] File Transfer

I read about Himachi which allows you to create a LAN over the internet, mimicking a peer-to-peer network. How much longer could this take than hardwiring the computers together via USB or Ethernet? I'd guess it's at the very least 10x, rather 100x. The 2h might be worth the effort. You can

Re: [slim] Does slimserver need to be some complicated?

Slimserver is a complex piece of software and it is certainly harder to use than iTunes for a new user - for what a typical new user wants to do. On the other hand, I cannot think of anything else that will do as much in a music server than Slimserver. The browser interface could be better, but

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Re: [slim] IRBlaster while on SqueezeNetwork

JimC;207787 Wrote: With the new local language support, I'm not sure how much room is left for storage in FW. It's also a bit inconsistent with the idea of the renderer being slim (or server-driven). And, yes, it opens a box I'm not sure we can or want to open. Without having read the

Re: [slim] New (Logitech) Squeezebox

I’m sufficiently irked to register and post to this form for the first (and probably last) time. You see I was under the impression that the words “Designed and manufactured in Mountain View, California, USA” meant just that. Whereas it now appears that the principal component of both my S3s

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[slim] Looking for a UK 240 Volt Power supply

I have a Us Squeezebox but will be moving back to blighty (the UK) and so I am looking for a 240 volt Power supply. Where can i get one? how much are they? fo i need an official one or will any 3rd party one do? -- alfredolumbago

Re: [slim] Displaying multiple album art

I think that the SlimServer browser help on artwork suggests that you can use different names for the thumbnails and the other artwork (something along the lines of, thumbnail.jpg will be chosen for the thumbnail in preference to cover.jpg, etc.) -- Brian -- Brian Ritchie

Re: [slim] Installing LAME

Thanks to everyone for the help. All is up and running perfectly now! -- robertlewisca robertlewisca's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=8922 View this thread:

Re: [slim] New (Logitech) Squeezebox

sixofone;208750 Wrote: You see I was under the impression that the words “Designed and manufactured in Mountain View, California, USA” meant just that. Whereas it now appears that the principal component of both my S3s was actually manufactured in China. Am I alone in finding that a

Re: [slim] New (Logitech) Squeezebox

Rapidly drifting way OT snarlydwarf wrote: rules about buying US-Made computers, less paperwork or something. When I said, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, just like every other computer maker... You bet. Try tracing the source components of anything. Where is the engine for your

Re: [slim] Slimserver Problems running on Windows Vista

thanks for the reply...I do have windows firewall and hardware firewall and had opened both the ports for tcp and udp...no antivirus. I do think it was a conflict in the xp 6.5.1 and 6.5.2 installed on a second hhard drive in vista. Uninstalled both, reinstalled 6.5.2 in vista under no

[slim] Two servers, no-no?

I have two computers on my LAN, my normal XP MCE with Slimserver installed, that's detected two SB's and working fine. Playing around with Ubuntu 6.10, Linux MCE and Slimserver. SS seems to have installed ok, but it's not finding the SB's. Is it because I have another Slimserver on the LAN? --

Re: [slim] Two servers, no-no?

Yes, each SB can only connect to one server at a time. Hold the left arrow until it lets you choose a server. -- snarlydwarf snarlydwarf's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=1179 View this thread:

Re: [slim] How do you use your Squeezebox/Transporter?

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[slim] 6.5.2 indexing problems

I often have trouble finding albums that I have ripped. The attached pic is of Samuel Barber's Cello Concerto. I have checked its mp3 tags multiple times--they are right. I can find the album on the Web page as illustrated. But if I go into Artists on my SqueezeBox or SoftSqueeze, and navigate

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Re: [slim] Two servers, no-no?

Follow snarlydwarf's advice, but be forewarned that there seems to be a bug in recent SB and Transporter firmware where the player won't give you the option of selecting from all the SlimServers on the network. I've noticed that sometimes it does, but when it doesn't the only way to connect to a

Re: [slim] Displaying multiple album art

You might be better off getting used to having a single image. In the next major version of SlimServer (7.0) the ability to designate a separate thumbnail image has been removed. Probably since thumbnail versions of the fullsize cover artwork can now be easily generated by SlimServer itself.

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