Re: [slim] Mac Leopard Support

2007-10-28 Thread Michael Herger
The problem in Leopard is that when starting at boot time, we're hitting a permission problem when creating the slimserver log file directory: Great information! Could you please add them to the following report: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5781 Thanks! Michael

[slim] Problems Slimserver startup

2007-10-28 Thread chopper38
I have problems with my slimserver starting up. I have the settings on 'auto start on system startup' but it has problems starting and I have to click it manually. My slim server also turns itself off when my pc is off. I thought it should display the time whilst there is no pc on or music

Re: [slim] Welborne Power Supply for SB3

2007-10-28 Thread honestguv
Eric Seaberg;238422 Wrote: For the price of $185 each, I am NOT impressed with what they sell! Since I haven't built the second one yet, I'm asking for a full refund including the two power cords I had to buy today! What did you expect if you buy from a supplier of audiophile nonsense? Had

Re: [slim] Problems Slimserver startup

2007-10-28 Thread davep
Not sure I can help you on the first point - I assume you are on some flavour of Windows? On the second point it is important to understand that the Squeezebox is basically a dumb terminal with little of its own brain - it doesn't even know what time it is so has to ask a computer somewhere -

Re: [slim] Problems Slimserver startup

2007-10-28 Thread Gibbo
Maybe you are having the same problem I had, try changing the settings by right clicking on slim tray and setting to startup on logon instead. and isn't the clock when its not connected just controlled by the screeensaver when off? -- Gibbo

Re: [slim] Problems Slimserver startup

2007-10-28 Thread Eserim
I had all sorts of problems with this, basically it trying to start, then stopping, and the MySQL service showing as stopping in the Windows Services console. I logged a call and we tried loads of things, firewall, virus, running as local admin, all to no avail. Luckily (?) I had to do an OS

Re: [slim] not finding all my songs

2007-10-28 Thread Dave Bird
I don't think it's a tag problem with my missing files, I have a library of approx 1 tracks, of which about 1000 have No Album. None of the No Album tracks appear in the browse by artist list .. they all used to. I had this problem just after I bought by SB3, reported it, and it was fixed by

Re: [slim] iTouch as a remote

2007-10-28 Thread BBear
The main frustration with the basic 'Touch' interface is that the footer covers part of the screen. As a very quick fudge I've edited the CSS (C:\Program Files\SlimServer\server\HTML\Touch\slimserver.css) to change the following section:- div#footer { position: absolute; bottom:

[slim] Anyone using Windows Home Server?

2007-10-28 Thread kpumroy
I just deployed WHS in my home network. I have slimserver running on the server but I cant figure out how to get the file path to look in the Shared Music folder. -- kpumroy kpumroy's Profile:

[slim] Multizone jnlp problem...

2007-10-28 Thread meep
Hi All I've set up batch file to launch 3x instances of softsqueeze. The batch file, (reproduced below) launches slightly modified verions of .jnlp per instance. The purpose of the .jnlp files is to set the MAC address and sound dievice per softsqueeze instance. When I set this uo a few monhs

[slim] Music playing at work options?

2007-10-28 Thread Gibbo
Hi, I work in a chemistry lab and currently listen to music at work by having a 15gb ipod connected up to a powered bass and speaker setup. My problem is I have in excess of 80gb of music I would like to have access to. What are my options? there is a computer in the lab, but no wireless. the

Re: [slim] SB pauses (probable network problem)

2007-10-28 Thread radish
Give that it's only 15 feet you could also try running a cable and see if that fixes it - then you'd at least know it was the network. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View

Re: [slim] Mac Leopard Support

2007-10-28 Thread mario21
I'm experiencing the same trouble since I use Leopard. I'm not able to connect to slimserver. I tried 6.5.4 and the latest nightly build 6.5.5 and didn't work. Hope this bug will find a solution in a near future because I cannot live without my Squeezebox 3! Sorry for my english, I am a french

Re: [slim] Playsist Gets Stuck During Synchronized Playback

2007-10-28 Thread Skidoo!
I'm having exactly this problem too. SlimServer Version: 6.5.4 - 12568 - Debian - EN - utf8 SB3 + Softsqueeze 3.4 If you listen very carefully, the first fraction of a second of the next track is played, but then everything just halts. Did anyone find a fix? S. -- Skidoo!

Re: [slim] Problems Slimserver startup

2007-10-28 Thread Mark Lanctot
Gibbo;238487 Wrote: and isn't the clock when its not connected just controlled by the screeensaver when off? As in go into to playter settings, and in basic settings there is a setting for screensaver when player is off, set that to time and date. Yes but the screensaver is generated by the

[slim] SB3 reviewed in England's Daily Telegraph

2007-10-28 Thread amcluesent
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/digitallife/index.jhtml The newspaper was actually looking at 'internet radios' but said of the SB3 - Logitech's Squeezebox is at once so much more and so much less than a normal Wi-Fi radio - less because you need to plug it into your own powered speakers or a hi-fi;

Re: [slim] Mac Leopard Support

2007-10-28 Thread Michael Herger
I'm experiencing the same trouble since I use Leopard. I'm not able to connect to slimserver. But can you start SlimServer manually, once you've logged in? -- Michael - http://www.herger.net/SlimCD - your SlimServer on a CD

Re: [slim] Anyone using Windows Home Server?

2007-10-28 Thread Michael Herger
I just deployed WHS in my home network. I have slimserver running on the server but I cant figure out how to get the file path to look in the Shared Music folder. Just make sure you enter the path from the server's point of view. You can't use the drive you're seeing on the machine you're

Re: [slim] Problems Slimserver startup

2007-10-28 Thread Gibbo
Oh, I guess i'd figured it picked it up over the internet and just went from there. -- Gibbo Gibbo's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=12331 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Problems Slimserver startup

2007-10-28 Thread Mark Lanctot
If you're connected to SqueezeNetwork, yes, but that's a server too. -- Mark Lanctot 'Sean Adams' Response-O-Matic checklist, patent pending!' (http://forums.slimdevices.com/showpost.php?p=200910postcount=2) Mark

Re: [slim] SB3 reviewed in England's Daily Telegraph

2007-10-28 Thread Skidoo!
The reviewer might not have noticed that Rhapsody is only legally available to users in the States. (Unless this has changed recently?) S. -- Skidoo! Skidoo!'s Profile:

Re: [slim] Mac Leopard Support

2007-10-28 Thread mario21
Unfortunately, the answer is no. I tried several times. -- mario21 mario21's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11423 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39401

Re: [slim] Anyone using Windows Home Server?

2007-10-28 Thread radish
Not using it yet, but I was considering it. Interested to hear your experiences. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Anyone using Windows Home Server?

2007-10-28 Thread dean
Two thoughts: 1. Use the pre-release of SqueezeCenter 7 and you should get a nice GUI that will let you browse the folders to find your music. 2. Can you detail the process to install WHS? Haven't seen it in person yet. -- dean

Re: [slim] SB3 reviewed in England's Daily Telegraph

2007-10-28 Thread Fifer
I could have sworn that the Telegraph was published throughout Britain. -- Fifer Fifer's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=639 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=39740

Re: [slim] SB3 reviewed in England's Daily Telegraph

2007-10-28 Thread haunyack
With a subscription, you might never need to buy any more music again. 8/10 Would these users be satisfied with 160kpbs? I understand the economy of it, but with that bitrate, there is no reason as of yet NOT to purchase CD's or vinyl. . -- haunyack Transporter - BK R200.2 -

Re: [slim] Playsist Gets Stuck During Synchronized Playback

2007-10-28 Thread upstatemike
The common theme seems to be mixing SB2/3s with SliMP3s or Softsqueeze. I replaced my SliMP3 with a Squeezebox 2 and do not see the problem anymore. -- upstatemike upstatemike's Profile:

Re: [slim] Mac Leopard Support

2007-10-28 Thread mario21
I noticed that I need to click twice on Web Access button in the system preferences before that Safari can find the Slimserver page. -- mario21 mario21's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=11423 View

Re: [slim] SB3 reviewed in England's Daily Telegraph

2007-10-28 Thread amcluesent
I could have sworn that the Telegraph was published throughout Britain. Yep, to be purchased by English people in Wales and Scotland :) -- amcluesent amcluesent's Profile:

Re: [slim] SB3 reviewed in England's Daily Telegraph

2007-10-28 Thread Fifer
amcluesent;238599 Wrote: Yep, to be purchased by English people visiting Wales and Scotland :) Oh, I appreciate that it appeals to a very narrow demographic (right-leaning Liz Hurley fans), but it does -claim- to be a UK publication. :) -- Fifer

[slim] Can't connect to OSX Leopard slimserver

2007-10-28 Thread sugarmonster
Hi All, I've just bought a Mac mini with Leopard and am trying to get Slimserver working. No matter what I try I can't get the SB2 to connect to the server. There's something odd happening, because the mini does show up in the list of available servers to connect to on the SB2, it's only when

Re: [slim] Can't connect to OSX Leopard slimserver

2007-10-28 Thread Eric Seaberg
Are you running wired or wireless on the SB2? Any router with firewall? Did you check the SHARING settings on the Mac and open the ports for the SB2? They are 9000-9090 and 3483. Any more info you can give us as to what you're doing? -- Eric Seaberg Eric Seaberg - San Diego [EMAIL

Re: [slim] Music playing at work options?

2007-10-28 Thread hirschaj
It's not elegant but how about an external enclosure with a 160GB hard drive? It's relatively portable and not very expensive. -- hirschaj hirschaj's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=13173 View

Re: [slim] Anyone using Windows Home Server?

2007-10-28 Thread kpumroy
I worked thru the problem. The correct path is \\HOMESERVER\Music As usual it it a simple fix. The slimserver seems to be working fine using the WHS. I made sure to add slim.exe to the exclusions in the Windows Firewall. Also i used the MS SyncToy to set up my shared folders. Nice little

Re: [slim] Can't connect to OSX Leopard slimserver

2007-10-28 Thread sugarmonster
The SB2 is wireless and also in ethernet bridge mode for an xbox, although that's not being used in this case. No hardware firewall involved. Sharing seems to have changed in Leopard from what I've read - I didn't use Tiger so can't comment first hand but the Leopard firewall is application

Re: [slim] Mac Leopard Support

2007-10-28 Thread muski
bp33;238437 Wrote: The problem in Leopard is that when starting at boot time, we're hitting a permission problem when creating the slimserver log file directory... I had the same problem. However, I found the simplest workaround is just to change the Slimserver preference pane setting from

Re: [slim] Winamp plugin

2007-10-28 Thread NWP
you don't need a plugin, you can just stream to winamp using this url: http://localhost:9000/stream.mp3 . You can't adjust the volume though. a winamp pugin would be awesome. -- NWP NWP's Profile:

Re: [slim] Can't connect to OSX Leopard slimserver

2007-10-28 Thread Eric Seaberg
Are you sure the server is running? Other Leopard users here have stated they have problems with it starting on bootup or even starting at all. I'm runnng SS 6.5.5 on my Mac MINI Intel Duo 1.83GHz running OS 10.4.10 w/o issues. Music on external 500GB firewire, running without Kbd, mouse or

Re: [slim] What to do with my CDs?

2007-10-28 Thread MrSinatra
i built my own wooden dowel wall unit from scratch and mounted it to the wall. i stained it and all and find it looks quite dignified in the living room where its near totally full. i even have the dowels in such a way so that the cds are slightly tilted towards the person looking at them. --

Re: [slim] toslink maximum length

2007-10-28 Thread Beann50
I have a 50ft toslink running from a SB3 to a second receiver. It has worked for the past two years with no problems. -- Beann50 Beann50's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=5153 View this thread:

Re: [slim] What to do with my CDs?

2007-10-28 Thread westernboy
mbroadhurst;233204 Wrote: Curious to hear what others have done with their CDs if they have fully converted to SlimServer/Squeezebox/iPod as I have. right now mine are on a shelf in the basement, but I've been looking, unsuccessfully so far, so some kind of waterproof storage solution to box