So, do you actually have BAND and ALBUM ARTIST tags in your files, and
is Slimserver ignoring them? If that's your problem you might need to
say more about the files types, and the exact tag names you are using.
For example, in FLAC afaik ORCHESTRA is not recognised - it has to be
BAND (thats
Just to add to SMCs comment - try adding COMPILATION=1 on these tracks.
Separately - I'm intrigued by the comment about not doing a full scan
because it deletes playlists - that definitely should not be happening,
could you say more? Do you mean the current playlist on each player - if
so you
Clever Mac trick.
Open Terminal, drag the music folder into Terminal and its full path
name will appear (and can then be copied and pasted).
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Is there any merit in the possibility of users here being able to 'Rate'
another user, or a thread, and after a suitably poor rating the thread
gets automatically locked, or the user gets some kind of penalty?
Perhaps people with a higher rating have more weight when voting, and
people with a
ModelCitizen;269198 Wrote:
This is going to seriously reduce the amount of conversation in the
Audiophile forum, is is that forum exempt?
:-)
MC
Not unless you have a doctor's certificate.
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hi slwiser!
interesting issue you are describing here. i have two SB3s and they
also both suffer from random stops while playing. i am curious if we
have similar problems and maybe we can find commonalities?
first, a description of my setup:
- WLAN g
- slimserver 6.5.5 (waiting for SC7 release)
JimC wrote:
Our Squeezebox community is growing rapidly, bringing new challenges and
opportunities. As you may have noticed, we've recently started to
moderate postings to the forums in response to the increasing number of
threads that have violated one or more of the following guidelines:
I completely agree about the rejection of profanity.
My only hope is that you will not delete posts that contain criticisms
of Logitech kit - I have seen it happen on Microsoft, Apple and
Logitech forums - once this starts to happen people usually leave.
Regards,
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hey guys...
im just wondering about the battery on the remote.
is this going to be like a ipod situation where we have to send it
back to get put in?
also, if i happen to buy a spare battery, does the cradle have spot to
charge it without it being in the remote?
one last question;
are
gbruzzo;269227 Wrote:
I completely agree about the rejection of profanity.
My only hope is that you will not delete posts that contain criticisms
of Logitech kit - I have seen it happen on Microsoft, Apple and
Logitech forums - once this starts to happen people usually leave.
Regards,
James_B;269228 Wrote:
Totally agree.
In the case of the Australia thread, if the thread was profane or
insulting why not delete it? Why lock it?
I guess that locking it is a way to make a point whilst retaining some
of the good information that might have nevertheless been posted.
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johnzm;269229 Wrote:
im just wondering about the battery on the remote.
is this going to be like a ipod situation where we have to send it
back to get put in?
also, if i happen to buy a spare battery, does the cradle have spot to
charge it without it being in the remote?
The battery
dcote;269222 Wrote:
my suspicion:
- i have seen that error message before (out of decoder RAM), in
context with the vorbis decoder crashing on certain internet radio
stations: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4418
since i use vorbis a *lot*, this seems related.
I have seen the
kdf;269164 Wrote:
djfake,
The 'fanboy' example, mis-attributed as it was, is the counterpart of
term 'troll'. None of it really helps.
No need to be so defensive yourself.
-kdf
Agreed. But my intention was never to troll, I believe I stated that
out.
It was my intention however
I am having the same problem.
I have installed QNAP TS-109 and coppied my music. I tried to enter the
path to the music so the slim server can do a scan but I don't know what
to put in the music folder box.
Thanks, Steve
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johnzm wrote:
hey guys...
im just wondering about the battery on the remote.
is this going to be like a ipod situation where we have to send it
back to get put in?
also, if i happen to buy a spare battery, does the cradle have spot to
charge it without it being in the remote?
one
hi leuzi!
me neither, until a few days ago.
would you mind decribing a bit more of your setup?
- wired? wireless?
- common vorbis bitrates/q-levels and encoders you use?
- mixed playlists? (mp3/vorbis/flac) how large are they typically?
- do you use saved playlists or create them as needed
Well, I switched the locations of the two SB3s. On day 6, the
problematic one lost connection with the SlimServer again. I guess I
need to contact support.
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I have connected a TS-109, transfered my music but cannot scan without
filling in the folder box on slimserver. Any ideas?
Thanks, Steve
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johnzm;269229 Wrote:
are there any ideas in putting wireless charging into the remote, like
whats seen here?
http://www.epn-online.com/page/9980/wireless-recharging-system-replenishes-mobile-devices.html
or does it already support it?
I don't see any advantage over the cradle except that
London's Burning - The Clash?
Fire - Arthur Brown?
Burn - Deep Purple?
Disco Inferno - The Tramps?
Towering Inferno?
Blazing Saddles?
Backdraft?
Fireman Sam?
Are any of these forbidden - or have I missed the point?
I'll get my coat!
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I'm assuming that you don't want to fill in the box on Slimserver that
tells it where your music is stored. If this is the case then it will
never scan. I suspect browse by directory would also fail.
At the moment you have a Slimserver with no music and a NAS with music
stored on it. I recommend
Does anyone know a number for a helpdesk I can call to help me set up my
QNAP TS-109.
Thanks,
Steve
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I have to agree with the OP regarding the ease with which my missus has
taken to using the Squeezebox.
She has always been comfortable with the other hifi gear (apart from
the space it took up), so it was not unexpected that she would take to
the Squeezebox, but acceptance of such a device can
Does anyone know how to find the network path to my music files
Steve
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Take a look at
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?DiagnosingPerformanceIssues and
post results.
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bacon.
SB2, Transporter, beta SBR, beta SBC, production SBC
SilverRS8;269199 Wrote:
Edit: Just noticed that the '/' in the very last album creates no
problem so the '/' should not be the issue. I'll create a seperate
version logging some additional information in an attempt to pinpoint
the problem.
Frank, yeah I was going to say I've got lots of
Now that I've seen your other message in another thread I see that the
problem you are having is determining what the directory information
should be.
I don't know the TS-109 but usually a format of \\servername\directory\
will work. This UNC format should be the same for every box on the
Khuli wrote:
Is there any merit in the possibility of users here being able to 'Rate'
another user, or a thread, and after a suitably poor rating the thread
gets automatically locked, or the user gets some kind of penalty?
Perhaps people with a higher rating have more weight when voting, and
just stopped again... :-( same as before.
but this time, the SBs went into zombie mode.
here is more info though:
- from the corner of my eye, i was watching the screen. buffer
fullness went from ~10% (was approaching end of song) immediately to
100% *before* the new song was supposed to start
Is there any way I can get SqueezeCenter to run a script when its starts
up? It would need to do this when it starts up again each time my
server comes out of standby. My server being a Dell PC running XP
pro.
The reason for this rather unusual request is that I want to have the
server in
dcote:
I remember reading the SB's firmware ogg decoder was a tricky one to
make - perhaps there are unresolved issues.
Could you try in Server Settings - File Types to transcode to another
format and see if the problem goes away? Make sure the ogg - ogg
(built in) checkbox is UNchecked.
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smc2911;269191 Wrote:
I...
While posts can be edited (too late for those on mailing lists of
course), is there any way that thread initiators could edit thread
titles?
From Edit page, there's a button 'Go Advance'. That takes you to the
extended edit screen where the subject line is
yeah, i remember reading that, too. that is why i am slightly suspicious
of it. ;-)
but maybe unrightly so, because somthing occurred to me: while i
understand how a bug in the decoder would cause a stop+crash, it
wouldnt explain why the SB *and* SS skip a track every time this
happens, would
Almost scary to read dcote's story, I have the exact same experience
with my two SB3's. Next time it happens I will do some more serious
research and post the results here (or if there is a bugreport filed?).
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slimkid;269316 Wrote:
From Edit page, there's a button 'Go Advance'. That takes you to the
extended edit screen where the subject line is exposed.
But note that this will change it on the thread view, it won't change
the subject line on the forum view (the one which shows all the
threads).
Mike
Following on from your message I downloaded Slimserver 6.5.4 and the issue
has disappeared. The remote responds perfectly now.
I'll follow this up with a bug report for SC7.0 - in the meantime I guess
I'll need to stay with Slimserver, which is a shame because SC7.0 is a much
nicer
ceejay;269204 Wrote:
So, do you actually have BAND and ALBUM ARTIST tags in your files, and
is Slimserver ignoring them? If that's your problem you might need to
say more about the files types, and the exact tag names you are using.
For example, in FLAC afaik ORCHESTRA is not recognised -
superpin, apart from this bug:
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4418
i was not able to find a similar bug in bugzilla. not surprising tho,
because diagnosing a sporadic and non-reproduceable problem like this
is a PITA. ;-) i work in IT, and i run as fast as i can whenever i come
Thanks Zaragon, Whenever we try and fill in the box asking for the
path/folder that the music is stored in it ie.
\\192.168.x.x\Qmultimedia\My Music we click on Change and it just keeps
giving us an error message Oops - it is not a valid directory.
Steve
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advice and sometimes when I have felt brave enough contributed some
ideas, help myself. I have no personal experience of being flamed,
trolled, nor have I seen any instance of it. That maybe is because the
threads I follow do
andyg;268460 Wrote:
Nothing has changed, sounds like the station has just become more
reliable.
Thanks, Andy. I spoke too soon -- right after I asked if SD had
addressed this issue, the stream slowed down and I've experienced a
couple days now of the SB repeatedly getting stuck rebuffering.
There is the Execute Script plugin, which lets you run scripts from the
Squeezebox, rather than from SqueezeCenter. I think you could do what
you want with it.
I don't use a PC, so I have no idea what the actual script should be.
On my Mac, I use a little program that keeps it alive and I run a
You should see buffer fullness on the Now Playing display, so change
your screensaver to Now Playing or hit the NP key on the remote.
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Thanks Khuli, We've tried putting the server name
\\SlimServer-109\Qmultimedia\My Music from copying and pasting in the
properties tab but it still doesn't work.
Steve
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Steve
I used a QNAP TS101 for a short while, and in the music folder box was
something like ext/mnt/folder name/folder name. Change folder name(s)
to the location of your music files on the NAS, (case sensitive). Sorry
to be so vague, but it's a while since I used the QNAP.
Good luck!
hdy742;269344 Wrote:
ie. \\192.168.x.x\Qmultimedia\My Music
192.168.x.x is the IP address, not the server name, which might be the
problem.
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got some results faster than i thought...
i am transcoding vorbis to flac now - still problems, but slightly
different.
after about 10 tracks, now playing skipped ahead again as before. but
this time the SB's progress indicator has frozen at max:
now playing (51 of 765)
Using windows? If so, does Windows Explorer give you the same path if
you browse to the music folder?
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I just had almost this exact thing happen to me, too. Sony remote with
very old (circa 2003) SlimP3, worked fine for years, suddenly stopped
working.
- Remote didn't work with either old SlimP3 or newer Squeezebox v2
- Other remote worked fine with both old SlimP3 and Squeezebox v2
(wasn't the
I have just purchaed a Harmony One - my first Harmony - and it works
fantastically well with my SB3 and all my other devices (Philips TV,
Sony DVD and Onkyo Amp). It was cheap enough (£102 in the UK from the
BT Store, but I purchased mine direct from Logitech using code
JELLYBATTLE2A which gave a
Thank you, Andy. I have Now Playing Information: set to show buffer
fullness, and Screensaver when playing: set to now playing, the SB
is playing, and it is displaying (with the occasional scroll) KUSC/FM
Los Angeles, CA Oh, I have been hitting the Apply button on the web
interface whenever I
Let me start with my praise of all that the folks behind Slimdevices
have done! I've been an enthusiastic user since the SB2 came out and
take advantage of Nokia 770 control and SSH web streaming to
Softsqueeze as well as the XM Radio plugin.
The application I have in mind with the Duet is a to
TechHome Wrote:
Will the duet controller be sold without the receiver?
If so, has pricing been determined?
Yes, it will be sold separately for $300, some time after the Duet is
launched, but it appears it will not be available at retail, only on
the online store and some selected
Tried using Windows Explorer but slimserver still doesn't allow it
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Since the software is open-source, I\'ve done something similar
(executing a script at shutdown of Squeezecenter), adding some lines of
code to the stop process, but I use Debian Etch and I modify
/etc/init.d/squeezecenter (the startup script in Debian), not sure if
on Windows XP this can be
TechHome wrote:
Let me start with my praise of all that the folks behind Slimdevices
have done! I've been an enthusiastic user since the SB2 came out and
take advantage of Nokia 770 control and SSH web streaming to
Softsqueeze as well as the XM Radio plugin.
The application I have in mind
MadScientist;269303 Wrote:
Is there any way I can get SqueezeCenter to run a script when its starts
up? It would need to do this when it starts up again each time my
server comes out of standby. My server being a Dell PC running XP
pro.
The reason for this rather unusual request is
TechHome;269377 Wrote:
Let me start with my praise of all that the folks behind Slimdevices
have done! I've been an enthusiastic user since..
PS: The decision to omit IR blasting capability in the Duet receiver is
a bitter pill for me.
Completely agree with your opening statement!
Honva;269388 Wrote:
Just curious. The time interval you described could easily be adjusted
with the Windows Power management setting in control panel. Why do you
need a plugin to do that?
No, that's the problem. The time to sleep after a wake-on-lan can't be
controlled by XP power
Do you have any permissions set on the NAS? Perhaps they are
restricting access and preventing slimserver from accessing it. Do you
have slimserver set up to run as a service? You can see what this is
set to by right clicking on the tray icon. Try changing it to the
other setting and see what
Hi
I am currently using SlimServer v6.54 on my Vista PC. I also have the
Sirius plugin which works well. Is there any reason for me to change to
version 7? Its weird, but whenever things run too smoothly I get the
urge to fiddle!
Thanks.
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I don't think you really want to run the script when SS starts up, you
want to run it when the machine comes out of sleep. SS remains
running even when the machine is asleep, it doesn't really know when
it's woken up. What you want is something which can hook into windows'
power management states
rocket j squirrel;269372 Wrote:
Thank you, Andy. I have Now Playing Information: set to show buffer
fullness, and Screensaver when playing: set to now playing, the SB
is playing, and it is displaying (with the occasional scroll) KUSC/FM
Los Angeles, CA Oh, I have been hitting the Apply
mvalera;269400 Wrote:
The IR Blaster on the SB Controller will be a community developed
feature.
Thanks mvalera. The moment IR learning is supported stable I'm
placing my order! :)
Just charge it to andyg's credit card, thank you.
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The IR Blaster on the SB Controller will be a community developed
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What ogg encoder are you using?
There are so many out there and so many loose interpretations of the
standard that not all encoders work properly with the SB decoder or the
program doing the transcoding.
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Ben Klass: I won't even eat a pre-7.0 meal. Well, unless it involves
I know that the squeezebox duet is now available for pre-order and is
scheduled to be shipping by the end of February.
Does anyone know when this will be available at retail outlets?
I would like to see and try it before buying.
Whay retailers are going to sell it?
thanks.
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The only time my SB has ever displayed this sort of behaviour it turned
out to be that one of my audio fles was corrupt - might be worth
checking?
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toby10;269408 Wrote:
The moment IR learning is supported stable I'm placing my order!
Sorry to do this but I don't want to see unrealistic expectations...
I believe the IR hardware in the SBC is an emitter only. No receiver,
which means no learning capability.
With the current IRBlaster
SilverRS8;269420 Wrote:
I fixed the double qoute issue (to be incorporated in next release).
The 'greates album' problem I can't reproduce. I myself also have
multiple 'greatest albums' which, when 'use folder structure...' is
selected sort fine.
When this option is selected the albums
alstein;269405 Wrote:
Hi
I am currently using SlimServer v6.54 on my Vista PC. I also have the
Sirius plugin which works well. Is there any reason for me to change to
version 7? Its weird, but whenever things run too smoothly I get the
urge to fiddle!
Thanks.
Fellow Upgrade-a-holic,
PC World sell the sb3. I can't see any reason why they wouldn't stock
the duet when it's available.
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tamanaco;263579 Wrote:
Frank, albums that contain double quotes within their name in the tags
are converted to 'single quotes' when the folder are created based on
these tags. This 'placeyourquotehere' are interpreted by ACC as:
quot;placeyourquoteherequot;
EDIT: Also, when using the
Oh well now there you go! Yes it was gigantor font size. With a smaller
size the buffer fullness shows. Thanks!
M, buffer fullness.
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venus light;269293 Wrote:
Frank, yeah I was going to say I've got lots of live recordings that
have '/' in the album title and there's no problem with missing
artwork.
Let me know if I can do any debugging for you.
Hi Venus light,
Can you download the debug version I created on
I thought it might have to do with the PC I was running as my server
since it's used as the family (read kid's) PC as well. But, I've
recently built a dedicated server and it still happens.
That said, it only seems to happen with Live365. Other internet radio
feeds are fine.
Anyone else
Just check that a SC7 version of the plug-in *is* available :)
My SC7 on Vista Business works fine, the UI is so much better!
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alstein;269405 Wrote:
Hi
I am currently using SlimServer v6.54 on my Vista PC. I also have the
Sirius plugin which works well. Is there any reason for me to change to
version 7? Its weird, but whenever things run too smoothly I get the
urge to fiddle!
Thanks.
Isn't that
radish;269406 Wrote:
I don't think you really want to run the script when SS starts up, you
want to run it when the machine comes out of sleep. SS remains
running even when the machine is asleep, it doesn't really know when
it's woken up. What you want is something which can hook into
I was just in there this evening swapping out an SB3 who's display went
faulty and asked them about it. The guy said he thought they might as
the SB3s were selling like proverbial hot cakes but he wasn't sure.
They hadn't been told anything official.
Though given that all the PC World stores
MadScientist;269450 Wrote:
Agreed, Any suggestions on a utility that could achieve this aim?
MS
A quick google found these possibilities:
http://www.filedudes.com/WakeUp-screenshot-14916.html
http://www.nncron.ru/ (look at the plugins on the download page,
specifically rstimer.spf)
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When I try to open Web Fild Manager on my TS-109 Trubo Station, it
says:
Website Security Certificate is not issued by a trusted certificate
Authority.
The security certificate presented by this website was issued for a
different website's address.
Security certificate problems may indicate
If you don't have a local DNS resolver the using the IP address is the
right way to go. Make sure that the TS IP address is consistant, either
statically assigned or reserved in the DHCP server.
Whilst the UNC path ought to be the same to access the music from the
network as from the TS itself I
Honva;269434 Wrote:
Isn't that fun!?.nowadays even working smoothly without problem is
not enough. :-)
I found it actually part of the fun with SB is that new plugins and
updates are showing up every day. For me, SC7 is a must. It fixed the
following problem for me.
1. some
smc2911;269183 Wrote:
Is this happening for all multi-disc CDs or only those with Various
Artists? If the latter, what settings have you got for
grouping/ungrouping compilations?
It's not a compilation problem: it has happened to a set of files where
the entire album is by Depeche Mode. Do
alstein;269477 Wrote:
Hi
I downloaded the Windows .exe file, but have not yet run it. There was
also a .zip version which I ignored. Do I need to uninstall my current
version 6.54? I can't seem to locate instructions for version 7.0.
Also, there does appear to be a version of the Sirius
eq72521;269480 Wrote:
I installed the Windows .exe last night on my secondary server, and it
uninstalled 6.54 for me. I actually wasn't expecting this and might
have preferred to keep the previous version around (or at least be
warned that it was going to be removed), but everything is
This should do it :) (I didn't read the whole thread)
http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=43484
B.
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ceejay;269206 Wrote:
Separately - I'm intrigued by the comment about not doing a full scan
because it deletes playlists - that definitely should not be happening,
could you say more?
I go to Server Settings, and select Clear library and rescan
everything. My Playlists folder immediately has
Mark Lanctot;269423 Wrote:
Sorry to do this but I don't want to see unrealistic expectations...
I believe the IR hardware in the SBC is an emitter only. No receiver,
which means no learning capability.
With the current IRBlaster plugin, the SB2/3/Transporter IR receiver is
used to
That behaviour sounds very odd. Unless the playlists folder is within
the cache folder perhaps??
Before spending any more time troubleshooting this, you might want to
try a 7.0 download - there are a lot of changes, and there won't be any
more bugfixes to the 6.5 branch AFAIK.
HTH
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First off, I love my Squeezebox and SqueezeCenter to death (so long as I
haven't done something to break 'em)
But... I'm a geek. I've written drivers and firmware and applications -
so the fact that I find installation dead easy means, well, nothing.
We've been getting more-than-occasional posts
Hi -
I have ripped most of my cd collection, using Exact Audio Copy.
Now, over 100 cds later, I am realizing I did not pay attention to the
genre field. I think it is missing from most of my cds.
Is there any way I can go in and add genre to my .flac files now, so I
can browse music by genre?
I think it's a daft idea personally. Giving a product a 'installer
certificate' would just make the product even more complicated to
average Joe. It's would not help sales, possibly harm them.
If people can's get on with the product, maybe they need to look
elsewhere. Apple or Sono's for example
lorirobn;269508 Wrote:
Hi -
I have ripped most of my cd collection, using Exact Audio Copy.
Now, over 100 cds later, I am realizing I did not pay attention to the
genre field. I think it is missing from most of my cds.
Is there any way I can go in and add genre to my .flac files now,
autopilot wrote:
I think it's a daft idea personally.
I think its decent, and creative idea.
I would agree that requiring a certified installer is a daft idea.
But the world has many people who would like music and are technophobic.
Offering a list of 'qualified, honest and nice' folks to help
Pat Farrell;269514 Wrote:
You mean that they might make the product usable enough that many folks
can enjoy the great features without being geeks themselves?
No, i mean exactly what i said.
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Pat Farrell;269514 Wrote:
I think its decent, and creative idea.
Having the idea was decent and creative, thats what forums should be
for (not all the bitching of late), it's the idea itself i dont agree
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