Re: [slim] MP3beamer Questions and Answers

2005-02-28 Thread ron thigpen
Jeffrey Gordon wrote: Anyone else notice this is the same guy who brought us Lindows. Which he is now repackaging as Linspire, and because he cannot seem to sell a free OS, he is now trying to sell other free software. See the thing with OSS is that if you are going to repackage it and sell

Re: [slim] (a bit OT) firewall in the router (was Squeezebox2)

2005-03-09 Thread ron thigpen
Ken Hokugo wrote: Dean or anyone, Would the firewall feature in these routers (wireless or wired) be good enough so that I can get rid of Zonealarm Pro which contributes 10 to 15% more of CPU usage when playing Slimserver? If I could get rid of the sw based firewall, that would be great. the

Re: [slim] Help - hummmm

2005-03-30 Thread ron thigpen
Robert Boltman wrote: Thanks for any suggestions - sorry for the long windedness. it sounds like you've already successfully debugged the problem. from your description of the problem, it sounds like the SB P/S is generating or passing some noise that is making it's way into the analog outs.

Re: [slim] Apple lossless vs Flac

2005-03-30 Thread ron thigpen
Chris Glushko wrote: But, what if you have a very large music collection and use an iPod where you interchange tracks often? This would mean that for every new track you want on your ipod, you'll have to go to your flac library, decompress the file, import it into iTunes, tag it in iTunes,

Re: [slim] Help - hummmm

2005-03-30 Thread ron thigpen
Robert Boltman wrote: Although a particular different p/s helped, two others I tried didn't and the one that was successful was under-rated. I guess I could try and find some more. If it's passing it through what sort of filter would you suggest - I've seen various products but I wondered if many

Re: [slim] Help! How to delete SSID?

2005-04-01 Thread ron thigpen
Christian Pernegger wrote: I can type over the letters, sure, but I can't seem to find a way to delete them. Since my SSID is shorter than theirs I have no way of entering the correct string. The = button just moves the cursor. What am I missing? (sb2+bridge for now...) Not sure how to get

Re: [slim] Announce: New Forums - and email list gateway - Please Read!

2005-04-08 Thread ron thigpen
Dan Sully wrote: We'll be tweaking the forums as needed. Please let us know if you have any questions. Looks like there is a bug in the vBulletin setup. Registration images are not being generated, but are required, effectively blocking registration. Fatal error: Call to undefined function:

Re: [slim] Announce: New Forums - and email list gateway - Please Read!

2005-04-08 Thread ron thigpen
Dan Sully wrote: New Web Forums are up at http://forums.slimdevices.com/ - using vBulletin. The discuss list is now split up into the following forums, and their corresponding mail lists: Dan, would it make sense to set up a Test forum? Might be nice to have a place to test out the

Re: [slim] Re: Announce: New Forums - and email list gateway - Please Read!

2005-04-08 Thread ron thigpen
Dan Sully wrote: Yes - we can do that. There's been a test email list since at least two years ago. :) Cool, thanks. Oh, one more question: Will the gmane NNTP integration continue? --rt ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Re: The New Crack - Phillips RC9800i

2005-04-13 Thread ron thigpen
Jonas Karlsson wrote: This link might be of interest. http://perlupnp.sourceforge.net/ heh. did you notice who the admin/developer is on this one? see: http://sourceforge.net/projects/perlupnp --rt ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Sonos Doesn't Have to be a Threat

2005-04-13 Thread ron thigpen
jgallardo wrote: The long-term solution is clear: make your product the easiest one to use, and aggressively market yourself as the such. Whether SlimDevices can produce a remote that competes with Sonos' quickly enough remains to be seen, but to the victor will the spoils go. dude:

Re: [slim] TelCanto (was Sonos Doesn't Have to be a Threat)

2005-04-15 Thread ron thigpen
Jeff Coffler wrote: Just FYI: I've uploaded some screenshots for my SlimServerMod project (AMX NetLinx automation system interface to the Squeezebox). If you click here: http://sourceforge.net/project/screenshots.php?group_id=62827ssid=10665 looks nice. for those of us unfamiliar with this

Re: [slim] Re: Just getting started...

2005-04-19 Thread ron thigpen
CavesOfTQLT wrote: Can someone point me to a good 'copy that CD into flac' site or just to indicate the steps/instructions I need to do this using EAC or other software. from the FLAC FAQ: http://flac.sourceforge.net/faq.html#tools__eac_and_flac How do I set up EAC to rip directly to FLAC? See

Re: [slim] Unable to play FLAC files, related somehow to service?

2005-04-27 Thread ron thigpen
Jim wrote: I can play FLAC files on my SB1 if I run the Slimserver under my administrator account (not as a service). You've checked the permissions on the FLAC files, have you checked permissions on the decoder? --rt ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Re: Unable to play FLAC files, related somehow to service?

2005-04-27 Thread ron thigpen
Jim wrote: *I've checked the Effective Permissions for the flac.exe* and SYSTEM has full control, SYSTEM also has full control of all FLAC files and all programs in the Slimserver folder. sorry about that, scanned too quickly. next up: are the FLAC files on a local drive? SYSTEM only has

Re: [slim] Download entire directory from Slimserver?

2005-05-06 Thread ron thigpen
Michael Herger wrote: This isn't something a web server can do. They only serve one file at a time. Nonsense. Or, at the very least, imprecise. Webservers _can_ deal with multiple concurrent connections and requests. ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Download entire directory from Slimserver?

2005-05-06 Thread ron thigpen
Roy Owen wrote: Wouldn't this constitute unauthorized copying/distribution? it could, but not necessarily. only if you assume that someone other than the operator of the SlimServer has rights to the information in the files, or that the copying wasn't within the terms of Fair Use (assuming US

Re: [slim] Re: Slightly OT: Small Amplifier recommendations

2005-05-10 Thread ron thigpen
lostboy wrote: Total cost - AMP3 £23 inc postage, PSU £15 (could be upgraded), Basic Case HW - say £15, about 6 hours effort for first assembly (will get lots faster), and very tired hands from winding toroids. I think this is brilliant deal for the quality, but the little TEACs do look much

Re: [slim] Re: Play for Sure songs

2005-05-19 Thread ron thigpen
Steve Baumgarten wrote: I'm fairly certain that if such an app were developed it could then be given away for free, i.e., no restrictions, even though the Total Recorder SDK itself is commercial software. a good first step might be to confirm that their redistribution licensing is indeed

Re: [slim] Multiple servers

2005-05-19 Thread ron thigpen
Howard wrote: We have two seperate music collections and don't particularly want to mix the two [...] I think what you are really pining for is the ability of SlimServer to recognize different users and allow them to build a profile that would allow for a per-user customization of library

Re: [slim] Re: Play for Sure songs

2005-05-19 Thread ron thigpen
Steve Baumgarten wrote: [...] you could still write the app and make it available, subject to people then purchasing TR themselves so they have the necessary DLLs on their system. If that were the case, I assume people would still be thrilled with the solution: a one-time $11.95 cost that allows

Re: [slim] Sync players - different bit rates

2005-05-19 Thread ron thigpen
kdf wrote: Quoting GregD [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Any way round this? not really. that's how sync works. It finds the lowest common format and bitrate, in order to be able to match the timing of the streams. this gets me thinking about the recent request to be able to use a number of SBs scattered

Re: [slim] Re: Sync players - different bit rates

2005-05-19 Thread ron thigpen
GregD wrote: this wouldn't solve GregD's issue, but it would address the central SB control issue. Actually I think this would work for me - if I understand it. then it sounds like it may be time for you to check out ShadowPlay ;) --rt ___ Discuss

Re: [slim] Re: Nokia 770 Internet Appliance as Slimserver Controller

2005-05-26 Thread ron thigpen
hunta wrote: An interesting concept - exactly what I'd go for. But my feeling is it's going to have to be cheaper than $350 to compete seriously in the market place I don't know, this is pretty close to something I've been looking for: a travelling mini-tablet/sub-laptop/super-PDA. Perfect

Re: [slim] Re: Nokia 770 Internet Appliance as Slimserver Controller

2005-05-26 Thread ron thigpen
Victor Brilon wrote: It *does* have Bluetooth :) Not sure which profiles it supports though. I'll try to found out soon. whoops. need to read more before posting... would love to see the profile support. this device is looking better and better. the underlying OS and AppDev tools are here

Re: [slim] Duplicate albums titles from tags

2005-05-26 Thread ron thigpen
jwgraves wrote: Here's the problem. When 'browsing artists' a number of albums that are not by that artist appear in the list. It seems like the SQL that populates this display should be constraining by both Album _and_ Artist. --rt ___

Re: [slim] Re: Duplicate albums titles from tags

2005-05-26 Thread ron thigpen
i wrote too quickly. to be more precise, i should have said: the SQL that populates this display should be constraining by an ID unique to this album cdfreak wrote: But if you constrain by both album and artist, you'll have 10-15 of each compilation cd, and some soundtracks. In this case,

Re: [slim] Re: Duplicate albums titles from tags

2005-05-26 Thread ron thigpen
Pat Farrell wrote: I haven't looked at the source recently, that is what the developers list is about, but it sure had it when I last looked. if true, that's good news. any idea on how the value is set? (happy to move the thread if this gets annoying...) a key based on uniqueness of

Re: [slim] Re: Duplicate albums titles from tags

2005-05-26 Thread ron thigpen
Pat Farrell wrote: It is not about the name or title. And it is not associated with the specific track/song all info concerning CDDB ID acknowledged. fit w/ what i know about it. i'm not sure the CDDB ID is the best SS-AlbumID candidate, but i do think the approach has merit. problems

Re: [slim] Re: Wireless AP - Network problems

2005-06-06 Thread ron thigpen
Funes wrote: Thanks. I built a little reflector antenna and it does seem to have made a difference. Cool. Glad that helped. Did you build one just for the SB, or did you do both ends? Might see even more gain with two. --rt ___ Discuss

Re: [slim] Re: Launching MusicMagic at startup

2005-06-09 Thread ron thigpen
Charles Stanton wrote: If anyone want the instructions in another format, like pdf or rtf, email me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Charles, Tou might consider posting this to the wiki http://wiki.slimdevices.com/. It would likely be more accessible there, and could be community edited. --rt

Re: [slim] Possible to play songs directly from connected iPod?

2005-06-10 Thread ron thigpen
Craig, James (IT) wrote: Possibly in 5.4 but not in 6.0 I just tried it, and playing the track adds it to the database. Makes sense because all SlimServer's work is done via the database now. Just wondering whether or not this is really much of an issue. Once the iPod goes home with it's

Re: [slim] Re: SB2 playback freezes

2005-06-23 Thread ron thigpen
kefa wrote: Has anyone else experienced similar problems? Are there any recommendations to boost wifi performance other than moving the tx and rx closer together? Two strategies: 1) Increase the link bandwidth -deal with channels, interference etc. -use antenna reflector (see link) -use

Re: [slim] New copy protection and Squeezebox

2005-06-23 Thread ron thigpen
Jeff52 wrote: What a mess this all is. What does everyone else think? absolutely vote with your wallet. when that fails you and something you must have comes out on one of these labels, then educate yourself. not so convoluted after all: http://www.cs.princeton.edu/~jhalderm/cd3/ You

Re: [slim] Re: New copy protection and Squeezebox

2005-06-23 Thread ron thigpen
Jeff52 wrote: According to the link to Sunncom in my original post, the shift key Princeton student workaround, disable autorun workaround does NOT work with the new protection. Sorry, I didn't see that information in the Sunncomm page. The Register page says something to that effect, but

Re: [slim] Re: Many missing songs

2005-07-08 Thread ron thigpen
brinko99 wrote: JJZolx Wrote: Whether it's expected would have to be answered by the developers. Is scanning halted whenever a circular reference is detected? Seems like it should recover more gracefully. I don't know if the scanning is actually haulted. I only really know that that no

Re: [slim] no digital output for internet radio

2005-07-12 Thread ron thigpen
Greg Klanderman wrote: I don't think there's a way to have it only invoke the resampling if the sample rate is not 44.1k or 48k, which is what you want. AFAIK, that's correct. The resampling pass through Lame could be limited by player and media type, but not sampling rate of the media

Re: [slim] Re: Announce: SlimServer 6.1b2 and SqueezeNetwork Beta

2005-07-13 Thread ron thigpen
kdf wrote: The use iTunes option should appear when/if an iTunes xml library has been found.One thing you can do is go into server settings, plugins. disable itunes, click change, enable itunes. This sometimes helps, since it forces the server to check again. could this maybe be the

Re: [slim] bigger antenna improvements?

2005-07-15 Thread ron thigpen
dijon wrote: my wireless SB1 is 2 floors away from base station and usually has a signal strength of about 20-22% - does anyone know how much of an increase i would get if i replaced its antenna with a high gain one? i've been getting dropouts, slimserver disconnects etc.. can't say exactly

Re: [slim] bigger antenna improvements?

2005-07-15 Thread ron thigpen
dean blackketter wrote: The thing that solved my coverage problems at home was a Belkin Pre-N router. Dean, Does the Pre-N multi-antenna, directionality gain magic also function for 802.11b connections, or is it just a G thing? Not disputing, just curious. --rt

Re: [slim] Is rescan from remote possible?

2005-07-27 Thread ron thigpen
Michael Herger wrote: As long as you don't touch the music collection using a computer you won't have to scan it?!? Podcasting. --rt ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Re: Is there any software version that will actually work for me?

2005-07-28 Thread ron thigpen
Justme wrote: If I bought a TV where some things worked only 20% of the time, it would be a scandle. Did you ever do any television viewing in the 1940s? Interference, vertical hold, tuner drift, having to hold odd poses while adusting the aerial; all were commonplace. Until this device

Re: [slim] Re: The SB2 appears to have some serious flaws!

2005-08-01 Thread ron thigpen
MeSue wrote: dean Wrote: One issue with new users is that they often press and hold without knowing it. it's not just new users. i experience this fairly often, mostly due to inconsistent UI responsiveness on the SB2. Example: i push a button once, nothing happens. (this may be due to

Re: [slim] Digital radio stream - Magic London

2005-08-02 Thread ron thigpen
Craig, James (IT) wrote: Seems like the URL should be http://earth.radica.com/magic32kbit?MSWMExt=.asf SlimServer may prefer this URL: http://earth.radica.com/magic32kbit?MSWMExt=.wmv Same stream, minus the pesky ASF wrapper. --rt ___ Discuss

Re: [slim] Re: Simplest SB2 setup

2005-08-02 Thread ron thigpen
max.spicer wrote: This is something of a frequently asked question on these forums. Do a search for small speakers and you'll probably find an awful lot of info. though bathroom use makes for a slightly different requirement. moisture resistance could be important. you might want to lean

Re: [slim] Digital radio stream - Magic London

2005-08-02 Thread ron thigpen
Craig, James (IT) wrote: I was thinking, why can't SlimServer chase the links itself? If it opens a stream and it's not music, look for an web address and open that. Keep going until you find some music or run out of links... believe this is being baked in. not sure of status. if that ASF

Re: [slim] Re: Totally confused about iTunes with SlimServer

2005-08-03 Thread ron thigpen
radish wrote: Of course you could always go for a portable player which isn't as restricted as the ipod and plays open formats like FLAC out of the box. yep. and for my next h/w rev i'll be looking at exactly that. of course other features (in-car integration, photo pod, etc.) might prove

[slim] Podcast PlugIn {was} Totally confused about iTunes with SlimServer

2005-08-03 Thread ron thigpen
kdf wrote: Slimserver also includes a podcast browser, which you can point to your favourite broadcasts. I haven't messed around with this but am a bit unclear on how this works. Please correct what's wrong in the following: The SS/SB Podcast Plugin: Allows management of Favorite Podcast

Re: [slim] Podcast PlugIn {was} Totally confused about iTunes with SlimServer

2005-08-03 Thread ron thigpen
kdf wrote: Quoting ron thigpen [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Downloads a local copy of the RSS enclosure (audio file) well, not being a podcast listener, I'm not 100% certain. However, I believe all are right except the above. The enclosures are certainly cached, but I'm not sure what the extent

Re: [slim] Feature Request: Web interface for Sony PSP

2005-08-04 Thread ron thigpen
Ben Sandee wrote: On 8/4/05, ron thigpen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Most, if not all, modern handhelds will do both orientations. I would expect the handheld skin would work fine in either orientation with even the worst handheld web browser -- it certainly did on my pocketpc. true

Re: [slim] Re: How much demand for an audio rack sized Squeezebox?

2005-08-05 Thread ron thigpen
+1 as well. SB2 + builtin amp/speakers + battery/AC power. bonus points for including some sort of removable flash media that could hold data for use when you're away from the home Net. would be similar to cassette or CD boombox, just with different media. options for loading inserted card

Re: [slim] Re: sony PSP as remote

2005-08-05 Thread ron thigpen
radish wrote: Everyone's waiting for the 770but you can buy a PSP today :) The PSP is cool, but it's also a closed platform. Typical Sony. Their business model relies on selling software (movies and games) for the device, which means they'll probably never open it up. Which is cool if

Re: [slim] Re: Security consequences of opening port 9000

2005-08-05 Thread ron thigpen
chris wrote: This leads interesting results, and shows you what may happen: http://www.google.com/search?q=intitle%3A%22welcome.to.squeezebox%22+ Just taking the step of setting up an SS password will avoid this effect. And if you're going to expose via HTTP, you should also take the step of

Re: [slim] Re: sony PSP as remote

2005-08-05 Thread ron thigpen
radish wrote: I wouldn't suggest anyone buy a PSP just as a slimserver remote, but if you already have/want one for playing games/movies, it's nice to know it has other uses - no? absolutely. the PSP appears to be fine at what it does, and the recent updates will add value. as i don't care

Re: [slim] Re: How much demand for an audio rack sized Squeezebox?

2005-08-05 Thread ron thigpen
superbad wrote: I'd buy one of those. In fact, I've been considering building an enclosure with powered speakers and a Squeezebox. Any ideas on how to incorporate a card reader as well? That's a great idea. I guess you'd need some kind of super stripped down server in there? yeah, that would

Re: [slim] Mount SB2 upside down - rotate display text

2005-08-09 Thread ron thigpen
gonk wrote: Ideas, anyone? -Open SB2 case -Remove and rotate display -Reinsert -Close SB2 case --rt ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Re: Multiple Profiles?

2005-08-11 Thread ron thigpen
JJZolx wrote: But the idea of multiple libraries is something that wouldn't have to depend on user profiles. It might be a browse level above Browse Music. true, it doesn't have to depend on user profile, but it helps. some of the user issues that were driving the requests for multiple

Re: [slim] Re: Multiple Profiles?

2005-08-11 Thread ron thigpen
kdf wrote: The server does already make use of the HOME environment for users in some OSes. If the server were tweaked a bit to allow it to easily run as multiple servers, the user profile slimply becomes a matter of running the server under a different user, with associated prefs, library, db,

Re: [slim] Re: D-Link DI-624 wireless router connection problem

2005-08-15 Thread ron thigpen
I am successfully connecting using WPA-PSK two SB2s to a DI-624 (hardware rev.C) running firmware 2.50. --rt gharris999 wrote: I managed to get WPA-PSK working with my DI-624, SB2 and slimserver box. ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Re: Squeezebox skips end of track

2005-08-18 Thread ron thigpen
Nick McGrogan wrote: Does this imply that re-ripping the offending tracks might solve the problem? (Something that I probably should've tried before but didn't...) i'd say it's worth a shot. if successful it would isolate the issue and give you a workaround. try alternate software to rip

Re: [slim] Re: Praise for 'Random Play' Plug-in

2005-08-18 Thread ron thigpen
dip wrote: It would be great if in the settings of the random plugin all genres would be shown, each having a checkbox for inclusion in the random list or not. (apologies if the below describes something much like what is already implemented, i don't use Shuffle/Random very often and don't

Re: [slim] Re: Praise for 'Random Play' Plug-in

2005-08-18 Thread ron thigpen
Robin Bowes wrote: What's the difference between Random Play and Play with shuffle turned on? i think it's in how you access it. shuffle/random are the same concepts, no? it's all in how you make the function available. this scheme would give direct access to either standard or random

Re: [slim] Re: Praise for 'Random Play' Plug-in

2005-08-18 Thread ron thigpen
Craig, James (IT) wrote: No, the difference is that 'play with shuffle' applies to the whole playlist already created 'random play' creates a playlist chosen randomly from all tracks available The key difference being that if you only want to listen to 30 minutes of truly random music you

Re: [slim] Re: Praise for 'Random Play' Plug-in

2005-08-18 Thread ron thigpen
kdf wrote: In track mode, after playing one track, it is dropped from the playlist and a new random track is added to the end. In Artist/Album mode, when the last song is playing, a new random artist/album is added to the end of the playlist. This way, the load is very short. ah. so the

Re: [slim] Re: Squeezebox skips end of track

2005-08-22 Thread ron thigpen
Nick McGrogan wrote: Sure enough, on a sample size of one (!) re-ripping has sorted the problem out, even using the same iTunes software with the same settings. That gives me a work-around at least... In addition to finding a work around, you've also isolated the data that triggers the bug.

Re: [slim] Maxtor drive

2005-08-31 Thread ron thigpen
SlimChances wrote: Not sure if this will work with Slimdevice or not but here is a story on the new Maxtor drive( http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/31/AR2005083100260.html Internet radio is already available without a local server running. Look into the

Re: [slim] my most wanted features...

2005-09-01 Thread ron thigpen
water wrote: - google suggest-ish search feature. are you asking for this in the player or web user interfaces? - cover image wildcard, make it possible to have slimserver display any image in a folder as the cover image if theres only one image in there... seems sensible - an interface

Re: [slim] Re: how many clients for my slimserver ?

2005-09-07 Thread ron thigpen
MrC wrote: True. And putting some low-profiles tires on a Hyundai seating 5 people with luggage might make it eek out another 1 MPH top speed. Maybe not the best analogy. Try this: Taking two thousand pounds of bricks out of the trunk of said Hyundai. That would speed it up. Only to

Re: [slim] Re: Okay, maybe it's time to call it a day...

2005-09-21 Thread ron thigpen
Music Machine wrote: Have to agree about the Belkin curse. Also if you ordered a d-link just smash it when you get it. Don't wait to go crazy first and then smash it. i'm using a d-link product that has been stable and fast for many months. granted they've had their share of problems with

Re: [slim] Re: SlimServer not picking up all songs

2005-09-21 Thread ron thigpen
nicheplayer wrote: I haven't looked lately, but you'd think there'd be a way to save those iTunes playlists in a place where the slimserver could get to them even if you aren't using iTunes to organize your slim directory. seems like an opportunity to write a useful utility. call it something

Re: [slim] Podcast basics?

2005-09-28 Thread ron thigpen
Justme wrote: Sorry about all this, but I am a bit confused about podcasting on the Squeezebox. Here's a reference to a thread where some of this was discussed: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=15515 Includes some ideas for handling other modes of how SS works with podcasts.

Re: [slim] Re: Why 'download' link in songinfo?

2005-11-03 Thread ron thigpen
JJZolx wrote: I'm fairly certain that permitting other people to listen to your collection over the Internet is already a violation of copyright law. It's not just a matter of allowing others to copy that material. Not neccessarily true. (IANAL) This could more likely fall under regs (in

Re: [slim] iTunes tip

2005-11-03 Thread ron thigpen
Craig, James (IT) wrote: Yes, I do mention this in the readme file that comes with the plugin - but it seems no-one ever READS it! Maybe I should just force a change to the rescan interval if it's set to the default... Yeah, and then document this change in the ReadMe! --rt

Re: [slim] Re: Nokia 770

2005-11-10 Thread ron thigpen
Richie wrote: I've taken a few photos, which can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks. Do these shots show the original font sizes, or the larger sizes after the tweak? ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] scaling a slimserver to 40+ squeezeboxes

2005-11-11 Thread ron thigpen
bglad wrote: do you know anyone who has run 40 squeezeboxes on one server? synch'd, unsynch'd or mixed? ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Re: scaling a slimserver to 40+ squeezeboxes

2005-11-11 Thread ron thigpen
Jeff Coffler wrote: As others have said, NAS that's anything remotely affordable is slower than local drives. So I'd just use rsync to syncronize the data between systems. Thus, if you add something or change something on a master system, it would just get copied over to the others at night

Re: [slim] Re: Reducing Music Quality to Alternate Directory for Portable Music Player

2005-11-14 Thread ron thigpen
Also, the FooBar2000 player has an excellent and highly configurable bulk conversion feature. Depending on the size of your library, you might want to perform the conversion in batches. --rt ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Re: SOme flacs won't play, why looking so hard for lame.exe?

2005-11-14 Thread ron thigpen
dwc wrote: http://www.sonic.net/dcarwin/images/corrupt-db.JPG Track info not written to db. This is induced by browsing to folder before scanning the folder (i.e before doing a db rescan). It looks like maybe the Browse Music Folder autoscan isn't getting far enough along before you hit

[slim] XUL Goodness Forthcoming

2005-11-15 Thread ron thigpen
looks like the Slim Community has a new member: http://blog.vlad1.com/archives/2005/11/14/77/ Vlad's a Mozilla hacker and his post mentions that he's already thinking about XUL-CLI. Yip! --rt ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Re: Powered speaker hum

2005-11-16 Thread ron thigpen
Deaf Cat wrote: Would you believe I wrapped it in tin foil and the humm lessened, That hum probably wasn't from a grounding issue, it was probably RFI (Radio Frequency Interference). An unshielded cable can act as an antenna of sorts and pick up all sorts of stuff. The foil acted as a

[slim] Ripserver

2008-03-06 Thread Ron Thigpen
Hadn't seen it posted, so here goes: http://www.ripfactory.com/ripserver.html Nice form factor, good combination of functions, costs too much, says it runs 'Slim', but how does it perform? Anyway, interesting featureset that some have been suggesting. --rt

Re: [slim] Is there any way to run Pandora through SlimServer?

2006-03-07 Thread ron thigpen
Sync Play of Pandora Enhancement Request: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3114 --rt ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] SB2 + ssh-tunnel

2006-03-08 Thread ron thigpen
elo wrote: Why?: Vacation. I'm not allowed to bring a laptop on vacation. Answer: Nokia 770 + SSH client + SS 770 skin + streaming media player. and you might want to bring along one of those travel sized wireless APs. --rt ___ Discuss mailing

Re: [slim] Re: SB3 crashed on wireless network

2006-03-08 Thread ron thigpen
cjhabs wrote: Forcing your new router to use 802.11b will fix that - not what you want to hear. Alternatively, you might add/change the laptop wireless card to something that supports g connections. ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] How do YOU backup your music?

2006-03-16 Thread ron thigpen
dangerous_dom wrote: So what software people here use and would recommend for me? What OS are you running? For Linux, look into rsync. For Windows look into robocopy. Either can be scripted and scripts scheduled. --rt ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Re: How do YOU backup your music?

2006-03-16 Thread ron thigpen
dangerous_dom wrote: Can robocopy do multiple root folders at once, or can it only do one folder and it sub folders? i've only used it for one root and it's subs per command line invocation. a simple batch file will let you do multi. Also, say i deleted a file(s) or folder(s) from the

Re: [slim] Re: How do YOU backup your music?

2006-03-16 Thread ron thigpen
Kyle wrote: Is robocopy part of Windows XP or does it require a separate install? robocopy is part of a windows resource kit. google it and pull the installer and docs from the microsoft site. It seems that robocopy and xxcopy are similar. Let's say I've got an updated music folder on

Re: [slim] Re: How do YOU backup your music?

2006-03-16 Thread ron thigpen
dangerous_dom wrote: I notice a few GUI's are around for it, but the ones i have seen only do single folders. Any worth bothering with? not if you can read simple docs and save text files with a .bat extension. One other thing, i take it that robocopy only copies new/changed files, right?

Re: [slim] Re: itunes alternatives

2006-03-17 Thread ron thigpen
radish wrote: FOr general music management the obvious candidates are Winamp, Foobar2000 and J River Media Center. I'm not sure which of those will work with an iPod. Foobar has iPod plugins. Or you may choose to pick what you will for library management, playback, etc. and something else

Re: [slim] Re: Wireless Zero Configuration (windows users)

2006-03-21 Thread ron thigpen
Mark Lanctot wrote: My concern if we put this in the wiki is that we don't want to be encouraging newbies to do this as it's asking for trouble. Then that's exactly what the wiki entry should state. 1) Don't do this. 2) When you do this and it doesn't work very well, try this: ... 3) See 1

Re: [slim] Re: If you store lyrics in your tags

2006-03-30 Thread ron thigpen
kbeast wrote: That is the major downfall to that plugin that it doesn't utilize timestamps-- that would be sweet. and a resounding chorus of Patches Welcome!!! echoed throughout the hills and valleys of that great land... ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Re: What's a good backup utility?

2006-03-30 Thread ron thigpen
bernt wrote: On Windows XP use robocopy and Schedule. robocopy D:\path C:\path /MIR works for me. Better yet, schedule this: robocopy D:\srcpath E:\destpath /E /B This will copy over any new or modified files to your backup but _not_ delete any files/dirs that are in the destpath but not

Re: [slim] CNET network media player list

2006-03-30 Thread ron thigpen
Peter wrote: I do like the looks of the Soundbridge Radio. ;) But it is but vapor so far. Nice how the Buy Now button links to the page with the Shipping Soon message. Soon Now --rt ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Re: MP3Gain Problem

2006-03-30 Thread ron thigpen
Mark Lanctot wrote: I'm wondering if it's the new foobar 0.9. It definitely didn't work in 0.8.3. Hmmm. I've tagged my whole library for RG with Foobar both FLAC and MP3. I'm using 0.9 now, but most of that was done with 0.8.3. AFAICT, the SlimServer has always picked up on the tags

Re: [slim] Re: MP3Gain Problem

2006-03-31 Thread ron thigpen
ron thigpen wrote: Mark Lanctot wrote: I'm wondering if it's the new foobar 0.9. It definitely didn't work in 0.8.3. Hmmm. I've tagged my whole library for RG with Foobar both FLAC and MP3. I'm using 0.9 now, but most of that was done with 0.8.3. AFAICT, the SlimServer has always

Re: [slim] Re: MP3Gain Problem

2006-03-31 Thread ron thigpen
Mark Lanctot wrote: Don't think it really matters anyway - 0.9 is the new version. 0.8.3 isn't available for download, not through the regular website anyway. Yeah, I've been running v0.9 for about a week now. And it looks like some of the MP3+ID3v2.4.0 files that I'd tagged since upgrading

Re: [slim] Re: Anyway to use WPA with SB 1.0?

2006-04-14 Thread ron thigpen
JJZolx wrote: Instead of being forced to buy an SB3, you could also get a second wireless router and run WEP on it and connect it to your home network. Alternatively, you could get a WPA-capable WLAN-to-Ethernet adapter and use the SB1's ethernet port.

Re: [slim] Ready NAS NV vs. Terastation Pro vs. Terastation vs. ??? (Storage Solution)

2006-04-17 Thread ron thigpen
I've had a good experience with the ReadyNAS NV. Gives good performance over GigE. Setup was straightforward. Good feature set. I did have some networking issues on first setup, but it turned out to be a problem with my router handling the 'burstiness' of the NAS traffic. Solution

Re: [slim] Re: MLB.com gameday audio on a SqueezeBox?

2006-04-17 Thread ron thigpen
I voted for this as well. Radio (audio) is the best way to enjoy baseball. This would be a fantastic enhancement, and a sure way to sell some Squeezeboxes to baseball fans. --rt ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Re: MLB.com gameday audio on a SqueezeBox?

2006-04-17 Thread ron thigpen
Any idea what the streaming technology is this year? They've used Real in the past, but I thought I'd read where they'd signed a new deal. Can't recall who the provider was, or what formats the streams would be in. That would make a big difference in LOE for the SN.

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