Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags

Philip Meyer;292239 Wrote: I believe most people with classical music collections use Band for storing the orchestra, because there isn't a specific orchestra tag. That's a mis-use of the tag to some degree, but it isn't a mis-use of functionality. Album artist is for grouping, whereas a

Re: [slim] Sudden drop in Network Performance

Thanks for the reply! This morning my SB3 behaved as nothing had happened. Up to 3Mbps at 100% and only 4Bbps dropping to 95% With Netstumbler I see three networks including my own at -52dBm (Channel 1) and the two others at -70 (Channel 6) and -90 dBm (Channel 11) Anyway, do not now yet how

[slim] UK Power Supply Spares

Has anyone had any success in obtaining a UK replacement power supply for a squeezebox 3. Logitech European Support claim that it is not available as a spare. Seems to go against European consumer legislation. Their recommendation is use a European version and obtain a plug adapter? Very

Re: [slim] Playing cd's

Danco, I'd like to get CDplayer working with OSX. After looking at the script and searching using the info provided. The audio CD must *not* be mounted when running cdda2wav. I think one of the following will work on OSX to get CD Table of Contents. cdda2wav dev=IOCompactDiscServices

Re: [slim] Controller Backgrounds

Triode;292165 Wrote: this will mean that SqueezeCenter does not need to store the images itself, it just stores the url and the remote gets them direct. How about creating a Wiki page with all the backgrounds on it? Then the plugin could then be expanded to parse the wiki page and present a

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

Adding my voice - I love the Duet, but it just keeps having Network problems. I've been following this thread as I have has similar problems: - Loss of connection to wireless network - Loss of conection to music source (blue symbol) - Jittering/stuttering of streamed music despite acceptable

[slim] Problems with optical output

Got a duet today, tried the optical out into my Onkyo amp, just sounded crackly and very very faint sound could be heard. I then tried my SB3 via optical, which I hadn't before and it was the same. Does this sound like a faulty cable? -- markwm

Re: [slim] Controller Backgrounds

funkstar;292341 Wrote: How about creating a Wiki page with all the backgrounds on it? Then the plugin could then be expanded to parse the wiki page and present a live view of all the backgrounds available :) Something like that would definately be possible - we need to understand how the

Re: [slim] Controller Backgrounds

Sorry for the dumb question, but do I need to have 7.0.1 installed in order to use this plugin? Or can it be used with 7 as well? Great idea, by the way. Props are definitely in order. -- Enoch Soames Enoch Soames's

Re: [slim] Controller Backgrounds

For 7.0 I believe it will work, but you will need to save the images locally on your server and then use the plugin to select the images from your local disk. (7.0.1 should avoid this as you can just put the url of the images into the URL form on the settings page) -- Triode

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

Moonloop: Have you tried the latest pre-release version of SqueezeCenter (7.0.1), which includes a number of connectivity fixes? http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_nightly.html Thanks for that Dean , but Customer Services told me that I had the latest version available for my equipment ( HP

Re: [slim] Problems with optical output

With optical it's either going to work or it isn't, there shouldn't be a degredation of sound like that -- funkstar funkstar's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=2335 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags

Philip Meyer;292118 Wrote: Hmmm, interesting - it works for me. Eg. A single album by album artist=Alio Die Saffron Wood, has two track artists: Alio Die, Saffron Wood. Alio Die Saffron Wood appears in the browse artists list. I haven't got any other albums by either track artist,

Re: [slim] Problems with optical output

Agreed with funkstar, if it's crackly that sounds like an electrical problem - and hence inside the amp. -- radish radish's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=77 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

The nightlys refered to here are betas of the next version. You can install them on your HP server. Just download the Windows executable from the link given. SC won't detect the update until they become official. -- consciouspnm Duet/SB3 - Linn Kinos - Linn 5Ch Amp - Linn Speakers

Re: [slim] Controller Backgrounds

This brings up another question- is the WIKI going to be information ? Or is the wiki going to also be a file library for what ever we feel like? Because if it's going to include files, then there's no reason we shouldn't still put together a wiki with files like backgrounds... --

Re: [slim] Unorthodox behavior

mmduf;292252 Wrote: But since upgrading to SC7, when I try to switch between Squeezecenter and Squeezenetwork, the unit begins to log off of one, then instead of logging into the other, it just turns itself off, like someone had hit the off switch. This happens to me occasionally and I'm

Re: [slim] Controller Backgrounds

Triode;292360 Wrote: Something like that would definately be possible - we need to understand how the new wiki will support this. One of the current limitations is that the controller code downloads all files to its flash and then displays them - this probably needs to be changed if we are

[slim] Softsqueeze works at home, not at work

At first I thought it was a problem with special character like ÅÄÖ but i found that Softsqueeze also just skips over song with just normal characters. Well, if [] is normal. But then I can go backwards and play it !?!? SB3 at home has no problems Softsqueeze at home also work good My computer

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

So the 'Automatic Updates' only reacts to official releases and there hasnt been one of those for a month at least and any benefits or bug fixes in beta versions wont kick in immediately ? Or will they ? Thanks , ~M~ -- Moonloop

[slim] scanner.exe

Where do i find all the command-line options for scanner.exe (at one point I had this info) I'm trying to get scanner.exe to create a logfile used to work via scanner.exe --logfile c:\log.txt but no luck with the version that came with 7.0 -- BKDotCom

Re: [slim] Problems with optical output

markwm;292359 Wrote: Got a duet today, tried the optical out into my Onkyo amp, just sounded crackly and very very faint sound could be heard. I then tried my SB3 via optical, which I hadn't before and it was the same. Does this sound like a faulty cable? Are you connecting the SB to a

Re: [slim] scanner.exe

Where do i find all the command-line options for scanner.exe (at one point I had this info) Just run scanner.exe without any parameter. In 7.0.1 there will be a --help parameter too :-) -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Sychronization with SqueezeCenter 7.0?

hi! softsqueeze apparently cant reliably synch with SBs, TPs or receivers since it uses a different buffering mechanism. (if there was a recent update to softsqueeze to fix this, then i am wrong of course) i have 2 SB3s and softsqueeze will not synch. i have actually seen the SBs thrown out of

Re: [slim] Sudden drop in Network Performance

Wireless networking--the joy of unregulated spectrum! You've got 2 foreign networks interfering on channel 1, one at 6 and one at 11. That means any channel you choose will get some interference. If the problem persists, I would switch my network to channel 11 and see if that improves things.

Re: [slim] Sudden drop in Network Performance

CatBus wrote: Wireless networking--the joy of unregulated spectrum! S, don't tell anyone. You left out that since it is unregulated, more stuff is invented all the time, adding cruft to the airwaves. In your situation, I'd probably seriously consider running Cat5e to all needed

Re: [slim] Problems with optical output

It's not an A/V amp, it's an cr515-DAB like this: http://www.eu.onkyo.com/products/product_en_2008_5875420.html It has both optical and coaxial digital INPUTS. -- markwm markwm's Profile:

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

Moonloop;292412 Wrote: So the 'Automatic Updates' only reacts to official releases and there hasnt been one of those for a month at least and any benefits or bug fixes in beta versions wont kick in immediately ? Or will they ? Automatic Updates only notifies you if a new official realease

[slim] problem with music organization

i just noticed a problem with sc 7.0.1 and how it organizes categories of music. in the past, i've always been able to pick a music category, i.e.-genre, then step into genre-blues-then step in and select all albums of that genre. but currently, if i do that, i get ALL albums, i.e.-my entire

Re: [slim] How do you use your Squeezbox/Receiver/Transporter

Interesting that no-one has mentioned Inguz in this thread. I've had a 2 and 1 for ages but never synced them because all my music is flac. I recently tried syncing the 2 with softsqueeze which was very unhappy with Inguz. After a lot of messing I found that all players needed to have the same

Re: [slim] Apple puts top down management style back in fashion

Kevin wrote.. I expect at some point that there will be a Logitech branded tiny, fanless computer that you plug an external USB drive into. All it will do is run Squeezecenter and it will find the files on the USB drive. If someone wanted to get crazy, maybe it would have a CD drive and

Re: [slim] How to use iTune as a slim player ?

Any more help from anyone ??? Am I the only one having this set up? Or ??? thanks! -- hobieboy hobieboy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=16790 View this thread:

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

Thanks ! Ive updated the server to v 18834 and so far , for the first time , managed to update firmware on SB3 and Controller ( I didnt get any notice of firmware updating on Receiver ( is that included with Duet Controller ? ) This is the first time Ive had everything connected for 30 mins

Re: [slim] defective buttons on new controller?

Can someone from SlimDevices please help me with this?? I submitted a support ticket for this over 2 weeks ago and still have no indication that a replacement has been shipped to me. I realize this forum isn't the proper communications avenue for this sort of thing, but I have not been able to

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

A number of people of reported connectivity problems when using a ZyXEL P-2602HW(L) router with the Squeezebox Controller, both in this thread and in Bug 7153 (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=7153). I have been testing with one of these routers today, and I seems to be working fine.

Re: [slim] Squeeze controller losing network connection

Tiger;290247 Wrote: Is there a release note for the nightlies? Some info regarding which bug #'s are addressed? Please see http://mwiki.slimdevices.com/index.php/SqueezeOS#SqueezeOS_Software_Versions. Richard -- rtitmuss

Re: [slim] defective buttons on new controller?

quick update -- ok right after I posted this last post and just as I was about to hang up again, someone answered the call and is supposedly going to ship it out today. -- jsharper jsharper's Profile:

Re: [slim] problem with music organization

I'm not seeing the behaviour you mention, although I have a faint memory of a bug discussion on this topic (but I can't find it just now). What version, exactly, are you running? Look on the Settings - Status page, for example mine says SqueezeCenter Version: 7.0 - 17379 - Debian - EN - utf8

Re: [slim] problem with music organization

I'm guessing that this has been addressed somewhere in these forums but at the moment i can't find a thread that deals with this issue. here's my system: SqueezeCenter Version: 7.0.1 - 18671 @ Fri Apr 11 01:12:49 PDT 2008 - Mac OS X 10.4.10 (8R218) - EN - utf8 Server IP address: 192.168.11.5

Re: [slim] problem with music organization

This could be Bug 6424: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=6424 As an interim measure, you might want to be sure to deselect the setting Filter genres at the album track level -- aubuti aubuti's Profile:

Re: [slim] problem with music organization

thanks aubuti! that setting caused the problem and now all is fine. -- exile exile's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=4579 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=46427

Re: [slim] scanner.exe

simply calling scanner.exe, I get the following after the help: Log4perl: Seems like no initialization happened. Forgot to call init()? Can't call method dbh on an undefined value at /C:\Program Files\SqueezeCente r\server\scanner.exeSlim/Music/Import.pm line 252, DATA line 164. END failed--call

Re: [slim] Playing cd's

Hi bpa, With great anticipation, I tried the listed steps on my Windows XP machine, and SC shows a CD Player menu item now and pulls the loaded CD's track listing. At first, trying to play a CD would result in an error message about not being able to play the file type - but when I went into the

Re: [slim] How to use iTune as a slim player ?

In iTunes, select Advanced - Open Stream. Type http://ip:9000/stream.mp3 where ip is the IP of your SqueezeCenter server. Find the player in the SC web UI, it will be called something like iTunes from 192.168.1.2 and then add tracks to play. -- andyg

Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags

It's probably worth adding that in my problem cases, not a single track has the ALBUMARTIST as the TRACKARTIST. For example, the CD with ALBUMARTIST=Lee Perry, but the TRACKARTISTS include The Upsetters, Max Romeo, etc, but never Lee Perry. Is that the case for your album? Yes. Each song has

Re: [slim] Playing cd's

I'll try cdda2wav on my Intel Mac in a few days. I'm out of town over the weekend. -- danco danco's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=210 View this thread:

[slim] Some Networking questions

Hi Long post so bear with me please. Ok I have got the following :- In one room I have a)mac mini bought for media duties (dvd rips, slimserver duties for squeezebox 3) and will be hooked up to a tv via a svideo adaptor (hey some of us havent upgraded yet!), its also got squeezecentre 7

Re: [slim] scanner.exe

could this be part of the prob? - I'm not getting any output to my --logfile log.txt ? No, but it's fixed in 7.0.1. -- Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] New Wiki Open for Editing!

Is there a way to delete pages? I guess potentially that could be dangerous so do we just orphan the page or raise a bug. Or did I miss the option? -- Zaragon Zaragon's Profile:

Re: [slim] Some Networking questions

The simplist way to do this is: Connect the router DG834 to the internet, from memory that's an ADSL router so just plug the line into it's internet port. Make sure it is configured for your internet service. Connect the homeplug, and second Mac to it's ethernet ports. Get hold of a 100Mbs

Re: [slim] Some Networking questions

Zaragon;292558 Wrote: The simplist way to do this is: Connect the router DG834 to the internet, from memory that's an ADSL router so just plug the line into it's internet port. Make sure it is configured for your internet service. DONE AND ITS ON Connect the homeplug, and second Mac

Re: [slim] Playing cd's

Newbuyer, What is the spec of your CDROM drive ? The actual playing code hasn't changed since last version except for adding a parameter in the custom-convert.conf file. Edit custom-convert.conf and remove the -S 4 settings on each line. Now the conf file is as per previous release. Before

Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags

Philip Meyer;292541 Wrote: Yes. Each song has ALBUMARTIST=Alio Die Saffron Wood, and that artist string doesn't exist anywhere else. Each song has ARTIST=Alio Die and ARTIST=Saffron Wood, so none of the artist names match.Well, in that case I can't see the difference in our setups. Very

Re: [slim] New Wiki Open for Editing!

Just a crosspost: at http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=292571#post292571 I flag the fact that I have had a go at updating How To Get the Best Audio Quality and invite further updates to that page. Ceejay -- ceejay

[slim] Duet: Hardware Feedback

Having just finished setting up my Duet, I'm sat here thinking the following about the hardware: 1) How about some IR transmission cabability on the player unit? - this would have allowed the player (when switched on by the remote), to control the amp it's attached to - perhaps powering it up

Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags

Philip Meyer;292239 Wrote: If this is correct, and I assume it is as you have said it, then why are you insisting that using band tag as album artist for the lead band of an album is the wrong way? I am not really saying it is the wrong way, just not the right way for

Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags

Nonreality;292587 Wrote: Everything worked as advertised other than a problem I've having with a few duplicate albums showing up containing 1 to 3 songs. It's getting these from my C: drive which I still have a copy of my library but have moved it to my K: drive (seagate usb drive). I

Re: [slim] Nokia 770 Skin

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Re: [slim] New RSS feeds won't show on SB Duet controller

Is that on the controller or what? Because I cant find it? /Kuben72 -- Kuben72 Kuben72's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=15308 View this thread:

Re: [slim] New Wiki Open for Editing!

Zaragon;292551 Wrote: Is there a way to delete pages? I guess potentially that could be dangerous so do we just orphan the page or raise a bug. Or did I miss the option? I can see the option to delete a page, but maybe Matt gave me special rights. Why don't you just orphan the page(s) in

Re: [slim] scanner.exe

Ya... I don't think my scanner.exe is working at all... no debug output isn't helping... Unrelated?: I did a full directory scan within SqueezeCenter and noticed several of these in scanner.log: [08-04-17 14:04:58.7156] Slim::Music::Info::cleanTrackNumber (815) Warning: Argument file isn't

Re: [slim] How do you use your Squeezbox/Receiver/Transporter

JimC;292282 Wrote: The fact that your laptop is showing a lower-than-expected data speed means there is a reasonable chance that there is some external source of interference. I'd try running NetStumbler (Windows) or iStumbler (Mac) and take a look at the wireless networks in your area.

Re: [slim] Album Artist vs. Band (TPE2) tags

snarlydwarf;292588 Wrote: Playlists or CUE sheets that point to the old files? Or something like iTunes/MusicIP that point to the old ones? Just traced it about an hour ago. I renamed my library in explored and did a scan so only the strange albums showed up. It was my playlists. I don't

[slim] Wheel Calibration?

The controller wheel is hard to use. Seems that when you start to move it, nothing happens. When you move it farther fast- it skips quite a bit. It's hard to get a medium and move only so much at a time... Any plans for calibration control on the wheel? -- FredFredrickson

[slim] Album Art issue

I thought that Duet was supposed to pull whatever folder.jpg file you have in the same folder with the music. I am finding that not to be the case. I had spent quite a bit of time pulling (or scanning) correct cover art for all my albums. Squeezecenter, however, is pulling art from online

[slim] Help - display messed up

Somehow on squeezenetwork only, when I am in 'now playing', there is a small 1-inch wide spectrum analyzer display on the right edge of the screen and it cuts off part of the text in the song title. How do I get rid of this thing? I've tried everything. This is not a problem on squeezecenter,

Re: [slim] Help - display messed up

I discovered it was caused by pressing the now playing button on the remote. It looks like it cycles through about a dozen different display formats. Now I have it set back to the one I want. -- kh6idf kh6idf's Profile:

Re: [slim] Help - display messed up

It was just the now playing button on the remote. I did not realize it cycles through about a dozen different display modes. I got back to the one I wanted now. -- kh6idf kh6idf's Profile:

Re: [slim] scanner.exe

(how might I get more verbose output to see what files they occurred on?) Set scan.* logging to debug. Michael ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Album Art issue

correct cover art for all my albums. Squeezecenter, however, is pulling art from online somewhere for some reason. Nope, no online pulling magic. But it does read embedded artwork, stored in the music files. Be sure you don't use both of them. Michael

[slim] Internet Radio

Hi guys I just got my SqueezeBox yesterday and have been very pleased with it. Just a quick question -- is it possible to connect list to internet radio without having my PC on? How do I do that? Thank you for any input. Thanaset -- Thanaset

Re: [slim] Internet Radio

I just got my SqueezeBox yesterday and have been very pleased with it. Just a quick question -- is it possible to connect list to internet radio without having my PC on? How do I do that? Switch to SqueezeNetwork - available from the main menu. Michael

Re: [slim] Fast-forward/rewind redesign

I was programming my Logitech Harmony Remote for a new DVD player when I remembered this thread. Slim Devices is now a Logitech company, how about replacing the Slim Remote with a Harmony 525 (or similar) pre programmed for SC, modify SC to respond to a third remote, (JVC, Classic Slim and now