Re: [slim] New Squeezebox?

2005-03-02 Thread dean blackketter
On Mar 2, 2005, at 8:23 AM, Dan Goodinson wrote: I want a pony. Please file a feature request on http://bugs.slimdevices.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Slimserver on Hermstedt Hifidelio

2005-03-08 Thread dean blackketter
We'd love it if you could post some more details! On Mar 8, 2005, at 3:18 PM, Beat Graf wrote: Hi I installed Slimserver on standalone Music Server Hifidelio from Hermstedt. http://www.hermstedt.de/english/hifidelio/hifidelio.html What is Hifidelio ? CD-Player, MP3-Player, Server (Linux), WLan

Re: [slim] Squeezebox2

2005-03-09 Thread dean blackketter
Hi Krist, On Mar 9, 2005, at 5:18 AM, /rist wrote: Squeezebox2 has completely done away with all the limitations - we're now doing all of the audio decoding and DSP work in software, and this gave me the freedom to design the digital outputs and analog stages exactly the way I wanted them.

Re: [slim] Squeezebox2

2005-03-09 Thread dean blackketter
On Mar 9, 2005, at 7:05 AM, Ken Hokugo wrote: PS: will somone point me to the right 802.11g wireless router? I have to get one first. I've been really happy with my Belkin Pre-N router, the improvement in range using the MIMO technology is impressive. I was able to take down three access

Re: [slim] Squeezebox2

2005-03-09 Thread dean blackketter
Absolutely! And with the bigger buffer and FLAC, lossless performance is significantly better than with the original Squeezebox even on a B network. -dean On Mar 9, 2005, at 7:52 AM, Phillip Kerman wrote: You can still use the SB2 on a regular old wireless B network--right? Thanks, Phillip

Re: [slim] Sqzbx2. Awesome. 2 antennas?

2005-03-09 Thread dean blackketter
Right. The wireless card should be able to choose which antenna to use for either transmit or receive to get the best signal. On Mar 9, 2005, at 10:15 AM, Jason wrote: It just provides more coverage capability with two antennas. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: SqueezeNetwork (was: [slim] SB2 and radio streams)

2005-03-09 Thread dean blackketter
On Mar 9, 2005, at 2:19 PM, Torgeir Veimo wrote: So in a nutshell, technically it's a multiuser slimserver hosted at slimdevices location? Exactly. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: SqueezeNetwork (was: [slim] SB2 and radio streams)

2005-03-09 Thread dean blackketter
On Mar 9, 2005, at 3:21 PM, Steinar Bjaerum wrote: If I understand correctly, SqueezeNetwork will only work with SB2. What are the limitations in SB1 making SqueezeNetwork unavailable for SB1 owners? There's a bunch of work to do in the player firmware to support some of the features we need for

Re: [slim] Slimserver wav flac problem

2005-03-09 Thread dean blackketter
Actually, Sean did say at the end of his message yesterday: Pony: there is a discount code, FREEPONY. Enter this on the order page to get $20 off on either the wired or the wireless model. Are you looking a $20 gift pony in the mouth? (sorry...) On Mar 8, 2005, at 6:03 PM, Jason Snell wrote:

Re: [slim] SB reboot when looking for network

2005-03-09 Thread dean blackketter
That's exactly right. At 10, if the Squeezebox hasn't connected to an infrastructure network, it tries to connect to an AdHoc network of the same name. I've never heard of this kind of crash, it's possible it's a bad wireless card or an incompatibility with your access point. What

Re: [slim] Best stand-alone setup for SlimServer

2005-03-09 Thread dean blackketter
If you don't mind the size, I just bought a Dell 420SC server with a 160GB hard drive, 256MB of RAM and 2.53Ghz Celeron for $229. Remarkable deal and should have plenty of power for the job with your favorite flavor of Linux. http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/category.aspx/servers?

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

2005-03-10 Thread dean blackketter
On Mar 10, 2005, at 4:05 AM, Tore Johnsson wrote: I have a few questions which does not involve SqueezeNetworking. 1. Will be there be a difference between the Slimserver for SB1 and SB2 in future except for the SqueezeNetwork? No, SlimServer will continue to support SLIMP3, Squeezebox and

Re: [slim] SB reboot when looking for network

2005-03-10 Thread dean blackketter
On Mar 10, 2005, at 9:48 AM, JMK VTX wrote: Bad wireless card in the Squeezebox or in the computer? Either. I've a slightly different problem (already reported to customer service) where the device reboots occassionally when listening to internet radio. If I stream from ripped CDs that are on

Re: [slim] PSP Web Browsing

2005-03-28 Thread dean blackketter
Steve, I'd love to hear more about this. Do post the results of your experiment... Thanks, dean On Mar 28, 2005, at 12:04 PM, Steve Payonzeck wrote: I don't know if you've all seen the flurry of reports about the embedded web browser in the PSP game 'Wipeout Pure' - but basically, you can

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

2005-04-01 Thread dean blackketter
Drat: That didn't make it into the manual. Press ADD to insert a space, press PLAY to delete a letter. On Apr 1, 2005, at 6:49 AM, Sean Adams wrote: Begin forwarded message: From: Christian Pernegger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: April 1, 2005 5:04:02 AM PST To: discuss@lists.slimdevices.com Subject:

Re: [slim] SBG clock screensaver and Digital out issues.

2005-04-07 Thread dean blackketter
On Apr 6, 2005, at 10:16 PM, d-mode wrote: Got the SQ2 today and have noticed a few strange things while running on a W2K server and yesterdays nightly: 1. The clock does NOT actually keep updating the time. There was a bug in a pre-6.0.0 version that had a problem updating the time. Are you

Re: [slim] SBG clock screensaver and Digital out issues.

2005-04-07 Thread dean blackketter
. The time never enumerates... Are there issues with that nightly with digital clocking? Andrew -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of dean blackketter Sent: Thursday, April 07, 2005 7:03 AM To: Slim Devices Discussion Subject: Re: [slim] SBG clock screensaver

Re: [slim] SB2 geekport

2005-04-08 Thread dean blackketter
On Apr 8, 2005, at 6:54 AM, John Gorst wrote: Sean Adams wrote: Geekport software is not done, but yes, you'll be able to plug a standard 1/8 IR blaster into the headphone port. At the moment, we are almost done with basic blasting capability, where the server sends commands to the Squeezebox2.

Re: [slim] SB2 Platinums???

2005-04-08 Thread dean blackketter
We're expecting delivery of the platinum cases in the next couple days. Assembly and test adds a little time. My guess is that we'll be done with our backlog of Platinums next week. On Apr 8, 2005, at 7:12 AM, Chris Glushko wrote: I don't want to bug sales anymore, but the wait is killing me!

Re: [slim] Noise Spike at Song Startup

2005-04-10 Thread dean blackketter
Hi Warc, Make sure that you have installed the latest version of SlimServer from our website. There was a fix in 6.0.1 for a problem that could cause noise at the beginning of a track. If that's not the issue, it may be that the noise is actually in the WAV files themselves. Is the problem

Re: [slim] Remote won't work

2005-04-11 Thread dean blackketter
Hi Tahir, I just confirmed that my One-For-All remote doesn't work either. I'm opening a bug against this, Sean will take a look when he comes back from vacation. -dean On Apr 11, 2005, at 3:22 AM, Tahir wrote: I've just added a Squeezebox2 to my existing SlimP3's, everything's fine except I

Re: [slim] pod casting

2005-04-11 Thread dean blackketter
The latest nightly for 6.1 includes a podcast browser, courtesy of our own Dave Cohen and he started a thread to discuss: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?p=35133 On Mar 13, 2005, at 3:27 PM, thnmnt wrote: i asked this before but i think it may have been lost in the sb2 crossfire.

Re: [slim] Re: Squeezebox2

2005-04-11 Thread dean blackketter
Hi Ken, On Apr 10, 2005, at 12:41 PM, Old Guy wrote: My SB1 (still waiting for Platinum SB2 :-) sometimes has trouble connecting wireless network since I changed to Belkin Pre-N as well as Slimservre 6. Would you kindly let me know how you set up the Belkin Pre-N router? I'm using one of those

Re: [slim] Circuit board dimensions

2005-04-11 Thread dean blackketter
The SB2 board is actually smaller than the SB1 board. The dimensions are about 72mm x 195mm. The connectors protrude out a bit. Vertically, it has the new CPU card and wireless card, so it's overall volume is different. The display board is the same size, but the actually glass for the

Re: [slim] totally, totally weird... and Digital out issues

2005-04-11 Thread dean blackketter
On Apr 7, 2005, at 11:34 AM, JJ wrote: I never saw a resolution to this thread regarding a grounding problem on the coax digital out. Are these problems (and fix) one and the same? Probably. As Sean said, if you have this problem and your player has a MAC address of 00:04:20:05:A3:FA or lower

Re: [slim] Calling SLIMP Interface on a Remote Computer

2005-04-11 Thread dean blackketter
You'll need the IP address of the computer running SlimServer. If that IP address is, for example, 192.168.1.2 then use this URL: http://192.168.1.2:9000/ You may also be able to use the name of the computer in place of the IP address, but that depends on your network setup. Once you get it

Re: [slim] Re: Tiger and dropouts

2005-04-12 Thread dean blackketter
I got confirmation this morning that it was indeed fixed. -dean On Apr 12, 2005, at 9:20 AM, Dan Sully wrote: * Steven Moore shaped the electrons to say... Sorry should be be about 2 weeks (29th) until the release. There was a bug regarding Tiger that ended up being an issue with it's TCP stack.

Re: [slim] Re: Platinum SB2 Delayed AT LEAST 1 Month

2005-04-15 Thread dean blackketter
On Apr 15, 2005, at 4:57 AM, relen wrote: I'm sure they just haven't got around to updating the web site yet. That's exactly right. Sorry for the confusion. The more dealings I have with these guys, the more I like them. (Now go and update your web site! :) ) Thanks, and done!

Re: [slim] Re: Doesn't seem to be a valid directory

2005-04-15 Thread dean blackketter
Roy, Can you browse into the share now? If so, does your music appear correctly? On Apr 15, 2005, at 4:59 PM, Roy Owen wrote: Someone else want tho chime in?  I've just exhausted my experience with SlimServer. On 4/15/05, JJZolx [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Roy Owen Wrote: Are you logged in?

Re: [slim] Router Crashes

2005-04-18 Thread dean blackketter
Make sure that you have the latest firmware on your router. Also, let us know which model you are using... On Apr 17, 2005, at 10:45 AM, warc1 wrote: Ever since I got my Squeezebox 2 a couple of weeks ago, I have been experiencing router crashes at least daily. I have a Linksys 2.4GHz Wireless

Re: [slim] Switching Between Servers

2005-04-18 Thread dean blackketter
If you are using a Squeezebox2, you can press and hold the LEFT button to go back to setup and scroll down to the other server on your lan that you'd like to connect to. On SB1, you'll need to go back all the way through setup again to switch servers. On Apr 17, 2005, at 3:17 PM, Bustofa

Re: [slim] Re: SB2 issue when PC is turned off

2005-04-18 Thread dean blackketter
On Apr 17, 2005, at 5:17 AM, Orb wrote: By the way, I tried the holding the power on button and nothing happens. SB2 is dead the only way I can get it on again is to disconnect/reconnect the power cord ??? Something's not right. How long are you holding the button? It will take 5 full seconds

Re: [slim] Open Key Authentication on SB1?

2005-04-18 Thread dean blackketter
There's an open bug about this issue for SB1, but it's a lot harder to fix on SB1 than it was on SB2. Feel free to visit the bug: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=224 and vote for it if it's important to you. -dean On Apr 16, 2005, at 8:33 PM, JJZolx wrote: I see in the changelog

Re: [slim] Graphics format change on version 6.0.1?

2005-04-18 Thread dean blackketter
Arnon, Can you post an example file to the list or send it to me directly? Thanks, dean On Apr 16, 2005, at 8:16 AM, Arnon Meshoulam wrote: I have just upgraded to 6.01 from a 5.x version. I have a few graphic files I wrote myself - to support international languages, whichd now aren't

Re: [slim] SqueezeboxG display corruption

2005-04-18 Thread dean blackketter
On Apr 18, 2005, at 2:08 AM, Craig, James (IT) wrote: I noticed some weird display corruption on my SqueezeboxG over the weekend: From time to time the display would 'roll' up and down, like a TV that had lost vertical sync. Does anyone know what causes this? Have never seen this on SqueezeboxG.

Re: [slim] SqueezeboxG display corruption

2005-04-18 Thread dean blackketter
On Apr 18, 2005, at 9:38 AM, Craig, James (IT) wrote: Sadly not a Squeezebox 2 ! I will have to keep an eye on it! Please do. That's a totally new problem to me, I want to make sure that it's fixed. ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Graphics format change on version 6.0.1?

2005-04-18 Thread dean blackketter
On Apr 18, 2005, at 12:55 PM, Arnon Meshoulam wrote: Yes, if you could provide the email. I have tested the manual change in prefs to overcome the interface limitation, but get a blank screen with SB1 when I try the font. Sorry: [EMAIL PROTECTED] thanks!

Re: [slim] Dropouts with SB2-Apple system

2005-04-18 Thread dean blackketter
Hi Bruce, How is the computer connected to the network? Also, could it be some kind of interference (a cordless phone or microwave oven? On Apr 18, 2005, at 2:56 PM, bec143 wrote: I'm using my SB2 wirelessly with Airport Extreme. I have been using uncompressed formats (to compare to a good CD

Re: [slim] RadioIO oddity

2005-04-20 Thread dean blackketter
Hey Michael, That's a good point... Clicking on an item in the web interface should be like pressing the LEFT arrow on the remote, it goes in. There should be separate buttons for PLAY and ADD, just like the remote... -dean On Apr 20, 2005, at 4:08 PM, Michael Herger wrote: Am Wed, 20 Apr

Re: [slim] Lost contact to Slimserver for v.6.1

2005-04-21 Thread dean blackketter
Is it possible that you have a firewall or blocking software that could be preventing outgoing connections and locking up slimserver? On Apr 20, 2005, at 6:06 AM, Tore Johnsson wrote: I have Window2000, SB1 and SlimServer v2005-04-20.exe 6.1   I have set network timeout to 120 sec, in Shoutcast

Re: SV: [slim] Lost contact to Slimserver for v.6.1

2005-04-21 Thread dean blackketter
-Ursprungligt meddelande- Från: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] För dean blackketter Skickat: den 21 april 2005 20:06 Till: Slim Devices Discussion Ämne: Re: [slim] Lost contact to Slimserver for v.6.1 Is it possible that you have a firewall or blocking software that could be preventing

Re: [slim] Date and Time Screensaver Gone

2005-04-25 Thread dean blackketter
Todd, I see Datetime Screensaver as the first choice in both the web and player Screensaver settings with the latest 6.0.2 nightly (and have seen it in previous releases). Can you list the items that you do see in the list of screensavers? -dean On Apr 24, 2005, at 4:08 PM, Todd Fields wrote:

Re: [slim] iTunes / OSX / Mac Mini / Ripping = yikes

2005-04-27 Thread dean blackketter
That's not exactly true. With the default setting, SlimServer will wait a minimum of 60 seconds after ending an import of your iTunes library before starting a new one. If your library is very large and you are ripping for a long time, you may see that the iTunes importing is running most of

Re: [slim] Wireless SB2 clock 'pause'

2005-04-27 Thread dean blackketter
Which version of slimserver are you using? On Apr 26, 2005, at 3:37 AM, mcauter wrote: My wireless SB2 is connected wirelessly via a router to the server. It is a permanent on connection which works very well except from time to time (2-3 times a week) the clock screensaver stops at a certain

Re: [slim] selecting 'Plugins - Podcast Browser' kills slim.exe

2005-04-28 Thread dean blackketter
I believe that the podcast browser only works with SlimServer 6.1. -dean On Apr 28, 2005, at 6:33 AM, Paulussie wrote: Hi, Going through all the options on my SB1 / 6.0.2 combination I found something called Podcast Browser. As soon as I right-arrow this, the slim.exe process halts with an error

Re: [slim] Re: Squeezeboxes randomly rebooting

2005-04-28 Thread dean blackketter
There's a known bug in the 6.1 nightlies that does just this. I'm working on a fix for it now. On Apr 27, 2005, at 12:33 PM, jonsandys wrote: Any ideas on this? It seems to be tied in to losing the network connection very briefly - put it in my field of view and even when on standby was aware

Re: [slim] Making slimserver open close its log file

2005-04-28 Thread dean blackketter
On Apr 27, 2005, at 1:56 PM, max.spicer wrote: Non-unix users, move along - there's nothing to see! This is why we have a unix-specific forum. :) ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Parent process dying

2005-04-29 Thread dean blackketter
Healy, Try running it from the command line and watch for a crash and see what error is emitted. On Apr 29, 2005, at 6:56 AM, Healy wrote: Nothing in a non-debug log. Trying again, this time running a strace on the parent process as well. ___

Re: [slim] Binding to a specific interface

2005-04-29 Thread dean blackketter
On Apr 28, 2005, at 10:16 PM, radish wrote: If I'm running slimserver on a machine with multiple network interfaces, is there a way to tell it to bind to a specific one, or does it always bind to all of them? Yes, but you need to do it from the command line with the --httpaddr, --playeraddr

Re: [slim] Re: Tagging WAV files

2005-04-29 Thread dean blackketter
On Apr 29, 2005, at 7:09 AM, Howard Darwen wrote: as far as i know you can tag wavs using the INFO chunk but hardly any software supports this, and those that do are fairly unuseable for mass tagging. This is true. EAC lets you add an ID3tag to a WAV, but am not sure if slim will pick this up

Re: [slim] 6.0.2 Release Candidate

2005-04-29 Thread dean blackketter
And while that thread does say that we can't possibly ship binaries for all architectures, we do want ship the most popular ones, so if you do build them, please submit them via an enhancement request on http://bugs.slimdevices.com so we can grab them if there's demand. Thanks, dean On Apr

Re: [slim] Display fades in and out on Graphic display ?

2005-05-03 Thread dean blackketter
Nick, There's an auto-dimming feature that dims the screen after a few seconds of inactivity. There's also a player setting where you can configure that behavior. If this isn't what you are seeing, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] for diagnosis and/or possible repair. -dean On May 3, 2005,

Re: [slim] Synchronize Roku Soundbridge and Squeezbox

2005-05-04 Thread dean blackketter
Sorry, but the sound bridge is not supported. -dean ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

Re: [slim] Re: Black Screen of Death?

2005-05-04 Thread dean blackketter
Snowflake, On May 4, 2005, at 8:55 PM, Snowflake wrote: I do have a bit of an update, though: the SB2 sits in my living room, and the router (Linksys WRT54G) is in the basement, one floor and one wall away. I happened to check the wireless signal strength on the SB2, and found it fluctuating

Re: [slim] Running as a server in Windows 98/ME

2005-05-05 Thread dean blackketter
You can use the Windows 98/ME Scheduled Tasks icon to schedule the slim.exe application to start automatically when the computer starts. On May 5, 2005, at 5:33 AM, jwgraves wrote: Anyone know how to start the slimserver as a server and not have to start the entire slimserver program/interface

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

2005-05-05 Thread dean blackketter
I'm using one of the T-Amps in the kitchen now and it's been terrific. Not critical listening (you can't hear much above the screaming), but impressive for the cost... On May 5, 2005, at 8:59 AM, jmpage2 wrote: mkosma Wrote: For a terrific small amplifier, you might look into the SE9 single-

Re: [slim] Re: Running as a server in Windows 98/ME

2005-05-05 Thread dean blackketter
On May 5, 2005, at 5:24 PM, jwgraves wrote: Both ways seem to work, but annoyingly it leaves a slim MS-DOS window active. I can set the properties to run the window minimized, but the slim MS-DOS window is left in the task bar. My fear is someone will close up the window which exits slim.exe

Re: [slim] Re: Slimserver won't start (mac)

2005-05-06 Thread dean blackketter
Nate, This may be related to a known bug having to do with the use of a Mac alias for your music folder. Do you have an alias set up to point to your music library? -dean On May 6, 2005, at 2:41 AM, natemorriss wrote: Yes but I'm not sure what it means. There's a lot of begin failed... This

Re: [slim] Re: Black Screen of Death?

2005-05-06 Thread dean blackketter
Hi, That sounds like your wireless access point has crashed or otherwise become unavailable. Is it working for other wireless devices at this point? Also, what's the model number and firmware version for your access point? On May 6, 2005, at 11:18 AM, Snowflake wrote: Snowflake Wrote: No.

Re: [slim] Re: Black Screen of Death?

2005-05-07 Thread dean blackketter
Ah, now I think we're getting somewhere... On May 6, 2005, at 9:42 PM, Snowflake wrote: Also, what's the model number and firmware version for your access point? Model: Linksys WRT54G Fware: Satori-4.0 v2.07.1.7sv I don't think that we've tested with this configuration. Unfortunately, we've

Re: [slim] WPA causes SB2 lockups

2005-05-07 Thread dean blackketter
Can you post some information about your access point model and firmware version number? We've fixed all the wireless incompatibilities we've been able to reproduce, but you may be using a device or version that hasn't been tested. On May 7, 2005, at 5:26 AM, erkkah wrote: I have used SB2

Re: [slim] Re: Slimserver resource hog?

2005-05-07 Thread dean blackketter
On May 7, 2005, at 11:27 AM, JJZolx wrote: Nobody has yet addressed whether or not this is excessive memory usage given the size of your library. How exactly does SQLite operate? Does it keep indexes in memory or something? This is way too much memory usage. In the upgrade to 6.0 we moved from

Re: [slim] Compatibility with Apple 10.4 Tiger

2005-05-07 Thread dean blackketter
I'm running slimserver with tiger with no problem, though it is the latest 6.0 version. Can you describe toast in more detail? What version are you running? On May 7, 2005, at 6:35 PM, luke wrote: I have been running Slim Server 5.1.5 on up-to-date 10.3.x Panther. Of course I had to go and

Re: [slim] SB2 wireless - peer to peer - ad hoc ??

2005-05-08 Thread dean blackketter
While you could set up an ad hoc network with a wireless card, I'd strongly recommend getting an inexpensive wireless router and connect your desktop to that via ethernet. Then connect your Squeezebox to the router wirelessly. It'll be easier to set up, be more reliable and probably cost

Re: [slim] Slimserver for Win98 and SB2

2005-05-10 Thread dean blackketter
SlimServer 6.0 removed official support for Win98 but it should still work, although not as a Service (you'll still need to set it up as a scheduled task). Truth is that Win98 is a bad choice for any kind of server. I highly recommend upgrading to Win2000, XP or Linux if at all possible.

Re: [slim] Re: Slimserver for Win98 and SB2

2005-05-10 Thread dean blackketter
On May 10, 2005, at 2:30 PM, Deaf Cat wrote: Thats cool, not too far off the beeten track then, I was a bit worried for a while then. Sorry new to this server stuff, can see I am going to have fun setting this network up for SB2. What is run as a service and schedual task it.please ? If

Re: [slim] Larger display (a la Roku)

2005-05-12 Thread dean blackketter
And a what? Come on, say it On May 12, 2005, at 6:09 AM, Marc Sherman wrote: Christian Pernegger wrote: 19 component size model, brushed metal, display over 3/4 of the front, play / pause / stop / arrow buttons ... nudge, nudge :) ... and a p... ah, never mind. - Marc

Re: [slim] sb2 DHCP problems

2005-05-12 Thread dean blackketter
On May 12, 2005, at 5:16 AM, Christian Pernegger wrote: It seems to me that the sb2 does not honor the lease-time of a DHCP lease, i. e. when a lease has run out it won't rerequest a lease or stop using the address. Rather, it will continue using the IP it got during network setup indefinitely.

Re: [slim] Biography as screensaver?

2005-05-12 Thread dean blackketter
Another idea I heard from one of our investors was to put the biography plugin information inside the song info menu... On May 12, 2005, at 12:57 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The biography plugin is one of my favorites since long. I use it a lot, but it requires quite a bit

Re: [slim] Biography as screensaver?

2005-05-13 Thread dean blackketter
On May 13, 2005, at 3:54 AM, Charles Stanton wrote: I think Dean may have meant putting biogroaphy as a menu item under 'song info' accessible from the web interface (for fishbone, the capital 'I' on the far right of the a song in the playlist). Actually, both places. I'd like the biography

Re: [slim] Wireless Bridge/Gaming Adaptor

2005-05-13 Thread dean blackketter
But the _simplest_ solution would be to buy a Squeezebox2. It's more money, but then again, you'd have a SLIMP3 to put in another room (or sell on eBay) AND get a free wireless bridge out of the deal. -dean ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Biography as screensaver?

2005-05-14 Thread dean blackketter
On May 13, 2005, at 2:33 PM, Michael Herger wrote: Actually, both places. I'd like the biography information to be available anywhere you look at song info. Pressing RIGHT on the remote when displaying the song title or clicking on a song title in the web interface. This may need a bit of

Re: [slim] Language specific mailing lists / forums?

2005-05-17 Thread dean blackketter
Great idea. Dan's going to set up a German discussion forum. -dean On May 17, 2005, at 1:10 AM, Michael Herger wrote: Yet another request for another forum: I'm getting more and more personal mails concerning slimserver from german speaking people who don't speak english. There's obviously a

Re: [slim] SqueezeBox2_Lite for remote control and display only?

2005-05-17 Thread dean blackketter
On May 17, 2005, at 8:03 PM, HMSeattle wrote: Has anyone created or have any ideas regarding creating a Squeezebox_Lite that would basically just be the display and operating system that could remotely control the *main* Squeezebox thats doing the heavy lifting? I currently approximate this via

Re: [slim] Re: Slimserver causing temporary PC lockup

2005-05-17 Thread dean blackketter
If you quit SlimServer.exe (but leave the server process slim.exe) running, does the CPU hogging problem continue to happen? On May 17, 2005, at 8:25 AM, Bungi wrote: I don't use iTunes (MusicMatch 10 - not running though) Watching the cpu usage I get regular small spikes of about 45% (20%

[slim] SqueezeNetwork Alpha up and running...

2005-05-18 Thread dean blackketter
Hi Folks, The latest nightly releases of SlimServer include firmware that can connect to our SqueezeNetwork service. Right now it's providing Internet Radio, RSS News Feeds, Alarm Clock (with a bunch of cool alarm sounds and environmental sounds), Live Music Archive access and more. Expect

Re: [slim] Re: SqueezeNetwork Alpha up and running...

2005-05-18 Thread dean blackketter
On May 18, 2005, at 11:14 AM, JJZolx wrote: When it connects it goes immediately into my chosen screensaver, which is date/time. It might be good to have an indication on that screen that you're connected to SqueezeNetwork. Maybe on all screens. Hm, it shouldn't do that. Were you prompted for

Re: [slim] Re: SqueezeNetwork Alpha up and running...

2005-05-18 Thread dean blackketter
For the time being, yes. We expect to turn on this capability very soon. Stay tuned! On May 18, 2005, at 2:44 PM, mcremer wrote: vidurapparao Wrote: Expect to see in the near future, a web interface for the SqueezeNetwork always-on functionality. This will allow you to edit your favorites

Re: [slim] SB2 Bridge + Tivo

2005-05-18 Thread dean blackketter
SS, First thing, are you using a crossover cable between the TiVO and the SB2? You should be. Second thing, is the TiVOs ethernet connection always active? SB2 uses the link to detect if a device is connected when it starts up and then bridges only if there's a device active at that time.

Re: [slim] SB2 playback freezes

2005-05-19 Thread dean blackketter
If you stop (press and hold PAUSE) and then play again, it starts up again, right? Does this happen with a specific song? On May 19, 2005, at 8:13 AM, kefa wrote: I am running SB2 (firmare 11), Slimserver v6.0.2 on Fedora Core 3. It was running fine as far as I can tell, but now playback seems

Re: [slim] Re: Play for Sure songs

2005-05-19 Thread dean blackketter
On May 19, 2005, at 9:21 AM, ron thigpen wrote: question: is TR windows-only? Yes. But of course, so are all these DRM-wrapped subscription music services; as far as I know, none have versions that run on OS X, let alone Linux. for subscription services, yes. but i'd guess that at least some

Re: [slim] SqueezeNetwork - first thoughts

2005-05-19 Thread dean blackketter
On May 19, 2005, at 1:51 PM, Philip Meyer wrote: 3. The SB2 feels a lot slower to navigate through menus when connected to the SN. Does each remote control action perform a round-trip visit to the server across the internet? Where in the world are you, Philip? Performance of navigation in

[slim] Three New Forums: Beginners, Beta SqueezeNetwork

2005-05-19 Thread dean blackketter
Hi All, Dan and I have set up three new discussion forums (and corresponding email lists): Beginners - A place for new users to come and ask questions and learn more. Beta - A place for those of us willing to try pre-release software (nightlies, alpha and beta) to discuss issues and

Re: [slim] Three New Forums: Beginners, Beta SqueezeNetwork

2005-05-20 Thread dean blackketter
On May 20, 2005, at 1:29 AM, Craig, James (IT) wrote: What's the difference between the 'developers' and 'beta' groups? The developers forum is for people to discuss coding SlimServer plugins and SlimServer itself. The beta forum is for people who use the nightly and other pre- release vesions

Re: [slim] slimserver crashing

2005-05-20 Thread dean blackketter
Geraint, Can you look in the log file here: Home - Library - Logs - slimserver.log and see what it says at the end of the file? On May 20, 2005, at 4:24 AM, geraint smith wrote: Hi. I'm having problems with Slimserver crashing/quitting every few minutes. It's running on Mac OSX 10.3.9, via Airport

[slim] Squeezebox2 is available on Amazon now...

2005-05-21 Thread dean blackketter
You can now order Squeezebox2 from Amazon.com. See them all here: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/ ref=pd_kk_sr_2/103-6147296-0721431?index=blendedfield- keywords=squeezebox2 No reviews on Amazon yet, so feel free to share your experiences with the Amazon shopper

Re: [slim] SB - Strange symptoms, any ideas?

2005-05-22 Thread dean blackketter
On May 22, 2005, at 4:59 AM, Fifer wrote: In desperation I removed the PCB to see if maybe the wireless card or antenna connection had come loose inside. I did notice some horrible growth type contamination on the underside of the PCMCIA socket which I carefully cleaned off with some IPA and

Re: [slim] Wireless ADSL router recommendations

2005-05-22 Thread dean blackketter
On May 22, 2005, at 9:14 AM, max.spicer wrote: Assuming that I end up binning the router, could someone recommend a good alternative? I need 11g with WPA and it must have a built in ADSL modem and switch with at least 4 ports. My current router is killing my SB2 enjoyment, so something

Re: [slim] SlimServer 2 Crashes after acting as a bridge

2005-05-24 Thread dean blackketter
Hi Flugle, I believe that this bug is fixed in the latest 6.1 pre-release nightly version. Try downloading that http://www.slimdevices.com/nightly.html and let us know if your problem is fixed. -dean ___ Discuss mailing list

Re: [slim] Showing now playing at the start of each track

2005-05-24 Thread dean blackketter
That's a great suggestion. Can you file an enhancement request on http://bugs.slimdevices.com ? Thanks! On May 24, 2005, at 1:12 PM, max.spicer wrote: I love the Analog VU screensaver and have it set to turn on after 30 seconds. However, I like to know what each new track is called, so

Re: [slim] Re: Implementing Case Insensitivity

2005-05-25 Thread dean blackketter
The bug is open: http://bugs.slimdevices.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1548 and Vidur's looking into it. Stay tuned. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/lists/listinfo/discuss

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

2005-05-26 Thread dean blackketter
On May 26, 2005, at 6:27 AM, Alok K. Dhir wrote: I agree -- I think you've hit upon a potential critical mistake on their part. The IR port is key... Ah, but remember, SB2 has a port that will be able to do IR blasting! -dean ___ Discuss mailing

Re: [slim] Re: UDP port number - 3483 or 3484?

2005-05-26 Thread dean blackketter
You'll need to open up 3483 for TCP for SB and SB2, as they both use TCP connections for control. The old UDP visualizer timing packets should be disabled in the latest firmware, the SB1 visualizer was experimental and was never turned on in released software. -dean On May 26, 2005, at

Re: [slim] Re: 24 bit flac files?

2005-05-28 Thread dean blackketter
Having a bandwidth issue shouldn't make the audio noisy, but it may make it break up. What's it sound like? On May 28, 2005, at 2:28 AM, ailean wrote: I've checked at least one that I remember and it's 24b 48khz, before I file a bug is this likely to be a bandwidth issue as I'm still

Re: [slim] Re: Web interface broken again in trunk

2005-06-12 Thread dean blackketter
On Jun 12, 2005, at 4:47 AM, Charles Stanton wrote: I have been having more general problems with the nightlies from the last week, all fairly consistent. Platform: W2K Pro. Running as a service. SB2, wired. Last nightly used was 6/11 - Slimserver basically just dies. Under Services and

Re: [slim] Re: Any word on the Platinum SB2 Shipping Date?

2005-06-14 Thread dean blackketter
I forwarded your message to our sales team. As of yesterday, I heard that we're all caught up in backorders for Platinum, with the exception of a few credit cards that didn't go through. The sales team is now following up on those. BTW: The Platinum cases really look great. I hope

Re: [slim] Re: Replaygain

2005-06-16 Thread dean blackketter
For Squeezebox2 we'll need to fix bug 1320 also, since there aren't enough steps in the volume control to make this work effectively, but that shouldn't stop you from getting the server-side working right. On Jun 16, 2005, at 8:09 AM, beo wrote: I'd be happy to take a crack at coding it

Re: [slim] Locked up or DEAD SB2?

2005-06-16 Thread dean blackketter
Is it possible that your computer firewall has blocked port 9000, which streams the audio? On Jun 16, 2005, at 7:58 PM, Johnny Stork wrote: Yeah I power cycled, and the netowkr connections apprears fine, can browse music, search and its bridged to a Roku Picbridge and that works so it

Re: [slim] [Mac] database problem

2005-06-19 Thread dean blackketter
That disk io error looks a bit scary. To be safe, I'd run Disk Utility. Once that's done and you are confident your disk is in good shape, try deleting Home - Library - SlimServer which will delete your database files. Then restart. On Jun 19, 2005, at 7:34 AM, polopo43 wrote: Hello ! I

Re: [slim] Re: [Mac] database problem

2005-06-19 Thread dean blackketter
Look for Home - Library - Caches - SlimServer and delete that. That will remove your database file, where the problem apparently is. On Jun 19, 2005, at 11:45 AM, polopo43 wrote: Hello again. Strange thing. Deleted everything, ran Disk Warrior, rebuilt directories: no errors found.

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