Re: [slim] Proposal: more lists

2005-03-04 Thread Simon Still
On Thu, 03 Mar 2005 15:06:15 -0500, Marc Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think a lot of existing traffic on discuss could be avoided if the 6.x release announcements were posted to announce, with reply-to set to the developers list. I think a lot of the requests for 'forums' show that

Re: AlienBBC vs DAB (was Re: [slim] (UK) Powered speakers for SB)

2005-03-13 Thread Simon Still
On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 22:58:39 +, BenRubinstein [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how should I expect the sound quality of Radio 4 through broadband-slimserver-squeezebox to compare with it over DABS? And would you expect reliability to be an issue? That's what concerns me at the moment. DAB is not

Re: [slim] Ordering SB2 in the Uk

2005-03-15 Thread Simon Still
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 13:58:10 + (UTC), Andy Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've ordered mine from Multitask Computing, at 199 including delivery. They have been taking quite a few orders apparently, so it could be mid-April before I get mine they said. It will be interesting to see

Re: [slim] Streaming Freeview Radio Stations To Squeezebox

2005-03-18 Thread Simon Still
On Fri, 18 Mar 2005 18:44:10 -, Jonathan P. Reardon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Freeview) to a Squeezebox? The reason why I ask, is that for a lot of stations I am interested in, the bitrate is significantly higher on DVB than DAB. but you get local radio with DAB - swings and roundabouts.

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

2005-03-27 Thread Simon Still
On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 20:52:38 -0700, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe Slim could hold a design contest for conceptual artist views of a new SB case design? If someone came up with a cool design for a SB case that could be produced at the right price i'm sure SlimD would be interested.

Re: [slim] proper way to synch 3 players

2005-04-01 Thread Simon Still
On Mar 31, 2005 11:44 PM, Phillip Kerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the correct procedure to get them all to play in synch? with V5 i was using the XSync plugin. This gave a plugin item Extended Synchronise which had a subitem Synch all with this as master which does exactly what it says

Re: [slim] Re: Re: Missing Files On ReScan v6

2005-04-01 Thread Simon Still
I'm getting some strangeness here. SlimServer 6 actually shows slightly more tracks than i have in iTunes but with some weirdness going on. I looked up an album this morning (Kia by Blackalicious) and initially Slim only displayed 3 tracks but reported the album as having 18. Searching for the

[slim] Softsqueeze2 bugs?

2005-04-01 Thread Simon Still
Installed via the link in Server 6.0. Using 'primary sound driver', java 1.5 on WinXP. 1) tracks go 'silent' after a few minutes. Skipping to the next track the sound comes back. i think this is only happening to softsqueeze (synched SB1s seemed to be playing to the end of the tracks OK).

Re: [slim] Softsqueeze2 bugs?

2005-04-01 Thread Simon Still
On Apr 1, 2005 1:20 PM, Richard Titmuss [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Simon Still wrote: Strangely the spectrum analyzer was still showing that there was sound. I think you'll find an error in the Softsqueeze console (last tab of the preferences window). Could you post that for me. I'll look

[slim] MusicMagic integration

2005-04-01 Thread Simon Still
is advertised but not exactly made simple. - i cant find any instructions anywhere. Theres a download link to predixis on http://www.slimdevices.com/pi_features.html and a link to the third party plugins page here http://www.slimdevices.com/dev_third_party.html. However, that 3rd party page has

Re: [slim] now playing showing what just played last

2005-04-02 Thread Simon Still
On Apr 1, 2005 8:32 PM, Phillip Kerman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Weird thing with 6.0.0--not sure how I got into this state... but with a SB1 and SB2 both wireless they're both displaying the last song played. Not just for a second or two... but while playing track 3 it shows track 2. Web

[slim] more 6.0 issues - synch issues. Volume 'resets' with each track.

2005-04-02 Thread Simon Still
I'm synching 2 SB1's and ss2. I've definitely got it set on all players NOT to synch volume but each time the track changes i'm getting the volume on the SB1 i'm listening to reset to 16. I turn it up to say 25 via the remote and the next track change takes it back to 16.

[slim] 6.0 problem - playlist stops frequently at track boundaries

2005-04-02 Thread Simon Still
Apologies for filling the list with individual issues but i figure they're easier to keep on topic. I'm getting frequent 'stops' using 6.0 whether on SS2 or SB1s. Tracks will play for a while and then the playlist will stop and i'll need to hit pause to restart. It always happens at a track

[slim] Musicmagic 'create' icon does not appear in search results - enhancement request

2005-04-02 Thread Simon Still
Right, MM is working well and delivering the goods but theres place in SlimServer i dont seem to be able to start a mix from. If i browse to The Box Tops I can create a mix from either the Atist, Album or Track as i drill down. However, if i search for the letter through the search function it

Re: [slim] now playing showing what just played last

2005-04-04 Thread Simon Still
On Apr 2, 2005 3:08 PM, Neil Cameron [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Me too. -- Neil I'm now not sure i'm getting this with the standard 'now playing' screensaver after all but i'm defininitely getting erratic behaiviour from musicinfo.scr despite having upgraded to the version for 6.0 i'll try

Re: [slim] Fishbone Home button problem

2005-04-06 Thread Simon Still
On Apr 5, 2005 11:01 PM, Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MusicMagic works fine from all other views that I tried other than New Music. Does MM now work in Fishbone? I've got a 6.01 nightly from a couple of days ago and there's no support that i can see. What

Re: [slim] Squeezebox 2 display problem

2005-04-06 Thread Simon Still
On Apr 6, 2005 1:00 PM, Richie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2. There were a few pixels (about 3 or 4) towards the left side of the diplay that were flickering. The display was showing the date/time at the time. My wired SB2 arrived last night. I noticed this second trait as well but didnt have

Re: [slim] Screensaver delay time in seconds

2005-04-07 Thread Simon Still
On Apr 7, 2005 10:32 AM, Patrick Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What should the Screensaver delay time in seconds in Player Settings do? time for the screensaver to cut in when playing (you might not have noticed if it's set to 'now playing'). ___

Re: [slim] Fishbone Home button problem

2005-04-07 Thread Simon Still
On Apr 6, 2005 9:45 AM, Steve [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes. Near as I can tell, MusicMagic works in Fishbone, EN, Default and Handheld. I am using ver. 6.01 (05-Apr-2005 nightly). then i'm still missing something - how do i start a musicmagic mix from fishbone? i've installed the 6.01 alpha

Re: [slim] Re: Mis-match song playing and web-interface

2005-04-10 Thread Simon Still
On Apr 10, 2005 12:33 AM, Charles Stanton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vidur - I cant't reproduce it. It appears random. I tried playing the same playlist again to see if it would recurr - it did not. Not sure what else I could do to reproduce it. It was easy eneough to 'reset': if I stop

Re: [slim] Re: Daytime screensaver wierdness on SB2

2005-04-11 Thread Simon Still
On Apr 11, 2005 12:19 AM, rephlex [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Running 6.0.1 with Firmware 9. I saw this over the weekend as well (running 6.01) so it looks like the bug is still there somewhere. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] Re: ALBUM in caps bug resurfaced

2005-04-12 Thread Simon Still
On Apr 12, 2005 10:36 PM, superbad [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That sounds like it might be related to bug 1318 (http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1318). I'm not seeing duplicated albums, only artists, but it's definitely something new with 6.0.x and iTunes. that sounds like it. The

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

2005-04-14 Thread Simon Still
The other comment about smart playlists is solved by the musicmagic plugin. . On the Windows platform, I have a nice way to have it start up a service, so like the slimserver it is completely transparent to the user. I'm really impressed with MusicMagic so far - it's getting me listening to a

[slim] Live search in 6.0 - why isn't it the default in Fishbone?

2005-04-16 Thread Simon Still
The Live search is working really well - a huge improvement. However, why isn't it the default on the web interface - it would make sense for the search box at the top in fishbone to directly access live search rather than 'songs' ___ Discuss mailing

[slim] MusicMagic and 6.02 - not working?

2005-05-04 Thread Simon Still
I'm trying to enable musicmagic in 6.02. I'm was never sure how it worked in 6.01 (a lot of fiddling with server settings was needed IIRC). Now in 6.02 when i try to enable the plugin the checkbox unchecks when i hit change (ie, checkbox unchecked, check it, hit change to 'save' - checkbox is

Re: [slim] MusicMagic and 6.02 - not working?

2005-05-04 Thread Simon Still
On 5/4/05, kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) you need a paid version of musicmagic, or at least an active trial key. yes 2) you need to enable the API service from musicmagic in the options section. yes (or at least it was before - i had it working under 6.01) 3) ideally musicmagic should be

Re: [slim] MusicMagic and 6.02 - not working?

2005-05-05 Thread Simon Still
On 5/4/05, kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Musicmagic is supposed to remember the state of the API. However if it crashes for some reason, then it seems to get reset. I've had to check on it a few times myself. There may be other things that cause it to turn off, but I haven't isolated

Re: [slim] Re: sorting (ignoring the and case insensitivity)

2005-05-16 Thread Simon Still
On 5/16/05, JJZolx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been pretty careful tagging files (as you're pretty much forced to, given the unforgiving nature of SlimServer's cataloging), so I was unaware of the case sensitivity issue. I find it hard to believe that it was implemented like this on

Re: [slim] Mute button?

2005-07-03 Thread Simon Still
On 7/3/05, rds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm aware that Stop functionality can be invoked by pressing and holding the Pause key, but this is not discoverable (i.e. not without reading the documentation, anyway). I just bought a SqueezeBox2 for my dad and this is one of the usability issues

Re: [slim] Re: Can Now Playing be replaced?

2005-07-19 Thread Simon Still
Really good isn't it - it should be standard with the next release. On 7/19/05, Cutestory [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great! This is exactly what I was looking for! Why isn't this included in the standard distribution? It's strictly necessary (to me). Now, if the Squeezebox would support

Re: [slim] New SB2 (UK) - Does This seem used to you?

2005-07-22 Thread Simon Still
No, that sounds used to me. I've had 4 SB's delivered in total and they've all had the batteries sealed and out of the remote. The last one (or maybe both 2's) didn't have the coloured outer but i'm pretty sure they were both taped shut. On 7/22/05, Dick Sternum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Am

[slim] 6.1.1 crashes after about 30 seconds

2005-07-24 Thread Simon Still
I found this happened with 6.1 so reverted to 6. I thought i'd try again with 6.1.1 but no luck. Trying to use softsqueeze on the host machine. lost contact message appears after about 30 seconds. WinXP, Firefox. What else do i need to report? ___

Re: [slim] 6.1.1 crashes after about 30 seconds

2005-07-24 Thread Simon Still
. On 7/24/05, kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting Simon Still [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I found this happened with 6.1 so reverted to 6. I thought i'd try again with 6.1.1 but no luck. Trying to use softsqueeze on the host machine. lost contact message appears after about 30 seconds

[slim] Musicinfo.scr broken on 6.1.1

2005-07-24 Thread Simon Still
Seems to cause the server to crash when it cuts in: Can't locate object method animating via package Slim::Player::Squeezebox2 at C:/Program Files/SlimServer/server/Plugins/MusicInfoSCR.pm line 470. and Slim::Player::SoftSqueeze at C:/Program Files/SlimServer/server/Plugins/MusicInfoSCR.pm line

Re: [slim] Musicinfo.scr broken on 6.1.1

2005-07-24 Thread Simon Still
done, thanks for the quick response ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] iTunes playlists

2005-07-24 Thread Simon Still
How do iTunes playlists work and how do i get them to appear in Slimserver? I used to get the 'standard' itunes playlists appear but when i add new ones they don't show up in slimserver, even after a rescan. I found some m3u files with odd names in the itunes folder and tried deleting them.

Re: [slim] MoodLogic couple of questions...

2005-07-29 Thread Simon Still
On 7/29/05, Dan Goodinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Right - so I installed ML, and got the plugin working. All seems pretty cool (using the 15-day free trial). Couple of things. I'm using Fishbone skin, and I can see the M icon next to various genres. I click on the M and I get the option

[slim] Remote control of Softsqueeze/integration with media centre

2005-07-29 Thread Simon Still
My slimserver runs on a WinXP machine in the kitchen which also has a Nebula DigiTV card in it. At the moment this machine just runs vanilla XP pro but i'm thinking of putting a media centre front end on it and getting a remote control of some kind. So, - does anyone else do this? - how does

Re: [slim] Re: FPC Cable for Display

2005-08-02 Thread Simon Still
On 8/2/05, CardinalFang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, this one from an Italian manufacturer. http://www.hifi2000.it/media/frontale1U10.jpg What sort of price does it come in at and how have you specced cutouts etc? ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Skins - many don't seem to work.

2005-08-03 Thread Simon Still
maybe i've got a lot of crap sitting around from installing various versions but i have a =[fishbone(2)] skin and various others such as [moser(2)] which don't work properly. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com

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

2005-08-20 Thread Simon Still
On 8/18/05, ron thigpen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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've had a lot of this sort of problem. As suggested, try ripping with a

Re: [slim] REQ: Better Stock IC

2005-09-10 Thread Simon Still
On 9/10/05, bjackson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think it would be great if the SB2 shipped with a better qualityinterconnect seeing as how the rest of the equipment is of such high quality. The trend actually seems to have become to ship with nothing - since there are 3 methods of connecting the

[slim] using an SB2 as a wireless bridge - how to switch on.

2005-09-11 Thread Simon Still
I can't work out how to switch on bridging. i know the option came up when i first installed the SB2 but i can't get it to ask me again. I've looked at the manual and it says 'at the end of setup it will ask you if you want to switch on bridging' but holding down the power key to reset and going

Re: [slim] Re: Anyone tried making there own Cat5 Speaker Cable?

2005-09-12 Thread Simon Still
On 9/11/05, Pat Farrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There does seem to be a lot of snake oil.But a serious stereo can sound wonderful. Indeed, but there are some diminishing returns on investment. I've read there is little difference in components between mid-range and top end stuff and that as you

Re: [slim] Re: using an SB2 as a wireless bridge - how to switch on.

2005-09-12 Thread Simon Still
On 9/12/05, seanadams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Also you need to use a crossover cable or to run it though a auto-detecting switch. A bit excessive but it's only a temporary arrangement to keep tivo connected to the net whilst the living room, office and spare bedroom are all out of commission due

Re: [slim] Re: Skins - many don't seem to work.

2005-09-12 Thread Simon Still
On 8/4/05, Patrick Dixon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think maybe you need to do a clean install! Ok, to resurrect this old thread. I've done a clean install and deleted all the directories within the slimserver directory. I'm still having a problem with the icons for 'play' and 'add' not appearing

Re: [slim] new musicmagic 1.1.6

2005-09-23 Thread Simon Still
On 9/21/05, maxman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi,has anyone tried the new musicmagic already to see if it's stillcompatible with slimserver? seems to be working fine. One question, not directly connected to the new version. When i create a mix in mmm i select a seed track and hit the new mix

Re: [slim] Re: SB2 as bridge - with Tivo?

2005-09-30 Thread Simon Still
On 9/30/05, street_samurai [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I'm using my SB2 as a bridge for my Tivo right now and it works great. The key is to get a cross-over network cable to connect to the twodevices. Otherwise, no workie. My Tivo is a series 1 with a cachecard - if connecting directly to the

Re: [slim] Re: squeezebox 2 still available?

2005-10-25 Thread Simon Still
I'm sure there will be people around willing to trade. There are no moving parts in a SB so it's not like they're likely to 'wear out'. I've two SB2 and personlly really like the new look. I'd be happy to swap one out with sombody. ___ Discuss mailing

Re: [slim] Re: Music Magic or Mood Logic?

2006-03-14 Thread Simon Still
I'm glad i didn't pay for a lifetime sub - the lack of information on that site is wonderful, not least the failure of the redirect ot even work properly.On 3/14/06, MeSue [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Siduhe Wrote: Chris, Am I right in thinking that if you are a premium user of MusicMagic, you can't

Re: [slim] Re: Music Magic or Mood Logic?

2006-03-14 Thread Simon Still
On 3/14/06, Siduhe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Agree with Ez that MM is a fab product when combined with SS though.Has really opened up my Music Library. It is a great product - i just went and mixed something. However, the interface is poor and it needs to run as a service in Windows.

[slim] WPA-PSK bug on SB2?

2006-03-17 Thread Simon Still
A bit of an odd one - i don't know if it's a bug or not. I set up WPA-PSK on my Netgear router with a 12 digit numerical key. This worked fine on my XP laptop and on the Nokia 770 but my SB2 will not play ball - it gets as far as DHPC but takes a bizarre IP address on a completely different subnet

Re: [slim] Re: WPA-PSK bug on SB2?

2006-03-17 Thread Simon Still
On 3/17/06, JJZolx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I didn't know about the numeric entry thing, but is there a reason whyyou're using such a weak WPA key?Twelve characters would be trivial to crack.http://www.kurtm.net/wpa-pskgen/but some one would still have to want to and i've nothing worth hacking.

Re: [slim] Powered speakers for clean (wife-friendly) setup

2006-03-19 Thread Simon Still
On 3/18/06, rpalarea [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Does anyone have any success with powered speakers? I was looking at the Bose Companion 3 on eBay. Looks like you could use the heaphonesout jack from the SB to the control pod mini jack input.Cheesy...wonder how much quality it will loose with mini

Re: [slim] Re: Powered speakers for clean (wife-friendly) setup

2006-03-19 Thread Simon Still
On 3/19/06, donkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I was thinking of using an SB3 with the new Apple Hifi speaker systemeither through the digital or analog inputs. ___Discuss mailing listDiscuss@lists.slimdevices.com

Re: [slim] SB power usage and automatic power switch

2006-04-01 Thread Simon Still
I ran a power meter on mine and it read 7watts whether on or off. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] Running MusicIP as a service on WinXP

2006-04-08 Thread Simon Still
I've posted on the MusicIP forum as well but figure i might get a quicker answer here - i want to run music ip as a service with slimserver and cant find any instructions on how to do so. Can anyone point me in the right direction? ___ Discuss mailing

Re: [slim] Re: Running MusicIP as a service on WinXP

2006-04-08 Thread Simon Still
On 4/8/06, Siduhe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think things have moved on with the latest version of MMM/MusicIP.I found this page linked from the slim wiki on getting it running as a service on linux: http://music.predixis.com/6_develop_http.htmlthat page doesn't seem to be linked from anywhere on

Re: [slim] Re: NETGEAR model DG834PN WPA-PSK connection problem with Squeezebox 3

2006-05-04 Thread Simon Still
---Simple Network Key: 12345678that might be your problem - i found i needed an alpha character in the string to get it to work. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Re: Article in todays Guardian newspaper article championing Sonos

2006-05-13 Thread Simon Still
On 5/12/06, Michael Herger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And that's where MS seems to be a much stronger player than Palm :-/.though having just switched to a WM2005 device as a Palm3/3e/V/T/T3 user usability and responsiveness of the latest PPC devices is still way behind my older palms. Whilst the

[slim] MusicIP questions

2006-05-20 Thread Simon Still
1) my 1 year premium sub to musicmagicmixer expired - am i right in thinking all necessary functionality for slimserver is now free?2) i'm running it as a service (using the music ip method rather than 'apptoservice'). It seems to work well but isn't picking up new music. I've run the app, saved

Re: [slim] Re: MusicIP questions

2006-05-20 Thread Simon Still
It seems to be analysing it (it picked up 200 odd new songs and analysed them when i ran the application) but they're not showing up as mm in slimserver. I can still make mixes in either slim or the application as well. On 5/20/06, gutted [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think you still need to purchase

Re: [slim] Re: MusicIP questions

2006-05-20 Thread Simon Still
I suppose i'm still not really clear what library information is being used. I don't know where MusicIP stores its library and i don't know where slimserver picks up its data from when i hit 'scan'.I notice that neither use itunes nor 'don't use itunes' is selected. Is it possible to use itunes

Re: [slim] Re: MusicIP questions

2006-05-21 Thread Simon Still
I seem to have it all working now but i'm not entirely sure how. Part of the confusion arose from me starting with a musicmagic mixer 12month licence, moving to musicIP and then having the licence expire. ___ discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Re: Mac Mini - the SB Killer

2006-06-13 Thread Simon Still
On 6/12/06, tyler_durden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Regarding the nightmare that it is to set up wireless networking with the SB as evidenced by the posts here, I think it is safe to say thatthe majority of people don't experience any problems and those who posthere are having some difficulty beyond

Re: [slim] Live365 Rant

2006-06-15 Thread Simon Still
On 6/10/06, Philip Meyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just for the record, I absolutely detest Apple iPod and iTunes.It's just not designed for Windows properly.The user interface in iTunes is horrible.I hate the fact that all music is in one massive spreadsheet display, rather than structured and

Re: [slim] Worth upgrading?

2006-06-15 Thread Simon Still
On 6/15/06, Pascal Herczog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Been thinking for a while that I'm way behind on Slimserver releases, but it all currently works beautifully (or rather, I'm used to it) so obviously a strong reason not to change. However, are there good enough reasons to change to e.g.

Re: [slim] Re: What handheld to use as a remote?

2006-06-21 Thread Simon Still
I use my 770 as a network player connected to some powered speakers. It works fine but you don't get the control that you do with a squeezebox (hit pause and it plays out the buffer for example) but it does give you a bit of extra value out of it. I've got a Jamin as well but i've not managed to

Re: [slim] Re: SB3 runs warm, even when it is idle?

2006-07-03 Thread Simon Still
I thought the target for TV's on standby was now 1watt. I know squeezebox isn't a huge power consumer but it's still too much - moving from a situation where i have a CD player in each room that consumes nothing when i'm not using it to a squeezebox in each room (say 4? 5? of them) i'm upping my

Re: [slim] Re: SB3 runs warm, even when it is idle?

2006-07-04 Thread Simon Still
I think the point here is the move to increasing numbers of devices that consume power when we're not 'using' them. 5 years ago if i wasn't listening to music my hifi power consumption was nil. Now i'm running a P4 pc (seems to run at 70w constant) plus a couple of SB's at 5w each. They're not

Re: [slim] Re: Nokia 770 OS 2006 Available for Download

2006-07-10 Thread Simon Still
My experience is that the 2006 OS is a huge improvement, though part of that may have been me enabling some swap memory on the card. Certainly the web browser seems more responsive and will now handle eBay (which crashed it in the past). No issues i've found yet.

Re: [slim] Re: Feature request and discussion: Flash/Ajax/... for UI

2006-07-10 Thread Simon Still
On 7/10/06, oreillymj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:How about setting http://slimserverip:9000/handheld as the homepage on your pda?Or just add to the browsers bookmarks.Indeed, my Nokia 770 has the icon bookmark on the desktop as a Squeezebox image that launches the handheld skin (i'm running 6.3).

Re: [slim] Re: Let's here some suggestions for SlimServer 7

2006-11-23 Thread Simon Still
On 11/17/06, Aragorn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I believe that before going for new features, it would be more important to: 1) Finishing the specification (the new Wiki SlimServerSpecification is a good start) 2) Establish a set of standard test 3) Run the tests and fix the bug 4) Create a

Re: [slim] MusicIP / MusicMagic and 6.5

2006-12-02 Thread Simon Still
On 12/2/06, markmun99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I can't seem to get MusicIP to work with 6.5. Slimserver sees the MusicIP - but I don't get the mixes. I tried reverting to 6.3 and it KDF's advice to me was: Make sure you have the latest nightly. Also make sure that you check

Re: [slim] Re: Apple TV Competition?

2007-01-20 Thread Simon Still
On 1/20/07, CardinalFang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the iPod Vn2 is reckoned to be the best sounding (I still have mine, although battery life is short). I'm never sure about iPod version numbers - i've got a 10gb with the touch scrollwheel. Assuming that the mechanical scrollwheel is v1 then

Re: [slim] Re: Nokia 770 OS 2006 Available for Download

2006-07-14 Thread Simon Still
On 7/12/06, vikmurthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:The only very slight issue that I've encountered is that it takes the device a bit longer to find and connect to a WiFi signal.Has anyoneelse encountered this?I've had a bit of strangeness - particularly where it would connect to stuff on my network

Re: [slim] Re: New Slim Devices Product? The Transporter per 6moons.com??

2006-07-25 Thread Simon Still
Congratulations - this isn't for me (theres no way I could drop that much on a player) but it's a supurb product. With the stable, fast, Slimserver (lets hope) that is promised by 6.5 this will redefine the market. I've never been a great fan of the industrial design of the squeezebox in either

Re: [slim] Itunes Question

2006-07-25 Thread Simon Still
google for itms drm free. If you're determined to buy and download music from ITMS you can do it without the DRM ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Re: Will There Be a SB4?

2006-07-26 Thread Simon Still
It's interesting all the variations that are possible. I'm sure a lot of us are runnign at least one of our SB's into a surround amp and probably using the optical out on the SB and using the amp's DA converter.Built in amp? don't understand that one. As it is you can use a set of powered speakers

Re: [slim] Experience with powerline ethernet?

2006-08-04 Thread Simon Still
A couple of friends are using it and are very pleased - one put a pair in to link his router (which sits near his SB2) to the server PC which was just far enough away that closing a door broke the wireless link.They both said they were the easiest bits of IT kit they'd ever used - plug in, connect

[slim] Latest softsqueeze stops after a while

2006-08-06 Thread Simon Still
I installed the latest release of 6.3 (not a nightly) and the accompanying softsqueeze. After a while softsqueeze stops playing and has to be closed and restarted. Is anyone else seeing this behaiviour? ___ discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Universal Remote with MusicIP

2006-08-15 Thread Simon Still
On 8/15/06, opchiasm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:When I press and hold the Play button on the MX800, it seems like the remote just sends individual Play commands. I created a new button onthe 800 and learned the SB2 remote's Play button, with the buttondepressed. That doesn't work. It acts just like

[slim] Music IP 1.7 - compatibility issue?

2006-09-17 Thread Simon Still
i installed 1.7 of Music IP yesterday, analyzed a few new albums, closed it, cleared the Slimserver cache and set it to rescan. Slimserver now won't start - i've tried reinstalling it but the problem is the same - slimserver shows as 'starting' in the system tray but doesnt get any further. Anyone

Re: [slim] Music IP 1.7 - compatibility issue?

2006-09-17 Thread Simon Still
On 9/17/06, Michael Herger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i installed 1.7 of Music IP yesterday, analyzed a few new albums,closed it, cleared the Slimserver cache and set it to rescan.Slimserver now won't start - i've tried reinstalling it but the problem is the same - slimserver shows as 'starting'

[slim] Compilations in 6.5.0

2006-09-21 Thread Simon Still
Browse by album and i get an entry for each artist on a the compilation album. there is an option to 'group compilations together' but it still generates an entry for each artist. How do i play a compilation album now? Bug?Overall impressions of 6.5 are good though - using fishbone the general

[slim] Re: Compilations in 6.5.0

2006-09-30 Thread Simon Still
stil no reply to this -is there a bugor american i doing something wrong On 9/21/06, Simon Still [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Browse by album and i get an entry for each artist on a the compilation album. there is an option to 'group compilations together' but it still generates an entry for each

Re: [slim] Re: Still having MusicMagic Problems

2006-10-05 Thread Simon Still
Musicmagic is not working for me either - hitting the mm icons in the webinterface generates an empty list. I'll try to find time to look into it. ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Re: Transporter vs ??

2006-10-15 Thread Simon Still
Weighs more than 8KGnever mind the sound quality, feel the weight. I remember taking apart a set of dj gramdecks a few years back (having wondered why they were so heavy when made of plastic) and finding a gert big metal plate in the bottom. Maybe that's what the squeezebox is missing - a lead

Re: [slim] Re: Still having MusicMagic Problems

2006-10-16 Thread Simon Still
When i create a mix slimserver throws up the message MusicMagic Mix Note: SlimServer is still scanning your music library, so some items may not appear in this area yet.Running from the command line slimserver detects musicmagic:musicip mixer when it looks for the API then displays

Re: [slim] Re: Still having MusicMagic Problems

2006-10-17 Thread Simon Still
On 10/16/06, kdf [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Make sure you have the latest nightly.Also make sure that you checkPlugins/MusicMagic/HTML and delete anything but the EN folder.Thenclear the caches.-k___ I didn't install the nightly (i'm trying to keep to a

Re: [slim] Re: Logitech to acquire Slim Devices!

2006-10-19 Thread Simon Still
I think this is good news - what Slim needed to progress to mass market was more RD investment, access to mainstream, global, distribution and cheaper manufacturing costs to get the end product price down.All of that should come with Logitech. They're one of the high end aftermarket peripheral

[slim] Nokia 770 charging cradle?

2006-10-20 Thread Simon Still
Getting away from the Logitech Slim discussion for a moment it's worth remembering some of the advantages of the Slim solution. Finally with 6.5 I'm using the Nokia 770 with the 770 skin and it makes a great remote for Slimserver. It is really good - sure a scroll wheel and some buttons would be a

Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic causing errors during slimserver scan

2006-10-21 Thread Simon Still
On 10/20/06, Michael Herger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm always amazed by the mixes I get, speculating about the criteria usedto do the mixes. A few days ago I created a 50 song mix based on aninstrumental song by Air. During the first hour I only had two or three songs with lyrics in them.Good

Re: [slim] Re: MusicMagic causing errors during slimserver scan

2006-10-21 Thread Simon Still
On 10/21/06, Simon Still [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Good advice on backing up the library file - I managed to lose mine when i rolled back to an ealier version. It's worth looking at the tag fixer as well. It suggested 1200 odd changes of which i accepted about 700. It picked up a lot of mispelt

Re: [slim] Re: Three MusicMagic Questions

2006-10-23 Thread Simon Still
On 10/23/06, dip [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I click on Send to Windows Media Player is opened and an error message appears that it cannot play the song (sometimes it says themedia format is unvalid, sometimes the track is corrupted). I found noway to change the send to button to send the songs

[slim] 6.5.1 - XP, Shortcuts from desktop, menu, quicklaunch don't seem to work

2007-03-10 Thread Simon Still
Is this a bug or is it just me? the desktop and quicklaunch icons don't seem to launch slimserver since i've upgraded to 6.5.1 ___ discuss mailing list discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

[slim] NAS recommendations/Mac Mini

2007-03-28 Thread Simon Still
My server PC has died so i'm thinking of taking a different approach - a mac mini in the kitchen (with EyeTV) as a media hub and an NAS to give me properly resilient storage. Any recommendations or advice? I've not owned or used a mac regularly for many years. Also, which NAS should I look at

Re: [slim] search on NAS-based slimserver

2007-03-29 Thread Simon Still
On 3/29/07, sander [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only solution is to move it the actual SlimServer to another box or buy some theoretically faster NAS in the future. That's answered my queries about a NAS for slimserver. back to the drawing board.

Re: [slim] NAS recommendations/Mac Mini

2007-03-29 Thread Simon Still
thanks = i'd not really clocked the multitude of forums. On 3/28/07, Mark Lanctot [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: May want to check the 3rd Party Hardware subforum at http://forums.slimdevices.com/forumdisplay.php?f=18 -- Mark Lanctot

[slim] 6.2.1 and Musicmagic

2005-11-19 Thread Simon Still
I've just done a clean install of 6.2.1 to WinXP, checked that mm is running with it's API. Closed everything and restarted. Slimserver seems to be picking up that mm is there but i can't see any mm icons in the web interface to let me create a mm mix. What have i forgotten?

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