RE: [slim] My NOT good wireless experience

2005-02-24 Thread Jason
Even if you don't have any offending devices in your own home, a neighbor 100 feet away could easily be causing some of these problems. One of the things you should do is try a different frequency on the access point and see if it has an impact on the problem. Also static addressing should help

RE: Etymotic Earphones - Was: [slim] Re: Microwaveinferenceminimized(finally)

2005-02-24 Thread Jason
I have the EX71s and they are decent. My Shure E2Cs are much better though. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ralph Edington Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2005 2:58 PM To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: RE: Etymotic Earphones -

RE: [slim] Need advice on housing 30K of songs

2005-02-27 Thread Jason
While many folks won't bat an eye at spending $1000 on 70 new CDs or spend $1500 on a new set of speakers, as soon as you start trying to put together a storage solution for them that costs more than a few hundred dollars they start to flip out. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [slim] New Squeezebox?

2005-03-02 Thread Jason
Who died and made you boss? Whoops, I just contributed to the chatty chat chat. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jonas Nordström Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 8:03 AM To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] New

RE: [slim] New Squeezebox?

2005-03-02 Thread Jason
Wouldn't that be an enhancement request? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of dean blackketter Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2005 9:32 AM To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] New Squeezebox? On Mar 2, 2005, at 8:23 AM, Dan

RE: [slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.0a2

2005-03-02 Thread Jason
(ppc-linux 5.6) What OS and perl version are you running? -D -- Fedora Core 2 [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# uname -a Linux jaberwock 2.6.5-1.358 #1 Sat May 8 09:04:50 EDT 2004 i686 i686 i386 GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# perl -v This is perl, v5.8.3 built for

RE: [slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.0a2

2005-03-02 Thread Jason
Subject: [slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.0a2 * Jason shaped the electrons to say... This might be a stupid question, but is there a readme, etc, that explains what all has to be installed to make this work? I'm guessing I will have to load SQL of some flavor and possibly a new Perl

RE: [slim] Using external accesspoint to get g format

2005-03-03 Thread Jason
That's not entirely true. The NIC on the SB is only capable of 10Mb half duplex speeds which are well under what 802.11g is capable of. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dan Goodinson Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 8:16 AM To: Slim

RE: [slim] WRT54G and static IPs

2005-03-03 Thread Jason
). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Cohen Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2005 9:27 AM To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: RE: [slim] WRT54G and static IPs On 3/3/05 at 7:39 am -0700, Jason wrote Static addressing consists

RE: [slim] US Supreme Court

2005-03-03 Thread Jason
I find this interesting, and while I'm not sure where I stand with respect to this case (I don't know enough about it) I don't understand what financial/business interest Slim Devices has in this case. I'm no lawyer and may be a bit dense about these types of things, but it seems as

RE: [slim] More comments on MP3beamer

2005-03-03 Thread Jason
If you read back through the thread you will see that the MP3Beamer creator claims they tried to work with Slim Devices, but Slim was not interested in working with them. Quite understandable if they are working their butts off on Slimserver 6 and new hardware. -Original Message-

RE: [slim] Does anyone have a broken squeezebox?

2005-03-06 Thread Jason
The Squeezebox designers have already indicated that the cable that connects the two can't be more than 10-12 inches long or there will be data loss resulting in corruption of the display information. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: [slim] Squeezebox2

2005-03-09 Thread Jason
Well, I'm glad to see the FREEPONY made it in there Sean. It's also nice to see the addition of the eye-candy this time around. People can scoff if they like, but groovy UV meters bumping out the beat are going to sell more than a few Squeezeboxes to folks who otherwise might be a competitors

RE: [slim] Squeezebox2

2005-03-09 Thread Jason
I have one for ya, email me. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc Sherman Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 8:31 AM To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] Squeezebox2 ron thigpen wrote: The SB1 is still a fantastic

RE: [slim] Slim Devices SB2 disappointment SB for sale.

2005-03-09 Thread Jason
If the two devices are in the same backpack why on earth would you need wireless or want the hassle? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of momerath Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 6:44 PM To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim]

RE: [slim] Squeezebox 1 for sale in Sydney...

2005-03-09 Thread Jason
Wow, seems real expensive. While you might have had to pay through the news to get this SB down to Sydney it's not likely that potential bidders will also want to feel your pain. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tom Sent: Wednesday,

RE: TO SEAN, KDF ETC. - SqueezeNetwork (was: [slim] SB2 and radio streams)

2005-03-10 Thread Jason
I can answer a few of these. 1There are two branches in the software, one for SB1 and another for SB2. So both units should be supported although both units might not have the same features. 2 My SB1 plays Live365 through the SPDIF connection so I'm not sure what you mean. 3 The SB2 has a

RE: TO SEAN, KDF ETC. - SqueezeNetwork (was: [slim] SB2 and radio streams)

2005-03-10 Thread Jason
Isn't this more of a Live365 problem than an SB issue then? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Aaron Zinck Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 8:01 AM To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: Re: TO SEAN,KDF ETC. - SqueezeNetwork (was:

RE: [slim] SlimServer 6.0b1 Problems

2005-03-10 Thread Jason
We heard you the first 4 times. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Neil Cameron Sent: Thursday, March 10, 2005 8:31 AM To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: Re: [slim] SlimServer 6.0b1 Problems Now track 2 has disappeared?!

RE: [slim] RE: Trade-in of recent Squeezebox for Squeezebox2 ?

2005-03-10 Thread Jason
Well, even if Sean had answered you I doubt we would have seen a different personality from you here. You certainly seem very eager to vent your angst towards all things Slim. A glut of Squeezeboxen on eBay? I see four of them up for sale, most of them look like they will be going for well over

RE: [slim] Stream XM Online/Sirius Online?

2005-03-11 Thread Jason
Currently no such animal exists. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 11, 2005 8:29 AM To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: [slim] Stream XM Online/Sirius Online? Hi, I waiting for my

[slim] Sleep timer prob with 6.01b

2005-03-12 Thread Jason
Title: Sleep timer prob with 6.01b Anyone else noticing this behavior with 6.01b. I have observed that when I set the sleep timer the unit just shuts off abruptly. In versions of 5.x the player would gradually fade the volume out before shutting off.

RE: [slim] OGG VORBIS Support in Firmware

2005-03-13 Thread Jason
Transcoding to FLAC requires very little overhead and is lossless, so what is the problem? Ogg support would be nice but it's without a doubt the least used format out there (even apple lossless seems to have more devotees) and slim is providing a totally accepteable solution (transcoding to a

RE: [slim] Mixed SB2 and SB1 environments

2005-03-13 Thread Jason
There is no split server version. There are branches in the code for SB1 and SB2. This is because the hardware in the two devices is completely different and SB2 has completely different display capabilities. Running a mixed environment means that for each SB1 or SB2 the software has different

RE: [slim] Open firmware for SB2?

2005-03-13 Thread Jason
I have run 5.4 on FC2 without a single failure of any kind. Now that I've migrated to 6.01 in preperation for the arrival of my SB2 next month I have had a few problems, most of which have been reported by others. I still think Linux is far more stable a platform for a music server than MS

[slim] Softsqueeze problems in latest nightly

2005-03-13 Thread Jason
Title: Softsqueeze problems in latest nightly I am having some issues with the latest nightly and getting softsqueeze to work. The server installation is the 3-13 nightly on FC2 Linux and I have installed the version of softsqueeze bundled with it. The client is a Windows XP SP2 PC running

RE: [slim] Anyone else having problems with the JavaMP3 PluginonWindows?

2005-03-14 Thread Jason
No, it's NOT just you, I have identical behavior when trying to install this plugin suzie-q -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sue Dixon Sent: Monday, March 14, 2005 9:43 AM To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: RE: [slim] Anyone else

RE: [slim] Controlling power amp

2005-03-14 Thread Jason
You would need a relay on the SB that was activated by the SB powering on/off or via a remote key sequence. None of this is possible via the SB as far as I know. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Moseley Sent: Monday, March 14,

RE: [slim] Tritton NAS and SlimServer SW

2005-03-14 Thread Jason
Title: Tritton NAS and SlimServer SW An instance of Slim Server must be running to drive the Squeezeboxen. The best option for you would be to purchase a very small PC and load it with Linux to run the Slim server. A 1ghz CPU 256MB RAM computer can be had for about $200'ish. From:

RE: [slim] OGG VORBIS Support in Firmware

2005-03-14 Thread Jason
That's kind of the whole point. There are lots of geeks out there who are devotees to format X, Y or Z (Monkey Lossless comes to mind) but it's just not practical for Slim to develop support for another portable format on the server and clients when there is already support for a totally

RE: [slim] OGG VORBIS Support in Firmware

2005-03-15 Thread Jason
I'm not so sure. While a lot of the people doing the coding and such are Linux advocates something like 80% of the downloads for Slim Server are for Windows. I would say most users on this list are aware of Linux and the advantages/drawbacks to using it (I myself run my slimserver on FC2) so

RE: [slim] OGG VORBIS Support in Firmware

2005-03-15 Thread Jason
Do you also find it silly that hardly any portable players even support OGG? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Mike Hunter Sent: Tuesday, March 15, 2005 7:40 AM To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: Re: [slim] OGG VORBIS

RE: [slim] OGG VORBIS Support in Firmware

2005-03-15 Thread Jason
Why on earth would Slim give a damn if Slim server was included in mainline Linux distributions? Do you really think that the inclusion of Slim Server software is going to sell extra Squeezeboxes? Actually there is no reason Slim Server cannot be included in a core distribution as it is, they do

RE: [slim] Slim Devices SB2 disappointment SB for sale.

2005-03-16 Thread Jason
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Karn Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 2:44 AM To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] Slim Devices SB2 disappointment SB for sale. Pat Farrell wrote: The problem with open source

RE: [slim] Slim Devices SB2 disappointment SB for sale.

2005-03-16 Thread Jason
The overwhelming majority of users do not seem to have the problems you have with the server crashing or grinding to a halt. It sounds like it might be worth your time to try Slimserver on another machine. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

RE: [slim] OGG VORBIS Support in Firmware

2005-03-16 Thread Jason
Exactly. Most users probably could not even tell if their Ogg library was being sent as PCM. If they are on a lossy or low bandwidth network they can always install LAME and stream their library as MP3. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf

RE: [slim] OGG VORBIS Support in Firmware

2005-03-16 Thread Jason
So by streaming oggs as lossless, you use more resources and do not gain anything. If all your network/computer do is squeezebox - BFD. But Linux users tend to have a lot more going on, and also often tend to use older computers as headless boxes for things like slimserver - where the

RE: [slim] Why is the SB case so underwhwelming designwise?

2005-03-16 Thread Jason
If you increase the size of the text it is enormous and can easily be seen even 20 feet away. Many users have requested some basic hard buttons on the unit for things like the arrow keys (browsing) power, volume, mute. Hopefully some of those things will make it into a product eventually.

RE: [slim] Why is the SB case so underwhwelming designwise?

2005-03-16 Thread Jason
We already got a Free Pony so I think a KNOB is not gonna happen. But feel free to post an enhancement request. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ben Klaas Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 4:25 PM To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject:

RE: [slim] Slim Devices SB2 disappointment SB for sale.

2005-03-21 Thread Jason
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Karn Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 12:19 AM To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] Slim Devices SB2 disappointment SB for sale. Jason wrote: The overwhelming majority of users do not seem to have the problems you have with the server

RE: [slim] Why is the SB case so underwhwelming designwise?

2005-03-25 Thread Jason
Maybe Slim could hold a design contest for conceptual artist views of a new SB case design? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim McCall Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 7:12 PM To: Slim Devices Subject: Re: [slim] Why is the SB case so

[slim] Softsqueeze desktop icon can't be removed?

2005-03-28 Thread Jason
Title: Softsqueeze desktop icon can't be removed? I have a weird problem with an icon for Softsqueeze that was installed when I loaded Softsqueeze 2.0a11. I have since installed the 6.0 final and Softsqueeze 2.0b2 and cannot delete the shortcut for Softsqueeze 2.0a11. The properties for the

RE: [slim] Anybody else having cpu useage issues with currentSoftsqueeze? (2.0a16)

2005-03-28 Thread Jason
Sounds like your machine might be having some Java problems. My cpu hovers around 6-9% on the JavaW process which I believe is used by Softsqueeze. RAM used is about 70M (which seems like a lot). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of

RE: [slim] Squeezebox2 audiophile question

2005-03-28 Thread Jason
Volume has always been controlled server side, which would mean digitally. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of windguy2 Sent: Monday, March 28, 2005 2:02 PM To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: [slim] Squeezebox2 audiophile question

RE: [slim] SB1 and SB2 Case interchangeable?

2005-03-30 Thread Jason
I hate to be an ass, but did these really have to be sent out as an attachment. It easily could have been loaded to a web server and linked to this message. It just took about 20 minutes to receive this msg. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On

RE: [slim] Squeezebox 2 audio quality.

2005-03-30 Thread Jason
for the quick response. Yes, I already have the SB Audio set up to 'No Limit'. Guess I'll wait for m SB2 to arrive do some comparisons before deciding on who to encode my library. And Jason, don't be so paranoid - I didn't condemn anything. I love the product want to get

RE: [slim] Squeezebox 2 audio quality.

2005-03-31 Thread Jason
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Robin Bowes Sent: Thursday, March 31, 2005 3:01 PM To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject: Re: [slim] Squeezebox 2 audio quality. Jason wrote: but it's almost impossible to believe

RE: [slim] 6.01 eval and performance

2005-04-04 Thread Jason
Yes, I've seen the same problem, shuffling or unshuffling even moderately sized playlists will cause the server to stop responding for 20-40 seconds and in at least one case caused the server to completely die. I have a very robust server and only about 7,000 tracks so shouldn't be seeing this

RE: [slim] Better forum please!

2005-04-04 Thread Jason
Wow, that was about the most unhelpfull comment you possibly could have made. For folks who are only used to using web forums an email list is a very confusing and odd thing to use, especially since the email readers that 90% of folks use does not take the delivered mail and put it into any sort

RE: [slim] New SB2 owner is getting a bit worried

2005-04-05 Thread Jason
Is it also fair to say that the SB2 was tested for weeks if not months with tons of hardware combinations before release? The bottom line is that they take the design of the product very seriously and even if a minor hardware rev is required it is probably not going to effect the bulk of the

RE: [slim] Better forum please!

2005-04-05 Thread Jason
This made me think -- instead of the mailing list versus forum approach, is there a THIRD approach that might be better still? Surely there's some other option out there for sharing knowledge conversationally other than email and forums...? Yes, let's reinvent the wheel. As much as uber

RE: [slim] time out

2005-04-05 Thread Jason
Look Kevin, everyone values your input here, but if you are going to get stressed everytime something gets posted that is OT then I think you're going to get stressed out more often than not. And, no, I'm not telling SD how to run their business, but this constant forums suck comments from the

RE: [slim] time out

2005-04-05 Thread Jason
Sean has spoken and said a forum will soon be available, so looks like we'll all be happy (to some extent). -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kevin O. Lepard Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 4:51 PM To: Slim Devices Discussion

RE: [slim] Way to check SB2 order status?

2005-04-06 Thread Jason
I'm not the Jason you're thinking of. No new additions in my home. Thanks for the kind thoughts though! ;) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Wisneskey Sent: Wednesday, April 06, 2005 8:17 AM To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

[slim] Blue wired SB1 available

2005-04-06 Thread Jason
Title: Blue wired SB1 available I have a really nice looking blue wired SB1 available for anyone interested (it's being replaced with SB2). $150 plus shipping. If no takers by the end of today look for it on eBay. ___ Discuss mailing list

RE: [slim] Slim Devices SB2 disappointment SB for sale.

2005-04-08 Thread Jason
How big is your library? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Phil Karn Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 1:03 AM To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] Slim Devices SB2 disappointment SB for sale. Robin Bowes wrote: Can you

RE: [slim] Announce: New Forums - and email list gateway - PleaseRead!

2005-04-08 Thread Jason
Ditto! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JJ Sent: Friday, April 08, 2005 2:36 PM To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] Announce: New Forums - and email list gateway - PleaseRead! Awesome I'll see you all in HTTP

RE: [slim] Squeezebox 2 audio quality.

2005-03-30 Thread Jason
Wonderful that an audiophile is so quick to condemn the product on a discussion board when he obviously has something hosed in his setup. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vidur Apparao Sent: Wednesday, March 30, 2005 4:26 PM To:

Re: [slim] How many boxes do you have?

2008-10-03 Thread Jason
: How many boxes do you have? - 1 - 2-4 - 6-8 - 8-10 - 10 A SB3 and a Boom for me. -- Jason Jason's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com

[slim] How does SB find a slimserver?

2005-02-17 Thread Jason Temple
Greetings All, I was curious how the SB finds it's slimserver on a local subnet when it's reset. I've got a situation where my router is handing out static leases properly, the SB receives it, but when it searches for a slimserver, it cannot find it and I have to enter it manually.

Re: [slim] How does SB find a slimserver?

2005-02-17 Thread Jason Temple
this machine connects to the slimserver, it sees it as .1 and udpates the SB that way also (as the info-settings menu reflects the SB as being .1 at that point). So is the slimserver re-writing the IP for the SB? Does this make sense to anybody? jas Marc Sherman wrote: Jason Temple wrote

Re: [slim] adding Wireless to Wired SB (kdf question)

2005-02-17 Thread Jason Temple
Nuts...I was afraid of that...well, thanks...kinda wish I didn't give my B AP to a buddy then...sigh jas Aaron Zinck wrote: The Squeezebox is an 802.llb product, however, wireless g and b devices are compatible with one another (thus the claim that the squeezebox works with g networks)--they

[slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.0a1

2005-02-24 Thread Jason Holtzapple
I am wanting to test out the new alpha on a netbsd machine. Which unbundled modules are needed to run the server? I installed a few obvious ones (Class::DBI, DBI, DBD::Sqlite) by looking at DataModel.pm and the CPAN auto directories. But I am still getting this error: [slim]$ perl slimserver.pl

Re: [slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.0a1

2005-02-24 Thread Jason Holtzapple
Dan Sully wrote: * Jason Holtzapple shaped the electrons to say... I am wanting to test out the new alpha on a netbsd machine. Which unbundled modules are needed to run the server? I installed a few obvious ones (Class::DBI, DBI, DBD::Sqlite) by looking at DataModel.pm and the CPAN auto

Re: [slim] 6.0a1 Installation

2005-02-25 Thread Jason Holtzapple
Chris O'Shannassy wrote: Hi; Hopefully this can just be chalked up to my extremely limited knowledge of perl slimserver, but the alpha version of six isn't working for me. I've currently just extracted the files under my home account (don't want to mess with my functioning version) and am

Re: [slim] Best slimserver version to start with?

2005-03-01 Thread Jason Snell
I'd recomment 5.4.0, only because all my attempts to use 5.4.1 have ended with great sadness and many server failures, while 5.4.0 soldiers on -- Jason Snell / Editorial Director, Mac Publishing / [EMAIL PROTECTED] 415-243-3565 / AIM: MW jsnell / www.macworld.com / www.playlistmag.com

Re: [slim] Re: 6.0 Nightly on a Freebsd box

2005-03-08 Thread Jason Holtzapple
tj wrote: Thanks Dan. I have moved it farther along but now find this error: Had to create DBI::_dbistate unexpectedly at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.6/mach/DynaLoader.pm line 253. Use of uninitialized value in subroutine entry at /usr/local/lib/perl5/5.8.6/mach/DynaLoader.pm line 253. I see this

RE: [slim] Slimserver wav flac problem

2005-03-08 Thread Jason Snell
can confirm absolutely and without reservation that there is no Pony. :-) -- Jason Snell / Editorial Director, Mac Publishing / [EMAIL PROTECTED] 415-243-3565 / AIM: MW jsnell / www.macworld.com / www.playlistmag.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss

Re: [slim] 6.0b

2005-03-09 Thread Jason Holtzapple
Ben Cook wrote: Is this just me then? I've also tried clicking play by a genre on the web interface (shuffle is off). Again I get all tracks in the genre played in alphabetical order. This definitely wasn't the case under 5.4. - Original Message - *From:* Ben Cook

Re: [slim] Re: 6.0b1 Browse Artist problem

2005-03-10 Thread Jason Holtzapple
Ben Cook wrote: I'm seeing this too. I see a handful of composers on the SB display, but none in the web interface. I'm running 6.01b. I am running 2005-03-10 (newer than beta) and don't see this issue... Ben. - Original Message - From: Dan Sully [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Slim Devices

Re: [slim] Controlling power amp

2005-03-14 Thread Jason Temple
in the kitchen cabinets... jas Jason wrote: You would need a relay on the SB that was activated by the SB powering on/off or via a remote key sequence. None of this is possible via the SB as far as I know. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill

Re: [slim] How to tag multi-cd flac?

2005-03-15 Thread Jason Voegele
into the flac file. It should be easy to automate this with a little bit of shell scripting. Couldn't you simply: metaflac --set-tag='DISC=2' MyFlacFile.flac ??? -- Jason Voegele There is an essential core at the center of each man and woman that remains unaltered no matter how life's

Re: [slim] Re: gapless playback with mp3 - another shot

2005-03-15 Thread Jason Holtzapple
Is there any particular reason you can't use a CD-length mp3 file + cuesheet? I've been using these since the beginning* to get gapless playback on slimp3 squeezebox. * 2002 ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Re: gapless playback with mp3 - another shot

2005-03-15 Thread Jason Holtzapple
exist on other platforms. On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:00:38 -0700, Jason Holtzapple [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any particular reason you can't use a CD-length mp3 file + cuesheet? I've been using these since the beginning* to get gapless playback on slimp3 squeezebox. * 2002

Re: [slim] How to tag multi-cd flac?

2005-03-16 Thread Jason Voegele
Avi Schwartz said: Jason Voegele wrote: Couldn't you simply: metaflac --set-tag='DISC=2' MyFlacFile.flac You are right, I was confused by the fact that there is no way to edit a tag in place, it needs to be removed and then added. But the syntax is --set-vc-field. There is no --set

Re: [slim] Linux command-line tagging / ripping (flac) software recommendations

2005-03-16 Thread Jason Holtzapple
Michael Haan wrote: Having just gotten my myth tv box running, and relocating my slimserver (now 6.0 - thanks to those who helped) install to it, I'm ready to rip and tag the CDs that have piled-up over the past two months and I'd really like to use a command-line tool to do it. Does anyone

Re: [slim] Portable SB2 Setup

2005-03-17 Thread Jason Snell
, but wouldn't roughing it with an iPod just be easier all around? I mean, in no way would it be _cooler_, but easier. :-) -- Jason Snell / Editorial Director, Mac Publishing / [EMAIL PROTECTED] 415-243-3565 / AIM: MW jsnell / www.macworld.com / www.playlistmag.com

Re: [slim] Using FLAC to replaygain MP3s

2005-03-18 Thread Jason Holtzapple
Andrea Minini wrote: Is it possible, with some specific setting for the slimserver-convert.conf file, to convert MP3s to FLAC, passing the replaygain tag to FLAC, in order to then decode FLAC to WAV with the apply-replaygain-which-is-not-lossless function activated? Take a look at

Re: [slim] abcde usage (with flac)

2005-03-19 Thread Jason Voegele
. I've been pretty heavily researching how to do all this on Debian for quite a while. Pretty soon I'll have a Ruby script that others might be able to use, but right now it's pretty specific to my environment. -- Jason Voegele pgpvUBbIEpD2z.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [slim] Using linux to generate a FLAC file of a complete CD

2005-03-20 Thread Jason Voegele
environment. -- Jason Voegele pgpDYpI2Kp9Lx.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Using linux to generate a FLAC file of a complete CD

2005-03-20 Thread Jason Voegele
That link has some information about how to tag the single FLAC files appropriately. -- Jason Voegele pgp8lXKbUZEw2.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo

[slim] Multi-Disc Sets: DISCNAME Tag?

2005-03-20 Thread Jason Voegele
DISCNAME=Twilight to Starlight Ideally, this would show up on the SqueezeBox Now Playing list something like this: Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness (Disc 1: Dawn to Dusk) Any thoughts? Thanks -- Jason Voegele pgpoXCOF9Wo9S.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [slim] Using linux to generate a FLAC file of a complete CD

2005-03-20 Thread Jason Voegele
in Ruby, but it is not quite ready for distribution. -- Jason Voegele pgpJiV0MR7fF4.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

RE: [slim] Re: Multi-Disc Sets: DISCNAME Tag?

2005-03-21 Thread Jason Voegele
what I was looking for. I think I'll begin encoding using the DISNAME tag and hope that SlimServer someday supports it. Thanks. -- Jason Voegele There is an essential core at the center of each man and woman that remains unaltered no matter how life's externals may be transformed or recombined

[slim] weird home directory creation on Linux

2005-03-24 Thread Jason Diamond
what I did: I extracted the tarball to my home directory which put everything in /home/jason/SlimServer_v6.0b3. I started the daemon and told it where my MP3 files were (/home/jason/mp3) by using the web interface and that's all I did. There's now a directory in my home directory called home

Re: [slim] weird home directory creation on Linux

2005-03-24 Thread Jason Diamond
On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 12:07 -0800, kdf wrote: edit cachedir in the prefs file ~/slimserver.pref or start with slimserver.pl --cachedir /path/to/my_preferred_cachelocation I just looked in my ~/slimserver.pref file and I see this line: cachedir = /home/jason Is that option being combined

Re: [slim] weird home directory creation on Linux

2005-03-24 Thread Jason Diamond
On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 12:23 -0800, kdf wrote: the tempalte creates an absolute tree. Thus if your cachedir is /home/jason, and yoru slimserver files are located in /home/jason/Slimserver_v6.03/HTML, etc then this is what you see. if you had installed slimserver in a /usr/local/slimserver

Re: [slim] Tagging Classical Music

2005-03-25 Thread Jason Voegele
On Wednesday 23 March 2005 01:15 am, Michael Peters wrote: [snip] What would be the proper vorbis comment field to add to contain the additional data? I recommend you read the following. It has very good general tagging recommendations. http://reactor-core.org/ogg-tagging.html -- Jason

Re: [slim] Using linux to generate a FLAC file of a complete CD

2005-03-26 Thread Jason Voegele
. -- Jason Voegele Accept people for what they are -- completely unacceptable. pgpjUgL7KbdgD.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Using linux to generate a FLAC file of a complete CD

2005-03-27 Thread Jason Voegele
with this on several different discs. I have not dug into the source code or anything, so don't just take my word for it. -- Jason Voegele Man's reach must exceed his grasp, for why else the heavens? pgpRyHLGCwrhf.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [slim] Slimserver V6: feature request

2005-03-31 Thread Jason Voegele
see any usefulness in this? Yes, I definitely can see the utility in this. Perhaps you could file an enhancement request at http://bugs.slimdevices.com ? -- Jason Voegele ... eighty years later he could still recall with the young pang of his original joy his falling in love with Ada

Re: [slim] Re: Re: Feature Request: Completely random play

2005-04-01 Thread Jason Voegele
features that might be of some inspiration for SlimServer/SqueezeBox. I've been considering writing an Amarok plugin that would allow it to work like a SoftSqueeze and play my music served by SlimServer. That would be nirvana. :-) -- Jason Voegele There is an essential core at the center of each

Re: [slim] Re: Re: Feature Request: Completely random play

2005-04-01 Thread Jason Voegele
On Friday 01 April 2005 05:09 pm, Marc Sherman wrote: Jason Voegele wrote: I know that Amarok, a music player for KDE, has this feature. I do not know if that is useful to you or not, but thought I'd point it out. Does it? It looks from the FAQ like it only uses Audioscrobbler

Re: [slim] Free pony offer

2005-04-01 Thread Jason Voegele
the discount. -- Jason Voegele Alimony is the high cost of leaving. pgpYJYwhQZXy3.pgp Description: PGP signature ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] 6.01 eval and performance

2005-04-02 Thread Jason Snell
process actually quit, so I had to start it again via the preference pane. 2. Navigating the music folder is still rather slow. Agreed -- especially if you're entering a list with a lot of items, be it artists or tracks. There's a notable delay. -jason -- Jason Snell / Editorial Director, Mac

Re: [slim] metadata musings [was Re: SqueezeBox 2, Slimserver 6 and FLAC question]

2005-04-05 Thread Jason Voegele
the FLACs somehow). Just curious: do you do your ripping on Linux? If so, I'd love to know the toolchain you're using. Specifically, what do you use to get the cuesheet from the CD? Thanks. -- Jason Voegele There is an essential core at the center of each man and woman that remains unaltered no matter

Re: [slim] Re: Rescan / Wipe Cache, where is the cache?

2005-04-10 Thread Jason Voegele
to be consolidated to prevent confusion. I searched bugs.slimdevices.com for any outstanding bugs/enhancement requests relating to this, but couldn't find anything. Therefore, I've shamelessly stolen your e-mail message to create bug #1347: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1347 -- Jason Voegele

Re: [slim] SB2 - It Does The Business!

2005-04-11 Thread Jason Voegele
worked like a charm for me, without a single drop-out after several days of listening for several hours straight. Great job! Thank you. -- Jason Voegele There is an essential core at the center of each man and woman that remains unaltered no matter how life's externals may be transformed or recombined

Re: [slim] Date and Time Screensaver Gone

2005-05-02 Thread Jason Snell
Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss -- Jason Snell: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - AIM/iChat: mw jsnell www.teevee.org - sports.intertext.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http

Re: [slim] Date and Time Screensaver Gone

2005-05-02 Thread Jason Snell
I was able to rectify this by removing my ~/Preferences/Slim Devices folder (this is on OS X Server), at which point the RSS and DateTime screensavers appeared in the pop-up. If anyone at Slim Devices would like to see my preferences file or folder, just ask. -jason Jason Snell wrote: I've

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