power down the SBC, and it comes back fine --
including album art -- after I pick it up from the charging cradle or
wake it up after it has gone to sleep. I'm sure that powering down is
not necessary, nor is it the way it was designed. Something else must
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skipped straight from 7.0 to 7.2. If you haven't tried doing a factory
reset of the SBC, you might also try that. For that, power it off, then
hold down the + when powering it back up.
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Are you pressing any other buttons on the SBC after play? I just tried
doing what you described, and at the end of the track I picked up the
SBC and was right where I left off the menu. Pressing the back button
took me step-by-step back up the directory tree.
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sure that Tag Rename is showing you *all* of the
tags, or for that matter, just make sure that you delete any id3v1 tags.
I don't know how you do that in TagRename, but it's easy in mp3tag.
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. Restart SC after deleting the
the fontcache file.
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I've also found that if I pause a track playing from my Rhapsody library
it will un-pause itself. This has been happening since June or so with
7.2 betas.
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I'll have a lamb kebab, a craft-brewed IPA, and my SBs, thank you very
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actually the surprise was associated with the release of 7.2, and yes,
that surprise was the Boom. What, you wanted a pony or something? ;o)
if you're thinking about activation of the SBC headphone jack, that has
been pushed back. Maybe 7.3, but I'm not betting my paycheck on it.
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I don't have experience with having iTunes manage my library, but
usually SC has an artwork cache with the rest of the database cache.
Deleting that cache would be the first thing I would try. Note that I'm
talking about SC's cache here, not your browser's cache.
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of it. In fact a 'search for USB on Sonos'
(http://sonos.com/Search/Default.aspx?search=usb) turns up nothing.
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venting, then at least you advertised it as such in the first sentence
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is depends mostly on what OS you're running. In the SC web ui, go to
Settings Status and near the bottom it will tell you where your cache
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response, use the remote or the SB Controller instead of the web ui.
The remote is not great for building playlists, but it is much more the
natural interface for SB than the web ui.
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a server tells it.
Exactly where were you thinking of running the plugin if your computer
were off?
There is an enhancement request (see
http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1956) along the lines you
suggest -- vote for it if you want it.
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supporting UPnP via SqueezeNetwork. But it's
not implemented yet.
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. It won't install anything on your
machine, but you'll see that it isn't really 'scary' at all.
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. it seems that you do indeed
care what happens inside the box. Why else would you be so opposed to
something you've apparently never tried?
Like Skunk says, you don't need to be a geek to use linux. You like MS
Windows, so fine, use it. But you don't need to bash what you don't
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ui is the only sensible way. Is it because your
SBC is slow to open long playlists? Otherwise it's only a few button
presses, especially if you scroll backwards in your playlist (Home -
Home - center - scroll UP 1 or 2 places to get to Clear Playlist -
center - confirm).
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. Of course, one person's clutter is another person's
vital info
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The netbook will be the more versatile device, but the SBC will be
better for controlling your SB(s). The purpose-designed SqueezeOS
interface on the Controller is just a lot faster than the web
interface, even on a fairly powerful notebook.
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wirelessly from my laptop to my NAS.
Good luck! If you don't get it sorted out, homeplug networking is worth
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was coming straight from the tags of the playing track.
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the web interface. Does the controller cache artwork, or does it need
to fetch as you are navigating ?
Yes, the SBC does cache artwork.
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. But then you want to make sure that you
use something other than mod time in your backup system (you do have a
backup of your music library, don't you?). If you're on Windows then
the archive bit should suffice for flagging files that need to be
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names...
Rename the directory, but leave the tag with the correct title and
you'll be fine for indexing and browsing via anything *except* Browse
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the ...Something to Be directory manually or with a ripper?
Or did you rip on one OS (eg, Windows) and then move it to your Linux
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See photos here (have to scroll past the SBC photos at the top)
http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/sbduet.html
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job -- that's Slimdevices job.
I hope you feel better after the venting, but if you want SD/Logi to do
something about it you need to give some specifics. Obviously they are
working on 7.2.1 and 7.3 -- which bugs (see bugs.slimdevices.com) are
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Howard Passman;344917 Wrote:
Anyway, all of those SB's you have and you don't want to part with one
:-)
Nope, not even to a fellow Marylander ;o) . I rather like the VFD
screens. Sorry!
Agreed it would be nice if they sold extra cradles.
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be... question.
Enjoy the SD logo on your SB3 and if you need more, go to a Transporter
or the secondary market for SB Classics. Expect to pay more for an
SD-branded SliMP3/SB/SB1/SB2/SB3 because they're in limited supply, and
because they look so much better to some people ;o)
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haven't tried to stream all 6 at once yet,
but I have sometimes had problems with sync'ing FLAC on 3-4 boxes with
Dynamic Playlists, but I strongly suspect the problem there is the
anemic NAS hardware and not bandwidth.
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andyg;346840 Wrote:
The official word from Last.fm is that we don't need to enforce a skip
limit. I've removed this so you should be able to skip as much as you
like now. :)
That. Is. Great. THANKS!
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mmg_fan;182430 Wrote:
what about us poor mac users:(
If your music is in FLAC format you can use Robin Bowes' excellent
apply_replaygain.pl tool. It's a perl script, so it will work just fine
on a Mac. You should be able to find it from www.robinbowes.com, or
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- Weather, Date and Time
298 albums
3848 songs (mostly FLAC, with about 200 MP3 tracks)
177 artists
Running on Buffalo 'Gigabit' Linkstation HD-HG250LAN
128MB RAM
266MHz PowerPC processor
1 wired SB2
1 wireless SB2 (connected wired)
1 wireless SB3
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that home users not suffer any down time in the inevitable-though-rare
event of a disk crash? Granted, office situations are a different
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and/or something peculiar to
slimserver on Windows?
Anyway, I'll give it a shot sometime in the next few days and report
back. As well as a report on the scan time when the NAS runs slimserver
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`time'? And no, I don't mean the DOS command that tells you what time
it is, but one that tells you how long it takes to execute a given
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--prefsfile=/etc/slimserver.pref --priority=0 --wipe --d_server)
And for comparison, running on the LinkStation itself (running Debian,
128MB RAM and 266MHz PPC): 36:03
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2007-03-02 12:03:08.4935 SlimServer OSDetect init...
2007-03-02 12:15:56.3895 SlimServer scanner cleaning up.
FWIW, Ubuntu's `time' command reported that as 12m51.089s for 'real'
time, so reading off the debug output only cuts a few seconds from the
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translation layer going on there. And I agree that it would be
interesting to if the difference is larger or smaller with bigger
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musical tastes, of course) I'd be happy to test
whether the difference in scanning times is linear ;o)
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When off: Weather/date/time or none (blank)
When playing: MusicInfo
When stopped: Now playing
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value your
time at all, don't consider your original CDs as your backup. RAID isn't
the same as backup, and when it comes to a home music server, I think a
backup is a lot more important than RAID.
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a similar capacity USB drive. I don't know how long the
payback will be on the electric bill, but I'm feeling a little greener.
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, they have since come out with several newer models.
Synology also makes some very capable and slimserver-friendly NASs.
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See the Beginner's Guide at wiki.slimdevices.com -- lots of good advice
there. Personally I like mp3tag for tag management. It's very powerful,
pretty easy to use, and free.
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Are you already running 6.5.x? If so, the upgrade to 6.5.2 should be
straightforward. If you're still back in 6.3 or earlier, you may need
to do some work to get MySQL installed. Search in the 3rd Party
Hardware forums for some pointers. If you still need help, that's a
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You can get all current and past versions of slimserver at
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again (or somewhere close to square one), see Marc Field's site
http://fieldnetworks.com/slim/linkstation.html.
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PCs, Macs or NAS (Network
Attached Storage) devices on your home network, as well as music
services and Internet radio stations and even CD or MP3 players
connected to a ZonePlayer.
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donglobal;192556 Wrote:
Aubuti what i mean by it does more is you can directly connect a pair of
speakers to the Sonos unit and it can connect a NAs storage device or
Netstorage device to the unit without it being a NAS and still access
the files.
What is a Netstorage device that isn't a NAS
donglobal;192840 Wrote:
Aubuti, let me explain my setup it might throw some light on what I am
trying to do. I have a wireless router, I connect my computer and the
external storage device (NASS) to it, both wired. I wanted to run the
slimserver on the NAS thereby eliminating the need
, but I've never tested it outside an
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Ubuntu did, with a library of around 4000
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, especially at the consumer-grade end of the NAS
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room for the new SB3s, and (2) not taking advantage of
the $100-off-when-you-buy-two-SB3s offer they ran during the first
several months after releasing the SB3.
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If your tracks are FLAC, Ogg, or something else, then I don't know what
the problem might be. No matter what, first do a clear and rescan with
slimserver on your music library to see if that helps any.
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a purchase, etc. as opposed to just
trying to listen to some f'ing music
After a quick walk-thru of the menu structure she got it, and actually
loves it now. In retrospect, a quick sketch of the menu early on might
have been a good idea.
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are well within your budget.
Or if you'd rather go with passive speakers, look at one of the T-Amps,
like the Sonic T-amp, or another whose name escapes me right now.
Inexpensive, simple, good quality.
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- I use something else...
I run slimserver on a Buffalo LinkStation NAS running debian linux.
Originally ran slimserver on an old Dell PIII running Ubuntu.
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-amp(s). I'm
planning to tuck the amps away in the pantry, so I'm also thinking of
having a wall-mounted volume control, rather than have to reach for the
SB remote. Any suggestions there?
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Browse music folder to be slower because it's not using the MySQL
database built from the tag info. It's traversing the directory tree.
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Wired is generally better, as it's not susceptible to interference from
microwave ovens, cordless phones, your neighbor's wireless network, or
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I can't say how closely this approximates the Sonos remote experience.
I've never used an N800, and I've only played a little with the Sonos
at a local audio store (it was pretty unsatisfying).
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the Polks must sound, and
your honesty. You sure you live inside the Beltway? ;o)
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the pairing of SB+Harmony remote, and they make the profit
on both the SB *and* the remote.
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I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure that the 6.5 beta versions of
slimserver were the first to have the Nokia770 skin. So you'd be
completely out of luck with 6.2 or 6.3.
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the kind of long distance line level connection
you might be considering.
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that if you want to hear all the tracks you have by that artist,
you just have to skip #3.)
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I haven't used it, but give Erland's Custom Browse plugin a look:
http://wiki.slimdevices.com/index.cgi?PluginsAudio
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No you don't. Like TurnipMan says, you can have dual boot system. It's
easy to set up, and gives you all the options.
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is something else entirely, and I dare say not a
common problem. You should probably try the network health tests that
come with slimserver.
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to upgrade to a 6.5.2 nightly a few
nights before the official release, and had absolutely no problems with
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Mark Lanctot;204612 Wrote:
Just delete the but be aware if you have other artists this way
where there really are two artists, they won't be separated anymore.
Or, if you want to avoid the risks of deleting as a tag separator,
retag the artist name using and instead
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What format are the files in? If they're mp3, have you checked for the
presence of multiple tags (eg, ID3v1 and ID3v2, or possibly APE)?
Almost all the tagging weirdness like this I've run into is with
multiple tag types on mp3s, which can make slimserver confused.
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